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They’ve also opted to not renew insurance coverage for some homeowners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When homeowners who need insurance can’t get it from private insurance companies, they must purchase policies from the state’s Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan. Insurance companies doing business in California must put money into a fund to pay for coverage under the FAIR Plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of people on the FAIR Plan has nearly doubled in recent years. Both state regulators and insurance companies are worried about this trend. If the fund were to go insolvent, insurance companies would have to cover the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the state’s plan?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said he will write new rules that would let insurers consider climate change when setting their rates. He has also pledged to consider rules that would let them look at some of their reinsurance costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rules requiring insurance companies to get permission from the state to raise their rates would not change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara said the state will only let companies use these new rules if they write more policies for people who live in areas threatened by wildfires. He said this means companies must write policies in these areas of no less than 85% of their statewide market share. That means if a company insures 20 out of 100 homes, the company would have to also write 17 policies for homeowners in an area threatened by wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How will this affect insurance rates?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some consumer groups, including the California-based Consumer Watchdog, say that allowing insurance companies to consider climate change in their rates will lead to dramatically higher prices for homeowners. They argue that the percentage of homeowners who have been forced into the FAIR Plan is far less than the number who will see higher rates now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11962107 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/AP23264825691516-1020x680.jpg']But Lara said the new rules could also benefit homeowners. He said insurance companies could also consider improvements that owners have made to make their homes more resistant to wildfires. Companies could also consider the billions of dollars in public money that the government has spent to better manage forests and reduce wildfire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the rules work and more companies stay in California’s insurance market, it could increase competition for customers — potentially holding rate increases in check.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When would the new rules take effect?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It would take a while for state regulators to write the rules. The process includes lots of time for insurance companies and consumer groups to give their input. Lara said he has given the department a deadline of December 2024 to have the new rules completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has said he will allow insurance companies to consider climate risks when setting rates. The new rules are aimed at resolving the growing insurance crisis in the state.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1695428927,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":807},"headData":{"title":"What to Know About California's Proposed New Rules for Insurance Companies | KQED","description":"Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has said he will allow insurance companies to consider climate risks when setting rates. The new rules are aimed at resolving the growing insurance crisis in the state.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"What to Know About California's Proposed New Rules for Insurance Companies","datePublished":"2023-09-23T14:30:56.000Z","dateModified":"2023-09-23T00:28:47.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprByline":"Adam Beam\u003cbr>The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11962264/what-to-know-about-californias-proposed-new-rules-for-insurance-companies","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Months after California’s home insurance market was rattled by major companies pausing or restricting their coverage, the state’s top regulator \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11962107/newsom-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-fixing-homeowners-insurance-crisis-in-california\">said Thursday\u003c/a> that he would write new rules aimed at persuading insurers to continue doing business here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since last year, seven of the 12 largest insurance companies in California have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101893331/state-farm-and-allstate-pull-out-of-california-homeowners-insurance-market\">either stopped issuing\u003c/a> or restricted the number of new homeowners policies — leaving many Californians with fewer options for insuring their homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State lawmakers failed to reach a legislative solution last week, which prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue an executive order on Thursday urging California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to resolve the situation. The plan essentially allows insurers to consider climate risks when setting their rates and to raise those rates in exchange for issuing more policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a look at what Lara has proposed and how it would affect the state’s insurance market.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are the rules for insurance companies in California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unlike most states, California heavily regulates its property insurance market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1988, voters in the state approved Proposition 103. It said insurance companies had to get permission from the state Department of Insurance before they could raise their rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When setting their rates, insurance companies cannot consider current or future risks to a property. They can only use historical data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance companies also buy insurance themselves, a process known as reinsurance. Companies are not allowed to consider their reinsurance costs when setting rates for California homeowners.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the problem?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Climate change has intensified wildfires in California. Of the 20 most destructive fires in state history, 14 have occurred since 2015, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance companies say that because they can’t consider climate change in their rates, it makes it difficult to truly price the risk for properties. They also are having to pay more for reinsurance, which they cannot recoup from ratepayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11953252,news_11951923","label":"Insurance in California "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Many insurers have responded by pausing or restricting new business in the state. They’ve also opted to not renew insurance coverage for some homeowners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When homeowners who need insurance can’t get it from private insurance companies, they must purchase policies from the state’s Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan. Insurance companies doing business in California must put money into a fund to pay for coverage under the FAIR Plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of people on the FAIR Plan has nearly doubled in recent years. Both state regulators and insurance companies are worried about this trend. If the fund were to go insolvent, insurance companies would have to cover the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the state’s plan?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said he will write new rules that would let insurers consider climate change when setting their rates. He has also pledged to consider rules that would let them look at some of their reinsurance costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rules requiring insurance companies to get permission from the state to raise their rates would not change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara said the state will only let companies use these new rules if they write more policies for people who live in areas threatened by wildfires. He said this means companies must write policies in these areas of no less than 85% of their statewide market share. That means if a company insures 20 out of 100 homes, the company would have to also write 17 policies for homeowners in an area threatened by wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How will this affect insurance rates?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some consumer groups, including the California-based Consumer Watchdog, say that allowing insurance companies to consider climate change in their rates will lead to dramatically higher prices for homeowners. They argue that the percentage of homeowners who have been forced into the FAIR Plan is far less than the number who will see higher rates now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11962107","hero":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/AP23264825691516-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But Lara said the new rules could also benefit homeowners. He said insurance companies could also consider improvements that owners have made to make their homes more resistant to wildfires. Companies could also consider the billions of dollars in public money that the government has spent to better manage forests and reduce wildfire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the rules work and more companies stay in California’s insurance market, it could increase competition for customers — potentially holding rate increases in check.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When would the new rules take effect?