Insurers say they’re starting to write new California homeowner policies, but how many?

Insurance companies are beginning to offer new homeowner policies in California after previously limiting coverage due to wildfire risks. The state Insurance Department attributes this shift to new regulations implemented by Commissioner Ricardo Lara. The department is highlighting these developments as evidence that its availability-boosting measures are working.
Insurance companies are starting to write new policies in California again after years of holding back as wildfire risk climbed higher. The state Insurance Department says that means outgoing Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s new regulations, intended to boost insurance availability, are working. Each time a company declares its plans to sell policies again, the department touts […]
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