This year the insurance chief is working on legislation to expand FAIR Plan options while at the same time reducing its ...

Consumer advocates cite an ongoing crisis while industry representatives say recent regulatory changes are just taking effect ...

Wildfires last January destroyed communities around Los Angeles. Homeowners say recovery has been slowed by fights with ...

* The FAIR Plan Stabilization Act (AB 226): This law permits the FAIR plan, the state’s insurer of last resort, to access ...

CSAA and Mercury Insurance will raise rates by 6.9% in 2026, affecting over 1 million California homeowners. Rate changes vary by wildfire risk, with new discounts offered for home hardening.

California’s property insurer of last resort continued to grow in the final months of 2025, giving it more than twice as much ...

The Department of Insurance has ensured that 94% of claims have been fully or partially paid, but Lara and Padilla believe ...

California drivers are facing a 6.13% car insurance rate hike, the third-highest in the U.S., despite a national decline.

Kara McGinley is a staff Insurance Writer at WSJ | Buy Side. Previously, she was an editor at USA Today and a senior editor at Policygenius. She has over seven years of experience writing, editing and ...