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It would take a while for state regulators to write the rules. The process includes lots of time for insurance companies and consumer groups to give their input. Lara said he has given the department a deadline of December 2024 to have the new rules completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11962264/what-to-know-about-californias-proposed-new-rules-for-insurance-companies","authors":["byline_news_11962264"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_32779","news_24336","news_22316"],"featImg":"news_11962271","label":"news"},"news_11962107":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11962107","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11962107","score":null,"sort":[1695340792000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"newsom-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-fixing-homeowners-insurance-crisis-in-california","title":"Newsom Signs Executive Order Aimed at Fixing Homeowners' Insurance Crisis in California","publishDate":1695340792,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Newsom Signs Executive Order Aimed at Fixing Homeowners’ Insurance Crisis in California | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10:15 a.m. Friday \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9.21.23-Homeowners-Insurance-EO.pdf\">an executive order (PDF)\u003c/a> on Thursday pressing the state’s insurance commissioner to shore up California’s troubled insurance market as options for homeowners across the state are dwindling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citing increased risk from wildfire, major insurance companies have drastically pulled back their coverage in California this year. Both \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11953252/what-california-can-do-as-home-insurance-companies-retreat-in-face-of-mounting-climate-change-risks\">State Farm and Allstate announced\u003c/a> they would not issue new policies in the state, while Farmers put a cap on the number of new homeowners policies each month. The governor’s new plan aims to keep those and other smaller insurance companies from leaving Californians without coverage, by essentially allowing insurers to consider climate risks when setting their rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ricardo Lara, the state’s insurance commissioner, praised what he called an “emergency regulatory action” to address the declining options for California homeowners and business owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The current regulatory framework does not meet our needs,” Lara told reporters at a press conference on Thursday afternoon. “Can consumers get the insurance they need? Can they get it today? And the answer, in all honesty, is no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11953252,news_11951923,forum_2010101893331]As the risk for wildfire damage has gone up, prices for insurance have not increased to match that risk, creating less profit incentive for insurers to operate in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least seven of the country’s largest insurance companies have already stopped or plan to stop issuing new insurance policies in California, despite rate increases approved or pending with the Department of Insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With fewer insurance options, more Californians are struggling to find insurance coverage for their homes and businesses. \u003ca href=\"https://ains.assembly.ca.gov/sites/ains.assembly.ca.gov/files/FAIR%20Plan-Factsheet-2.23.23.pdf\">The FAIR Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, a state-mandated insurance security net for people who can’t get insurance through no fault of their own, has more than doubled in the last five years, going from 126,709 policies in 2018 to 272,846 in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue has left those in fire-prone areas particularly unable to protect their houses, as wildfires have grown more common and more intense in recent years due to a changing climate, warming temperatures and drier foliage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall damage from wildfires has also gone up, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-wildfires\">data\u003c/a> from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California tightly restricts how insurance companies can price policies. Insurers can only look to the past when deciding how to set rates. They can’t consider current or future risks, like climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s executive order will increase Lara’s regulatory authority to stabilize California’s insurance market. Specifically, it calls on Lara to increase insurance coverage choices for consumers, particularly in areas most vulnerable to wildfire, by allowing insurers to consider climate risks when setting their rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The executive order also seeks to speed up the approval process for insurance plans, and direct the Department of Finance to consult with the state’s Department of Insurance to implement new regulations to achieve those goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is yet another example of how climate change is directly threatening our communities and livelihoods. It is critical that California’s insurance market works to protect homes and businesses in every corner of our state,” Newsom said in a press announcement Thursday afternoon. “A balanced approach that will help maintain fair prices and protections for Californians is essential.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, California lawmakers tried — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961162/california-lawmakers-failed-to-fix-the-insurance-market-so-what-comes-next\">and failed\u003c/a> — to reach an agreement on how to fix the problem before the end of the legislative session last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unsuccessful legislative approach appears to have prompted Newsom’s executive order using the regulatory process instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the press conference on Thursday, Lara said that the state will adapt its laws to let insurers include climate risk as a factor in rate-setting. In exchange, they will be required to write more policies for homeowners in the highest risk areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Denni Ritter, American Property Casualty Insurance Association\"]‘Everyone understands that California’s insurance market is in a spiraling crisis …’[/pullquote]Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/politicalbreakdown\">KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> this week that home insurance prices for some consumers will go up modestly with the plan. But, he said, “what will also occur is that insurance will be available to people in a way that it currently is not. So, it’s not a question of ‘is the price higher or lower,’ it’s ‘can you even get insurance?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog issued \u003ca href=\"https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/LtrNewsom9-21-23.pdf\">a letter (PDF)\u003c/a> urging the governor not to waive the rules that have prevented price increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A very small percentage of California’s insurance market – 3% – has been forced out of the California market into the FAIR plan,” the group wrote in the letter. It noted that Newsom has said he was one of those homeowners who has been pushed out of the private insurance marketplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While this is unfair to you and others, it does not constitute a statewide emergency that justifies forcing the other 97% of people in the homeowners insurance market to pay more for their insurance,” the letter said. “By signaling a state of emergency, you would be empowering the commissioner to put your 3% above the needs of the 97% — without any guarantees that the 3% would even be offered insurance coverage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But state lawmakers in areas like Napa, which is currently under a red flag warning for increased fire risk, celebrated the governor’s move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to thank the governor and insurance commissioner for stepping up to address California’s insurance crisis,” said state Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa). “Because clearly, the status quo is not working. It is critically important that we adopt policies and efficiencies that are going to ensure the availability of insurance. Given that the Legislature is not in session right now, utilizing the commissioner’s regulatory authority makes good sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denni Ritter, vice president at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, called California’s 35-year-old regulatory system “outdated, cumbersome and fails to reflect the increasing catastrophic losses consumers and businesses are facing from inflation, climate change, extreme weather and more residents living in wildfire prone areas,” he said in a press statement following Newsom’s order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone understands that California’s insurance market is in a spiraling crisis that requires immediate policy solutions to protect consumer access to the coverage they need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED editor Kevin Stark also contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Several major insurance companies, including State Farm and Allstate, have drastically pulled back their homeowners’ coverage in the state. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1695406321,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1131},"headData":{"title":"Newsom Signs Executive Order Aimed at Fixing Homeowners' Insurance Crisis in California | KQED","description":"Several major insurance companies, including State Farm and Allstate, have drastically pulled back their homeowners’ coverage in the state. 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Gavin Newsom issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9.21.23-Homeowners-Insurance-EO.pdf\">an executive order (PDF)\u003c/a> on Thursday pressing the state’s insurance commissioner to shore up California’s troubled insurance market as options for homeowners across the state are dwindling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citing increased risk from wildfire, major insurance companies have drastically pulled back their coverage in California this year. Both \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11953252/what-california-can-do-as-home-insurance-companies-retreat-in-face-of-mounting-climate-change-risks\">State Farm and Allstate announced\u003c/a> they would not issue new policies in the state, while Farmers put a cap on the number of new homeowners policies each month. The governor’s new plan aims to keep those and other smaller insurance companies from leaving Californians without coverage, by essentially allowing insurers to consider climate risks when setting their rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ricardo Lara, the state’s insurance commissioner, praised what he called an “emergency regulatory action” to address the declining options for California homeowners and business owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The current regulatory framework does not meet our needs,” Lara told reporters at a press conference on Thursday afternoon. “Can consumers get the insurance they need? Can they get it today? And the answer, in all honesty, is no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11953252,news_11951923,forum_2010101893331","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As the risk for wildfire damage has gone up, prices for insurance have not increased to match that risk, creating less profit incentive for insurers to operate in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least seven of the country’s largest insurance companies have already stopped or plan to stop issuing new insurance policies in California, despite rate increases approved or pending with the Department of Insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With fewer insurance options, more Californians are struggling to find insurance coverage for their homes and businesses. \u003ca href=\"https://ains.assembly.ca.gov/sites/ains.assembly.ca.gov/files/FAIR%20Plan-Factsheet-2.23.23.pdf\">The FAIR Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, a state-mandated insurance security net for people who can’t get insurance through