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California Issues Moratorium on Insurers Non-Renewing or Cancelling Following Wildfires

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday announced a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies non-renewing or cancelling residential property insurance policies, a move he says is aimed at helping 2.1 million policyholders affected to date by the record 2020 …

California Closes Record for 2021 Pure Premium Workers’ Comp Filing

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has issued a notice closing the record for the Jan. 1, 2021 workers’ compensation pure premium rate filing. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Oct. 5 testified at a California Department of …

Applied Underwriters Sues California Over ‘Bad Faith’ Insurer Conservatorship Plan

Workers’ compensation specialist Applied Underwriters is suing California Insurance Department officials to halt a state plan its says would force its workers’ compensation partner California Insurance Co. (CIC) to stop doing business in the state and would damage Applied Underwriters’ …

California Pledges to Protect Homeowners from Insurer Withdrawals Due to Wildfires

California’s insurance commissioner on Monday pledged to step up efforts to protect the state’s residents from wildfires and address a pullback of private insurers from the state’s riskiest areas. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara convened a “virtual investigatory hearing” on Monday …

Should Upcoming California Commissioner’s Hearing on Wildfires Concern Insurers?

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will convene a “virtual investigatory hearing” on Monday to initiate a series of regulatory actions that will protect residents from the increasing risk of wildfires. Several years of destructive wildfires have made insurance expensive and difficult …

California Commissioner Makes Appointments to Insurance Boards

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has added new members to the California Department of Insurance’s Curriculum Board, the California Life and Health Insurance Guarantee Association’s Board of Directors, and the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee. Rene Swan …

California Commissioner Asks Insurers to Cover Wildfire Losses Sans Home Inventory

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking insurance companies help wildfire survivors by providing up to 100% of personal property coverage limits without a detailed inventory to those who suffered a total loss of their home, similar to previous identical …

California Commissioner Holding Hearing on Homeowners Rates in Wake of Wildfires

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said today that he will convene an investigatory hearing in October in advance of initiating a series of regulatory actions that will protect residents from the increasing risk of wildfires. His announcement comes as devastating …

California Wants Insurers to Reimburse Costs for Those Displaced by Wildfires

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a notice to all California property/casualty insurance companies urging them to cover additional living expenses for policyholders who remain under mandatory evacuation or whose homes are otherwise inaccessible or uninhabitable due to the wildfires. …

California Department of Insurance Fraud Suit Results in $24M in Payments from AbbVie

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara this week announced a settlement agreement with AbbVie Inc. to resolve a lawsuit alleging violations of the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act involving the marketing of blockbuster prescription drug HUMIRA. AbbVie agreed to reform its …