The California Department of Insurance has commissioned a task force to develop a first-in-the-nation smoke damage standard ...

"The FAIR Plan needs to be a temporary option, not the only option," Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said.

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“This landmark ruling establishes that Fair Plan's smoke-damage denial policies are illegal, paving the way for thousands of ...

Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced greater transparency to come for FAIR Plan data, plus a broadening of coverage to ...

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California regulators are investigating State Farm after wildfire survivors complained about how the insurer handled their claims.

California's Insurance Department has launched a formal investigation into State Farm over its handling of claims from the Los Angeles County fires.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, who recently approved an emergency rate increase for the company, called the examination one of the department's most powerful tools.