no fault of their own, has more than doubled in the last five years, going from 126,709 policies in 2018 to 272,846 in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue has left those in fire-prone areas particularly unable to protect their houses, as wildfires have grown more common and more intense in recent years due to a changing climate, warming temperatures and drier foliage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall damage from wildfires has also gone up, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-wildfires\">data\u003c/a> from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California tightly restricts how insurance companies can price policies. Insurers can only look to the past when deciding how to set rates. They can’t consider current or future risks, like climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s executive order will increase Lara’s regulatory authority to stabilize California’s insurance market. Specifically, it calls on Lara to increase insurance coverage choices for consumers, particularly in areas most vulnerable to wildfire, by allowing insurers to consider climate risks when setting their rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The executive order also seeks to speed up the approval process for insurance plans, and direct the Department of Finance to consult with the state’s Department of Insurance to implement new regulations to achieve those goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is yet another example of how climate change is directly threatening our communities and livelihoods. It is critical that California’s insurance market works to protect homes and businesses in every corner of our state,” Newsom said in a press announcement Thursday afternoon. “A balanced approach that will help maintain fair prices and protections for Californians is essential.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, California lawmakers tried — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961162/california-lawmakers-failed-to-fix-the-insurance-market-so-what-comes-next\">and failed\u003c/a> — to reach an agreement on how to fix the problem before the end of the legislative session last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unsuccessful legislative approach appears to have prompted Newsom’s executive order using the regulatory process instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the press conference on Thursday, Lara said that the state will adapt its laws to let insurers include climate risk as a factor in rate-setting. In exchange, they will be required to write more policies for homeowners in the highest risk areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘Everyone understands that California’s insurance market is in a spiraling crisis …’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Denni Ritter, American Property Casualty Insurance Association","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/politicalbreakdown\">KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> this week that home insurance prices for some consumers will go up modestly with the plan. But, he said, “what will also occur is that insurance will be available to people in a way that it currently is not. So, it’s not a question of ‘is the price higher or lower,’ it’s ‘can you even get insurance?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog issued \u003ca href=\"https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/LtrNewsom9-21-23.pdf\">a letter (PDF)\u003c/a> urging the governor not to waive the rules that have prevented price increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A very small percentage of California’s insurance market – 3% – has been forced out of the California market into the FAIR plan,” the group wrote in the letter. It noted that Newsom has said he was one of those homeowners who has been pushed out of the private insurance marketplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While this is unfair to you and others, it does not constitute a statewide emergency that justifies forcing the other 97% of people in the homeowners insurance market to pay more for their insurance,” the letter said. “By signaling a state of emergency, you would be empowering the commissioner to put your 3% above the needs of the 97% — without any guarantees that the 3% would even be offered insurance coverage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But state lawmakers in areas like Napa, which is currently under a red flag warning for increased fire risk, celebrated the governor’s move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to thank the governor and insurance commissioner for stepping up to address California’s insurance crisis,” said state Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa). “Because clearly, the status quo is not working. It is critically important that we adopt policies and efficiencies that are going to ensure the availability of insurance. Given that the Legislature is not in session right now, utilizing the commissioner’s regulatory authority makes good sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denni Ritter, vice president at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, called California’s 35-year-old regulatory system “outdated, cumbersome and fails to reflect the increasing catastrophic losses consumers and businesses are facing from inflation, climate change, extreme weather and more residents living in wildfire prone areas,” he said in a press statement following Newsom’s order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone understands that California’s insurance market is in a spiraling crisis that requires immediate policy solutions to protect consumer access to the coverage they need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED editor Kevin Stark also contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11962107/newsom-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-fixing-homeowners-insurance-crisis-in-california","authors":["11840"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_27626","news_16","news_32779","news_24336","news_22316"],"featImg":"news_11962109","label":"news"},"news_11916192":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11916192","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11916192","score":null,"sort":[1654665278000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"ricardo-lara-advances-in-california-insurance-commissioner-race","title":"Ricardo Lara Advances in California Insurance Commissioner Race","publishDate":1654665278,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is headed for the November election with 37.7% of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara's opponent in November is up in the air: Fellow Democrat Marc Levine, a Marin County assemblymember, and Republican Robert Howell are within a few thousand votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara overcame a trail of scandals and ethical lapses since getting elected in 2018 to finish first. His fundraising is currently being investigated by the Fair Political Practices Commission and could prove a target-rich environment for his opponent.[aside postID=news_11913361]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara, who narrowly defeated former Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner four years ago to become the first openly gay candidate to win a statewide election, was seen as vulnerable given the serious questions about his taking money from the insurance industry he regulates after promising not to and questionable judgment in general. But shoring up Lara were endorsements from the California Democratic Party, the Latino Caucus in the Legislature, Gov. Gavin Newsom and many other top elected officials in the state as well as the financial backing of organized labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the insurance commissioner’s position is not typically a marquee race, it is an important position, regulating an industry that touches the lives of any Californian who has or wants to get health insurance or coverage for their home and vehicle. It’s particularly consequential at a time when wildfire risks have made insurers wary of the state marketplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The insurance commissioner's position is not typically a marquee race, but it is an important position regulating an industry that touches the lives of any Californian who has or needs health insurance or coverage for their home and vehicle.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1654675135,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":7,"wordCount":240},"headData":{"title":"Ricardo Lara Advances in California Insurance Commissioner Race | KQED","description":"The insurance commissioner's position is not typically a marquee race, but it is an important position regulating an industry that touches the lives of any Californian who has or needs health insurance or coverage for their home and vehicle.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Ricardo Lara Advances in California Insurance Commissioner Race","datePublished":"2022-06-08T05:14:38.000Z","dateModified":"2022-06-08T07:58:55.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11916192 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11916192","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/06/07/ricardo-lara-advances-in-california-insurance-commissioner-race/","disqusTitle":"Ricardo Lara Advances in California Insurance Commissioner Race","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11916192/ricardo-lara-advances-in-california-insurance-commissioner-race","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is headed for the November election with 37.7% of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara's opponent in November is up in the air: Fellow Democrat Marc Levine, a Marin County assemblymember, and Republican Robert Howell are within a few thousand votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara overcame a trail of scandals and ethical lapses since getting elected in 2018 to finish first. His fundraising is currently being investigated by the Fair Political Practices Commission and could prove a target-rich environment for his opponent.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11913361","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara, who narrowly defeated former Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner four years ago to become the first openly gay candidate to win a statewide election, was seen as vulnerable given the serious questions about his taking money from the insurance industry he regulates after promising not to and questionable judgment in general. But shoring up Lara were endorsements from the California Democratic Party, the Latino Caucus in the Legislature, Gov. 