California Fire Insurance Ruling Leaves Policyholders Up in Arms
A California appeals court ruling that could doom insurance coverage for smoke damage claims is in line for strong pushback ...
California’s High-Risk Insurer Gets $1 Billion Bailout After L.A. Fires
The move will likely lead to higher costs for households across the state, and may push more insurers to leave, intensifying ...
Insurance commissioner: Wildfire victims should be paid without itemizing lost contents
Many Altadena and Palisades fire victims struggle to itemize the possessions they lost. Insurance Commissioner Lara says ...
Insurance Industry Exploits California Wildfire Disaster to Promote Deregulation in Congress, Consumer Watchdog Says
Consumer Watchdog released data today showing that California's nation-leading insurance regulation law, voter-enacted ...
Newsom promotes bill to bring interest from fire-related insurance payments to homeowners
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) threw his support Monday behind legislation aimed at guaranteeing that wildfire-impacted ...
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California bill would allow fire victims to receive interest earned on payouts
A bill would allow homeowners to receive the interest accrued on insurance payments for lost or damaged property, rather than ...
Dave Fox and James P. Frantz on Navigating Recovery: Legal Insights for Rebuilding Southern California
A Conversation with the Experts: Legal Strategies for Rebuilding After Disaster. Produced by LA Times Studios in partnership ...
California’s balcony law and Fannie Mae standards could push condo fees higher
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tightened up their lending standards for financing condos after the Champlain Towers collapsed in ...
Insurance commissioner urges inventory requirement waiver
Owners of homes lost in L.A. wildfires may not have to tally their burned stuff to be paid back by insurance companies.
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California Asks Insurers to Spare Wildfire Victims ‘the List’
The state’s regulator wants insurance carriers to pay full policy limits without requiring victims to itemize every object in their destroyed homes. By Rukmini Callimachi Rukmini Callimachi ...
California FAIR Plan gets $1 billion assessment to head off insolvency
It means California property owners will likely be billed from their private insurers to help compensate the FAIR Plan.
California FAIR Plan is running out of money; nearly all homeowners to help bail it out
The California FAIR Plan does not have enough money to weather the impact of the record-breaking Los Angeles wildfires on its ...