A New York Times investigation recently revealed that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara struck a secret deal ...

A New York Times investigation recently revealed that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara struck a secret deal with insurance companies, giving them regulatory favors while allowing them to ...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today announced several reappointments to help drive forward the California Department of Insurance’s mission to protect California consumers. These reappointments ...

What began as an insurance crisis is rapidly becoming a credit and housing crisis that threatens the stability of the entire ...

In a possible sign of improvement in California’s home insurance market, Farmers Insurance announced it has removed its cap ...

Farmers Insurance has officially ended its cap on new home insurance policies in California, the insurer announced on Nov. 21, 2025. Previously, the company limited the number of new home insurance ...

Farmers Insurance Group, California’s second-largest home insurance company, is seeking a rate hike amid plans to lift a cap ...

Farmers Insurance has applied for a 6.99% rate increase on California homeowner policies and proposes a 22% discount for ...

While Farmers has continuously offered homeowners insurance to consumers in the state, prior to today's announcement, Farmers homeowners offerings had been capped at 9,500 new policies per month.

The latest episode of Consumer Watchdog's podcast series Smoke & Mirrors explores how a backdoor agreement between California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and major insurance companies led to a ...

The filing marks a shift in the company's pricing strategy less than a year after implementing a 17.7% rate increase for its ...

California has some of the nation’s strongest consumer laws. The insurance commissioner simply hasn’t enforced them.