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Then, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara joins to discuss his childhood with immigrant parents and his mother’s influence, his work on immigration issues in the state legislature, the ethics scandals that he’s faced as insurance commissioner and his campaign for re-election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11913361/ricardo-lara-on-his-mothers-influence-and-his-first-term-as-insurance-commissioner","authors":["255","3239"],"programs":["news_33544"],"categories":["news_8","news_33520"],"tags":["news_30879","news_31054","news_22235","news_22316"],"featImg":"news_11913367","label":"source_news_11913361"},"news_11792863":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11792863","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11792863","score":null,"sort":[1577216560000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"wildfires-cause-turmoil-in-california-property-insurance-market","title":"Wildfires Cause Turmoil in California Property Insurance Market","publishDate":1577216560,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Kent Michitsch seemed to be running out of traditional options to insure the home he's lived in for more than 30 years northeast of San Diego as California's massive property insurance market reels from three consecutive years of destructive wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michitsch, 57, has received three non-renewal notices in three years and says he feared getting a fourth one when his homeowners' policy comes up for renewal the middle of next year if it wasn't for California lawmaker's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11789809/state-bans-insurers-from-dropping-homeowner-policies-in-areas-hit-by-wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent intervention\u003c/a> in the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's constant worry and frustration. You know you're covered now, but I might have to look for a new policy next year yet again.\" Michitsch says he's never made a claim on his insurance and never had fire damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of homeowners like Michitsch have lost their insurance policies in the last few years as insurers pull out of areas that are at risk of fire damage or stop insuring homes altogether. They've been forced to scramble to find coverage from regular insurance providers or to turn as a last resort to a government sanctioned plan that at the moment only provides fire coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Kent Michitsch']'It's constant worry and frustration. You know you're covered now, but I might have to look for a new policy next year yet again.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Farm, the largest in the state, and Allstate and other insurers declined to renew roughly 350,000 policies in areas at high risk for wildfires since 2015 the California Department of Insurance said back in August, and the department has gotten \"record numbers\" of requests this year from insurers to increase the rates they charge property owners. The data also shows 33,000 policies were not renewed by insurers in zip codes affected by the major wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the insurance industry says the California property insurance market is resilient, state lawmakers and officials have had to scramble to keep the market from grinding to a halt from the unexpected additional risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California legislature passed a law earlier this year giving the Department of Insurance emergency powers to keep policies in effect for those in fire-prone areas. This month California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara put a one-year moratorium on non-renewals, in hopes that lawmakers, insurance companies and other stakeholders can reach a more substantial solution for the roughly 1 million homeowners in zip codes adjacent to previous wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='wildfires' label='More Coverage.']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This wildfire insurance crisis has been years in the making, but it is an emergency we must deal with now if we are going to keep the California dream of home ownership from becoming the California nightmare, as an increasing number of homeowners struggle to find coverage,\" Lara said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires of 2017 and 2018 caused a combined $25.3 billion in damages according to the California Department of Insurance. That's exponentially higher than the previous wildfires in 2015 and 2008, which caused $1.1 billion and $719 million in damages, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance industry has yet to release an estimate of damages from this year's wildfire season, but the costs are expected to be high. The most significant wildfire this year was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kincade-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kincade fire\u003c/a>, which is started October 23 and has burned 78,000 acres in Sonoma county. It destroyed 374 buildings and damaged another 60, according to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The wildfires in California will likely make it more difficult for California homeowners to buy insurance,\" Stu Ryland, senior vice president of the Pacific Region at Sedgwick, an insurance claims management company. \"Premiums are likely to go up, particularly in areas that are prone to wildfires and in some cases, it may be difficult for consumers to find an insurer willing to write their insurance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some insurers are pulling out and others are reconsidering how they price property insurance, it is still available in one form or another to every homeowner, according to the Insurance Information Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, those not insurable by regular insurance providers are having to turn to what's known as the California FAIR Plan, which is a government-sanctioned association of insurers who pool together to cover the highest risk properties. FAIR Plan insurance currently only covers $1.5 million in damages, although Lara has ordered that starting in April 2020 it will cover $3 million in damages. Currently the FAIR Plan only covers fire, not other forms of risk, but California regulators have announced that FAIR Plan insurers can start doing comprehensive coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cfpnet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California FAIR Plan Association\u003c/a> sued to block those changes, arguing Lara's order is illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karl Susman, owner of Susman Insurance Agency in Los Angeles, says the average annual premium on a homeowner policy plus FAIR to cover fire now costs around $2,500 a year, which is three times higher than it was three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These wildfires are not sustainable for these companies. They aren't going to go bankrupt but they are just going to stop writing policies.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Karl Susman']'I haven't seen anything like this in the 28 years I've been doing this.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susman said he worries that without a longer-term solution the California insurance market will repeat the experience after the 1994 California Northridge earthquake, which caused many insurance carriers to stop offering earthquake insurance. He's already seen insurance companies limiting their risk to certain zip codes as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I haven't seen anything like this in the 28 years I've been doing this,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, those who still do have insurance have been able to start rebuilding their lives after the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maggie and Dan London of Santa Rosa lost their home in the massive and fatal \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tubbs-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tubbs fire of 2017\u003c/a>. They worked quickly after the fire, filing a claim and reaching out to their contractor that same day. But it took them two years to rebuild and move back in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many who tried to rebuild after the fire, they ran into obstacles — higher costs for labor and materials and ongoing talks with their insurer. All the same, Dan London feels his insurance company has done a fair job. And while they bought their home in 1979, he has not seen a sharp jump in insurance costs over time. The cost to insure their new home is slightly more, but Dan felt it reflects the increased value of the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was expecting something triple, but it's not at all,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"While the industry says the California property insurance market is resilient, state lawmakers and officials have had to scramble to keep the market from grinding to a halt due to fire risk.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1577216560,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":1112},"headData":{"title":"Wildfires Cause Turmoil in California Property Insurance Market | KQED","description":"While the industry says the California property insurance market is resilient, state lawmakers and officials have had to scramble to keep the market from grinding to a halt due to fire risk.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Wildfires Cause Turmoil in California Property Insurance Market","datePublished":"2019-12-24T19:42:40.000Z","dateModified":"2019-12-24T19:42:40.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11792863 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11792863","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/12/24/wildfires-cause-turmoil-in-california-property-insurance-market/","disqusTitle":"Wildfires Cause Turmoil in California Property Insurance Market","source":"Associated Press","sourceUrl":"https://apnews.com","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>Ken Sweet and Sarah Skidmore Sell\u003cbr />Associated Press\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/11792863/wildfires-cause-turmoil-in-california-property-insurance-market","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Kent Michitsch seemed to be running out of traditional options to insure the home he's lived in for more than 30 years northeast of San Diego as California's massive property insurance market reels from three consecutive years of destructive wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michitsch, 57, has received three non-renewal notices in three years and says he feared getting a fourth one when his homeowners' policy comes up for renewal the middle of next year if it wasn't for California lawmaker's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11789809/state-bans-insurers-from-dropping-homeowner-policies-in-areas-hit-by-wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent intervention\u003c/a> in the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's constant worry and frustration. You know you're covered now, but I might have to look for a new policy next year yet again.\" Michitsch says he's never made a claim on his insurance and never had fire damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of homeowners like Michitsch have lost their insurance policies in the last few years as insurers pull out of areas that are at risk of fire damage or stop insuring homes altogether. They've been forced to scramble to find coverage from regular insurance providers or to turn as a last resort to a government sanctioned plan that at the moment only provides fire coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'It's constant worry and frustration. You know you're covered now, but I might have to look for a new policy next year yet again.