By Victoria Torres On July 25, 2025, the Department of Insurance (DOI) announced its final evaluation for DOI’s first wildfire model. In July and August 2025, the Department’s Model Advisor, Kara Voss, analyzed three different wildfire models under the newly Continue reading
By Kathleen Eliceiri On July 22, 2025, the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles issued a decision on Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s efforts to stabilize the California FAIR Plan. The FAIR Plan is a state-mandated insurance Continue reading
By Lisette Cruz On March 14, 2024, the California Department of Insurance (CDI or the Department) published a news release announcing CDI Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s provisional acceptance of State Farm’s request for an emergency interim rate increase. This decision follows Continue reading
By Lisette Cruz On December 30, 2024, the California Department of Insurance (CDI or the Department) published a news release announcing the new Net Cost of Reinsurance in Ratemaking Regulation. The regulation is the final major step in advancing CDI Continue reading
By Lisette Cruz On October 16, 2024, the California Department of Insurance (CDI or the Department) published a news release announcing a community-based flood insurance initiative for the City of Isleton. This initiative, the first of its kind in California, Continue reading
By Alex Cesta On June 6, 2024, the Little Hoover Commission held a roundtable discussion to continue its investigation into the growing crisis of homeowners insurance availability in California. Experts from state agencies, insurance industry representatives, and consumer advocacy groups Continue reading
By Lisette Cruz On August 1, 2024, the California Department of Insurance (“CDI” or “the Department”) published its 2023 Annual Report of the Commissioner, pursuant to California Insurance Code section 12922. The report is designed to describe the condition of Continue reading
By Alexander Cesta On June 12, 2024, the California Department of Insurance (DOI) released an updated draft regulation to adopt section 2644.4.8 to Title 10 of the CCR — its latest action pursuant to Governor Newsom’s executive order directing DOI Continue reading
By Erol Kilic On December 6, 2023, the Contractors State Licensing Board (CSLB) announced a joint operation with the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) that successfully identified nine unlicensed contractors in a Monterey Continue reading
By Alexandra Harten On September 21, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-13-23 directing the Insurance Commissioner “to take prompt regulatory action to strengthen and stabilize California’s marketplace for homeowners insurance and commercial property insurance, and to consider whether the Continue reading
