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HISTORICAL FACTS: Department of insurance | History Defined

California Insurance Reform Is Reshaping the Role of Independent Agencies

The state's Department of Insurance says its Sustainable Insurance Strategy is designed to expand availability, incorporate forward-looking catastrophe models, and improve the rate-review process.

International Business Times · Oct 7

California bars insurers from dropping fire victims until 2026. What to know

As the Palisades and Eaton fires wreak havoc on Los Angeles, the state insurance commissioner is taking action to protect home insurance policy owners

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025

California to mandate insurance discounts for wildfire mitigation efforts

LOS ANGELES — California will become the first state in the nation to require insurance premium discounts for owners of homes and businesses that are made safer from wildfires.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 17, 2022

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Illinois consumers need relief from car insurers raking in pandemic profits

Given the rising costs of gas, food and utility bills, state legislators are looking for ways to help their constituents. One way to do that would be to give the Department of Insurance tools to protect car insurance customers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 20, 2022

Injured, Sick, Widowed, and Sued

Cities are filing lawsuits to claw back first responders’ hard-won workers’ compensation.

Texas Observer · Jul 18, 2022

California’s ‘insurer of last resort’ accused of wrongly denying wildfire claims

After the CZU Lightning Complex Fires ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, Sarah Mapel’s home was one of the few in her Boulder Creek, California, neighborhood left standing. But after returning to the three-bedroom house built out of old-growth redwood, Mapel found wildfire smoke had inundated the interior…

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

'Yellowstone' actress charged with collecting $96,000 in workers' comp fraud

LOS ANGELES — "Yellowstone" actress Q'Orianka Kilcher has been charged with two felony counts of workers' compensation fraud, California officials announced Monday.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 12, 2022

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Commentary: Wildfires never threatened my home. But my insurer said they do — and dumped me

California’s wildfire insurance crisis came knocking at my door just a few weeks ago when my long-standing insurer abruptly dumped me.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 19, 2022

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