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Kent Michitsch","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Farm, the largest in the state, and Allstate and other insurers declined to renew roughly 350,000 policies in areas at high risk for wildfires since 2015 the California Department of Insurance said back in August, and the department has gotten \"record numbers\" of requests this year from insurers to increase the rates they charge property owners. The data also shows 33,000 policies were not renewed by insurers in zip codes affected by the major wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the insurance industry says the California property insurance market is resilient, state lawmakers and officials have had to scramble to keep the market from grinding to a halt from the unexpected additional risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California legislature passed a law earlier this year giving the Department of Insurance emergency powers to keep policies in effect for those in fire-prone areas. This month California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara put a one-year moratorium on non-renewals, in hopes that lawmakers, insurance companies and other stakeholders can reach a more substantial solution for the roughly 1 million homeowners in zip codes adjacent to previous wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"wildfires","label":"More Coverage. "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This wildfire insurance crisis has been years in the making, but it is an emergency we must deal with now if we are going to keep the California dream of home ownership from becoming the California nightmare, as an increasing number of homeowners struggle to find coverage,\" Lara said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires of 2017 and 2018 caused a combined $25.3 billion in damages according to the California Department of Insurance. That's exponentially higher than the previous wildfires in 2015 and 2008, which caused $1.1 billion and $719 million in damages, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance industry has yet to release an estimate of damages from this year's wildfire season, but the costs are expected to be high. The most significant wildfire this year was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kincade-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kincade fire\u003c/a>, which is started October 23 and has burned 78,000 acres in Sonoma county. It destroyed 374 buildings and damaged another 60, according to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The wildfires in California will likely make it more difficult for California homeowners to buy insurance,\" Stu Ryland, senior vice president of the Pacific Region at Sedgwick, an insurance claims management company. \"Premiums are likely to go up, particularly in areas that are prone to wildfires and in some cases, it may be difficult for consumers to find an insurer willing to write their insurance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some insurers are pulling out and others are reconsidering how they price property insurance, it is still available in one form or another to every homeowner, according to the Insurance Information Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, those not insurable by regular insurance providers are having to turn to what's known as the California FAIR Plan, which is a government-sanctioned association of insurers who pool together to cover the highest risk properties. FAIR Plan insurance currently only covers $1.5 million in damages, although Lara has ordered that starting in April 2020 it will cover $3 million in damages. Currently the FAIR Plan only covers fire, not other forms of risk, but California regulators have announced that FAIR Plan insurers can start doing comprehensive coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cfpnet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California FAIR Plan Association\u003c/a> sued to block those changes, arguing Lara's order is illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karl Susman, owner of Susman Insurance Agency in Los Angeles, says the average annual premium on a homeowner policy plus FAIR to cover fire now costs around $2,500 a year, which is three times higher than it was three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These wildfires are not sustainable for these companies. They aren't going to go bankrupt but they are just going to stop writing policies.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I haven't seen anything like this in the 28 years I've been doing this.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Karl Susman","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susman said he worries that without a longer-term solution the California insurance market will repeat the experience after the 1994 California Northridge earthquake, which caused many insurance carriers to stop offering earthquake insurance. He's already seen insurance companies limiting their risk to certain zip codes as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I haven't seen anything like this in the 28 years I've been doing this,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, those who still do have insurance have been able to start rebuilding their lives after the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maggie and Dan London of Santa Rosa lost their home in the massive and fatal \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tubbs-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tubbs fire of 2017\u003c/a>. They worked quickly after the fire, filing a claim and reaching out to their contractor that same day. But it took them two years to rebuild and move back in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many who tried to rebuild after the fire, they ran into obstacles — higher costs for labor and materials and ongoing talks with their insurer. All the same, Dan London feels his insurance company has done a fair job. And while they bought their home in 1979, he has not seen a sharp jump in insurance costs over time. The cost to insure their new home is slightly more, but Dan felt it reflects the increased value of the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was expecting something triple, but it's not at all,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11792863/wildfires-cause-turmoil-in-california-property-insurance-market","authors":["byline_news_11792863"],"categories":["news_19906","news_6188","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_24483","news_787","news_18159","news_26914","news_22316","news_26963","news_4463"],"featImg":"news_11792866","label":"source_news_11792863"},"news_11789809":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11789809","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11789809","score":null,"sort":[1575588814000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"state-bans-insurers-from-dropping-homeowner-policies-in-areas-hit-by-wildfires","title":"State Bans Insurers From Dropping Homeowner Policies in Areas Hit by Wildfires","publishDate":1575588814,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California is blocking the fire exits for home insurers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday announced a mandatory one-year rule barring insurers from cancelling or not renewing policies for homeowners who live in areas of the state that have been recently ravaged by wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm hearing the same story again and again,\" said Lara, who made the announcement in Oakland, at a home whose owners have struggled to find insurance. \"People have been dropped by their insurance companies after decades of premium payment and loyalty.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Ricardo Lara, California insurance commissioner\"]'This gives consumers temporary breathing room while we work on lasting solutions.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mandatory one-year moratorium covers more than 800,000 residential policies in or around parts of the state declared wildfire disaster areas in 2019. Lara said his office is also asking insurers to voluntarily stop dropping any customers in California due to fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you live near one of the devastating fires, you now have an automatic year of protection if your home survived, and more importantly, if you suffered a total loss,\" Lara said. \"This gives consumers temporary breathing room while we work on lasting solutions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has the authority to impose such bans under \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 824\u003c/a>, authored last year by Lara, then a state senator. This is the first time the department has invoked the law, which went into effect in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action comes amid findings that insurance companies have increasingly dropped home coverage plans in areas across the state with high wildfire risk, and as blazes become more frequent and destructive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of homeowners in high-risk fire areas who complained about getting dropped by their plans more than tripled between 2010 and 2016, while complaints about increased premiums rose by more than 200%, according to a state Department of Insurance \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-wildfire-homeowners-insurance-20180830-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report released last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in August, the department \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2019/release063-2019.cfm?cachebusterTimestamp=1575584571736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released data\u003c/a> showing that the number of nonrenewals rose by more than 10% last year in seven of the counties hardest hit by wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related coverage\" tag=\"fire-insurance\"]\"As communities across California continue to recover from wildfires and natural disasters, insurance companies are critical partners in helping our communities rise up,\" said Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore in a statement. \"The inability to obtain insurance after disaster strikes impacts home values and tax revenues for emergency services that help ensure the integrity of California communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 5 million California houses are located in the wildland-urban interface where wildfires are most likely to occur, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/48642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Forest Service\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara also noted that the number of households covered by California's FAIR Plan — an insurer of last resort that provides limited coverage for wildfires exclusively — has surged in areas with high wildfire risk. That plan, he added, will offer expanded coverage before next summer, with full homeowners' policies, higher policy limits and monthly payment plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\"Many people mistakenly believe this is a rural community issue,\" he said. \"I'm here to tell you that that is not true. This is a statewide issue that is affecting both rural and urban areas across the entire state of California.\"\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Rex Frazier, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, the new rule comes as little surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a straightforward implementation of SB 824,\" he said, noting that state insurers participated in negotiations over the legislation and ultimately supported it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he challenges Lara's assertion of it being a statewide problem. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This isn’t really a statewide issue so far. It's really confined to at most 10 counties,” Frazier said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No models or mapping predicted the catastrophic wildfires of the last two years, he said. As a result, the state's insurers have taken on an enormous level of risk without being able to raise rates accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s a policy choice the state has made,\" he said. \"They wanted to protect consumers and hold rates down. Holding rates down worked as long as risk was low.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, he said, in order to smooth things out for residents in higher-risk areas, statewide average rates need to increase so the burden can be more evenly shared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The question is: How do we have an insurance system that has enough money coming through it to pay for these losses?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The moratorium temporarily protects at least 800,000 California households in 16 wildfire disaster zones across the state from losing their home insurance. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1575754377,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":733},"headData":{"title":"State Bans Insurers From Dropping Homeowner Policies in Areas Hit by Wildfires | KQED","description":"The moratorium temporarily protects at least 800,000 California households in 16 wildfire disaster zones across the state from losing their home insurance. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"State Bans Insurers From Dropping Homeowner Policies in Areas Hit by Wildfires","datePublished":"2019-12-05T23:33:34.000Z","dateModified":"2019-12-07T21:32:57.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11789809 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11789809","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/12/05/state-bans-insurers-from-dropping-homeowner-policies-in-areas-hit-by-wildfires/","disqusTitle":"State Bans Insurers From Dropping Homeowner Policies in Areas Hit by Wildfires","path":"/news/11789809/state-bans-insurers-from-dropping-homeowner-policies-in-areas-hit-by-wildfires","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California is blocking the fire exits for home insurers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday announced a mandatory one-year rule barring insurers from cancelling or not renewing policies for homeowners who live in areas of the state that have been recently ravaged by wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm hearing the same story again and again,\" said Lara, who made the announcement in Oakland, at a home whose owners have struggled to find insurance. \"People have been dropped by their insurance companies after decades of premium payment and loyalty.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'This gives consumers temporary breathing room while we work on lasting solutions.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Ricardo Lara, California insurance commissioner","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mandatory one-year moratorium covers more than 800,000 residential policies in or around parts of the state declared wildfire disaster areas in 2019. Lara said his office is also asking insurers to voluntarily stop dropping any customers in California due to fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you live near one of the devastating fires, you now have an automatic year of protection if your home survived, and more importantly, if you suffered a total loss,\" Lara said. \"This gives consumers temporary breathing room while we work on lasting solutions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has the authority to impose such bans under \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 824\u003c/a>, authored last year by Lara, then a state senator. This is the first time the department has invoked the law, which went into effect in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action comes amid findings that insurance companies have increasingly dropped home coverage plans in areas across the state with high wildfire risk, and as blazes become more frequent and destructive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of homeowners in high-risk fire areas who complained about getting dropped by their plans more than tripled between 2010 and 2016, while complaints about increased premiums rose by more than 200%, according to a state Department of Insurance \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-wildfire-homeowners-insurance-20180830-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report released last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in August, the department \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2019/release063-2019.cfm?cachebusterTimestamp=1575584571736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released data\u003c/a> showing that the number of nonrenewals rose by more than 10% last year in seven of the counties hardest hit by wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related coverage ","tag":"fire-insurance"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\"As communities across California continue to recover from wildfires and natural disasters, insurance companies are critical partners in helping our communities rise up,\" said Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore in a statement. \"The inability to obtain insurance after disaster strikes impacts home values and tax revenues for emergency services that help ensure the integrity of California communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 5 million California houses are located in the wildland-urban interface where wildfires are most likely to occur, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/48642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Forest Service\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara also noted that the number of households covered by California's FAIR Plan — an insurer of last resort that provides limited coverage for wildfires exclusively — has surged in areas with high wildfire risk. That plan, he added, will offer expanded coverage before next summer, with full homeowners' policies, higher policy limits and monthly payment plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\"Many people mistakenly believe this is a rural community issue,\" he said. \"I'm here to tell you that that is not true. This is a statewide issue that is affecting both rural and urban areas across the entire state of California.\"\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Rex Frazier, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, the new rule comes as little surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a straightforward implementation of SB 824,\" he said, noting that state insurers participated in negotiations over the legislation and ultimately supported it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he challenges Lara's assertion of it being a statewide problem. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This isn’t really a statewide issue so far. It's really confined to at most 10 counties,” Frazier said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No models or mapping predicted the catastrophic wildfires of the last two years, he said. As a result, the state's insurers have taken on an enormous level of risk without being able to raise rates accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s a policy choice the state has made,\" he said. \"They wanted to protect consumers and hold rates down. Holding rates down worked as long as risk was low.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, he said, in order to smooth things out for residents in higher-risk areas, statewide average rates need to increase so the burden can be more evenly shared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The question is: How do we have an insurance system that has enough money coming through it to pay for these losses?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11789809/state-bans-insurers-from-dropping-homeowner-policies-in-areas-hit-by-wildfires","authors":["1263"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_6266","news_8","news_13","news_356"],"tags":["news_20341","news_25941","news_18159","news_22316","news_17041","news_4463"],"featImg":"news_11789816","label":"news_72"},"news_11763205":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11763205","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11763205","score":null,"sort":[1564038086000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"state-insurance-commissioner-defends-intervening-in-cases-involving-his-donors","title":"State Insurance Commissioner Defends Intervening in Cases Involving His Donors","publishDate":1564038086,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara defended himself on Wednesday against allegations that he improperly intervened in cases involving companies linked to donors to his 2020 campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog']'This was a way of saving the insurance company tens of millions of dollars.'[/pullquote]Lara has acknowledged that he took more than $50,000 in campaign contributions from insurance executives and their spouses, even after previously pledging not to take funds from those with ties to the industry he was elected to regulate. In an interview with KQED's The California Report, he said accepting those contributions was a mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I found out, I immediately returned the money, and I put a third-party person to make sure we review all checks that come in,\" Lara said from his office in Los Angeles. \"This was an honest mistake that fell through the cracks. My mom says own up to your mistakes and correct them, and that's what I did.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2019-07-19/state-insurance-commissioner-accepted-donations-and-intervened-in-cases-to-benefit-donors-records-show\">San Diego Union-Tribune reports\u003c/a> Lara's interventions included trying to overrule decisions by an administrative law judge in his own department in cases related to workers' compensation provider Applied Underwriters, Inc. — which is controlled by investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara acknowledged these interventions were uncommon, saying these cases are the only ones in which he has taken such steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I did reverse the ruling from the law judge because I wanted it to be consistent with my predecessor's rulings,\" Lara said, adding his move was aimed at protecting consumers and stopping injured workers from losing their coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls to the previous insurance commissioner, Dave Jones, weren't immediately returned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics disagree with Lara's rationale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Ricardo Lara, California Insurance Commissioner']'I did reverse the ruling from the law judge because I wanted it to be consistent with my predecessor's rulings.'[/pullquote]\"The interventions here were on behalf of [Applied Underwriters] to overturn the administrative law judge's rulings that the company needed to pay out on its policies and should not get out of that obligation,\" said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog. \"This was a way of saving the insurance company tens of millions of dollars.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara also pledged to release his calendars, which\u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/insurance/consumer-watchdog-seeks-disclosures-regarding-influence-peddling-scandal-under-public\"> Consumer Watchdog has requested\u003c/a> from his office in an effort to examine potential influence-peddling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They have totally denied our public records requests in writing. We haven't heard anything. But we're pleased if the commissioner is finally agreeing to share his calendar,\" Court said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara's office didn't provide a date for when the calendars would be released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara told KQED he has met with Steven M. Menzies, president and CEO of Applied Underwriters, since taking office. Lara has now recused himself from any decisions having to do with the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When pressed, Lara said his office was asked to review the cases involving the company by the head of Applied Underwriters — but was not specifically asked to intervene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I met with him. It was a casual meeting, and nothing in that meeting that came out changed the course of my decision,\" Lara said. \"I have always had an open-door policy to meet with everyone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Ricardo Lara has acknowledged taking more than $50,000 in campaign contributions from insurance executives — even after pledging not to take funds from those with ties to the industry he was elected to regulate. 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In an interview with KQED's The California Report, he said accepting those contributions was a mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I found out, I immediately returned the money, and I put a third-party person to make sure we review all checks that come in,\" Lara said from his office in Los Angeles. \"This was an honest mistake that fell through the cracks. My mom says own up to your mistakes and correct them, and that's what I did.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2019-07-19/state-insurance-commissioner-accepted-donations-and-intervened-in-cases-to-benefit-donors-records-show\">San Diego Union-Tribune reports\u003c/a> Lara's interventions included trying to overrule decisions by an administrative law judge in his own department in cases related to workers' compensation provider Applied Underwriters, Inc. — which is controlled by investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara acknowledged these interventions were uncommon, saying these cases are the only ones in which he has taken such steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I did reverse the ruling from the law judge because I wanted it to be consistent with my predecessor's rulings,\" Lara said, adding his move was aimed at protecting consumers and stopping injured workers from losing their coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls to the previous insurance commissioner, Dave Jones, weren't immediately returned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics disagree with Lara's rationale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I did reverse the ruling from the law judge because I wanted it to be consistent with my predecessor's rulings.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"small","align":"right","citation":"Ricardo Lara, California Insurance Commissioner","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\"The interventions here were on behalf of [Applied Underwriters] to overturn the administrative law judge's rulings that the company needed to pay out on its policies and should not get out of that obligation,\" said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog. \"This was a way of saving the insurance company tens of millions of dollars.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara also pledged to release his calendars, which\u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/insurance/consumer-watchdog-seeks-disclosures-regarding-influence-peddling-scandal-under-public\"> Consumer Watchdog has requested\u003c/a> from his office in an effort to examine potential influence-peddling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They have totally denied our public records requests in writing. We haven't heard anything. But we're pleased if the commissioner is finally agreeing to share his calendar,\" Court said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara's office didn't provide a date for when the calendars would be released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara told KQED he has met with Steven M. Menzies, president and CEO of Applied Underwriters, since taking office. Lara has now recused himself from any decisions having to do with the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When pressed, Lara said his office was asked to review the cases involving the company by the head of Applied Underwriters — but was not specifically asked to intervene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I met with him. It was a casual meeting, and nothing in that meeting that came out changed the course of my decision,\" Lara said. \"I have always had an open-door policy to meet with everyone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11763205/state-insurance-commissioner-defends-intervening-in-cases-involving-his-donors","authors":["11552","11621"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_22315","news_24336","news_22316"],"featImg":"news_11763210","label":"news_72"},"news_11727049":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11727049","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11727049","score":null,"sort":[1550422664000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"their-home-survived-the-camp-fire-but-their-insurance-did-not","title":"Their Home Survived the Camp Fire — But Their Insurance Did Not","publishDate":1550422664,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Tom and Tamara Conry were dead set on returning to Paradise after the deadly Camp Fire destroyed the town last November. The couple's home was barely touched by the fire, and most other survivors had a much steeper climb to recovery. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when their property insurer, American Reliable, notified them in December that it wasn't renewing the couple's homeowner's coverage, they realized that returning home would be even harder than expected. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Getting that letter was like a slap in the face,\" Tamara Conry said. \"Right now, when it's going to be the hardest time ever to get insurance at any kind of reasonable price, that's when you non-renew us?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other families in Butte County could face a similar insurance dilemma. About 10 percent of buildings in Paradise are still standing after last November's wildfire, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though a new California law that took effect in January requires insurers to renew homeowner's coverage on properties that survived wildfires for at least one year, the new law doesn't help people affected by last year's fire disasters like the Conrys. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Their situation can almost be worse, sometimes, than people whose homes are gone,\" said Amy Bach, executive director of the consumer advocacy group United Policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're sort of competing with the total loss victims for attention and dollars, but they also don't have the same protection that a total loss victim has to keep their insurance,\" she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom and Tamara Conry are now living in a rental apartment in Yuba City, about an hour south of Paradise, because their home is still contaminated by smoke. Their back deck was also scorched. American Reliable covered their hotel after the couple evacuated and is now paying for their temporary rental.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the news that the insurance company wasn't renewing their coverage has just added to the headache of making their home livable again, the Conrys say. At least two other insurers turned them down and they worked with two different brokers to try to find a new policy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sometimes I feel like it would have been easier if the house had burned down,\" Tamara said, adding that she and Tom also feel truly sorry for all the families who lost much more than they did. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_8103-b346db241df96c0440acdd72c30542d8d104653e-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Camp Fire of November 2018 destroyed roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise, Calif. The owners of the few homes that remain standing may face problems when it is time to renew their home insurance.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11727051\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Camp Fire of November 2018 destroyed roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise, Calif. The owners of the few homes that remain standing may face problems when it is time to renew their home insurance. \u003ccite>(Pauline Bartolone/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Insurance says it's heard from others in fire areas who have faced a non-renewal from a property insurer. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a state senator in 2018, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara pushed through the new law that helps ensure at least one year of continued coverage for homeowners with property standing in fire zones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said this law was intended to help families like the Conrys, who may face the same situation in future disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A sudden non-renewal can shatter survivors' feeling of security that they have barely started to rebuild,\" Lara wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB894\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new California law\u003c/a> ensures people whose homes have completely burned down in a wildfire can renew a homeowners policy for at least two years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Global Indemnity, the parent company of American Reliable Insurance Company, didn't respond to emails and phone calls asking to discuss the Conrys' situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Sektnan, who represents the industry as president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acicnet.org/home/about-us/acic-staff/mark-sektnan\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Property Casualty Insurers Association of America\u003c/a>, says companies are always reassessing their risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You want to make sure you don't have too many policies concentrated in a particular area because if there is a loss, it could have negative implications for the company,\" Sektnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One insurer, Merced Property and Casualty, already went \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercedpcins.com/documents/FrequentlyAskedQuestionsAboutMercedProperty.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">belly-up\u003c/a> because of the Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sektnan says there are about 50 homeowner insurers in California, and homeowners like the Conrys are sure to find another option. Policyholders in areas devastated by wildfires will likely pay more for their coverage, though. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's to ensure that ... people in the high-risk areas should pay a higher amount for insurance than people who live in low-risk areas. Otherwise, people like where I live would end up subsidizing these people,\" Sektnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Conrys recently found a new homeowners policy,\u003ca href=\"https://www.cfpnet.com/index.php/general-info/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a last resort plan\u003c/a> California law provides for people like them. They're paying more than double what they did before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the devastation in Paradise, and the insurance headaches, have been too much for the Conrys. They've recently decided they're not going back, and have put their house up for sale. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 Capital Public Radio. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org\">Capital Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Their+Home+Survived+The+Camp+Fire+%E2%80%94+But+Their+Insurance+Did+Not&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Camp Fire in November 2018 incinerated roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise. Owners of the few remaining homes may find it more difficult to keep their home insured.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1550422664,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":806},"headData":{"title":"Their Home Survived the Camp Fire — But Their Insurance Did Not | KQED","description":"The Camp Fire in November 2018 incinerated roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise. 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The couple's home was barely touched by the fire, and most other survivors had a much steeper climb to recovery. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when their property insurer, American Reliable, notified them in December that it wasn't renewing the couple's homeowner's coverage, they realized that returning home would be even harder than expected. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Getting that letter was like a slap in the face,\" Tamara Conry said. \"Right now, when it's going to be the hardest time ever to get insurance at any kind of reasonable price, that's when you non-renew us?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other families in Butte County could face a similar insurance dilemma. About 10 percent of buildings in Paradise are still standing after last November's wildfire, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though a new California law that took effect in January requires insurers to renew homeowner's coverage on properties that survived wildfires for at least one year, the new law doesn't help people affected by last year's fire disasters like the Conrys. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Their situation can almost be worse, sometimes, than people whose homes are gone,\" said Amy Bach, executive director of the consumer advocacy group United Policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're sort of competing with the total loss victims for attention and dollars, but they also don't have the same protection that a total loss victim has to keep their insurance,\" she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom and Tamara Conry are now living in a rental apartment in Yuba City, about an hour south of Paradise, because their home is still contaminated by smoke. Their back deck was also scorched. American Reliable covered their hotel after the couple evacuated and is now paying for their temporary rental.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the news that the insurance company wasn't renewing their coverage has just added to the headache of making their home livable again, the Conrys say. At least two other insurers turned them down and they worked with two different brokers to try to find a new policy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sometimes I feel like it would have been easier if the house had burned down,\" Tamara said, adding that she and Tom also feel truly sorry for all the families who lost much more than they did. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_8103-b346db241df96c0440acdd72c30542d8d104653e-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Camp Fire of November 2018 destroyed roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise, Calif. The owners of the few homes that remain standing may face problems when it is time to renew their home insurance.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11727051\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Camp Fire of November 2018 destroyed roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise, Calif. The owners of the few homes that remain standing may face problems when it is time to renew their home insurance. \u003ccite>(Pauline Bartolone/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Insurance says it's heard from others in fire areas who have faced a non-renewal from a property insurer. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a state senator in 2018, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara pushed through the new law that helps ensure at least one year of continued coverage for homeowners with property standing in fire zones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said this law was intended to help families like the Conrys, who may face the same situation in future disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A sudden non-renewal can shatter survivors' feeling of security that they have barely started to rebuild,\" Lara wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB894\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new California law\u003c/a> ensures people whose homes have completely burned down in a wildfire can renew a homeowners policy for at least two years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Global Indemnity, the parent company of American Reliable Insurance Company, didn't respond to emails and phone calls asking to discuss the Conrys' situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Sektnan, who represents the industry as president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acicnet.org/home/about-us/acic-staff/mark-sektnan\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Property Casualty Insurers Association of America\u003c/a>, says companies are always reassessing their risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You want to make sure you don't have too many policies concentrated in a particular area because if there is a loss, it could have negative implications for the company,\" Sektnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One insurer, Merced Property and Casualty, already went \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercedpcins.com/documents/FrequentlyAskedQuestionsAboutMercedProperty.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">belly-up\u003c/a> because of the Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sektnan says there are about 50 homeowner insurers in California, and homeowners like the Conrys are sure to find another option. Policyholders in areas devastated by wildfires will likely pay more for their coverage, though. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's to ensure that ... people in the high-risk areas should pay a higher amount for insurance than people who live in low-risk areas. Otherwise, people like where I live would end up subsidizing these people,\" Sektnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Conrys recently found a new homeowners policy,\u003ca href=\"https://www.cfpnet.com/index.php/general-info/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a last resort plan\u003c/a> California law provides for people like them. They're paying more than double what they did before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the devastation in Paradise, and the insurance headaches, have been too much for the Conrys. They've recently decided they're not going back, and have put their house up for sale. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 Capital Public Radio. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org\">Capital Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Their+Home+Survived+The+Camp+Fire+%E2%80%94+But+Their+Insurance+Did+Not&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11727049/their-home-survived-the-camp-fire-but-their-insurance-did-not","authors":["byline_news_11727049"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_22754","news_22315","news_24483","news_18159","news_22753","news_22316","news_20244"],"featImg":"news_11727050","label":"source_news_11727049"},"news_11726354":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11726354","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11726354","score":null,"sort":[1550194208000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"after-years-of-busting-its-firefighting-budget-should-california-get-disaster-insurance","title":"After Years of Busting its Firefighting Budget, Should California Get Disaster Insurance?","publishDate":1550194208,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California has blown through its firefighting budget in seven of the past 10 years. Now, some state leaders are proposing a novel way to pay for those overruns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and state Sen. Bill Dodd unveiled legislation Thursday that would pave the way for California to take out an insurance policy for disasters, including the devastating wildfires that have ripped through numerous communities in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It works just like your home insurance but for our actual state. You pay a premium each year, and we are protected,\" Lara said. \"If a disaster strikes, once you cover the deductible, the plan pays you back for your losses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd noted that California spent $947 million fighting wildfires over the fiscal year that ended last July — $450 million more than state leaders budgeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argued that letting an insurance company carry more risk could free up state resources for preventing wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rising wildfire suppression costs can strain California’s financial resources and threaten cuts to critical programs,” said Sen. Dodd, D-Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As climate change continues to contribute to devastating infernos, we need a strategy to reduce the pressure on state and community coffers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11726439 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-800x520.jpg\" alt=\"Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and State Sen. Bill Dodd hold a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. \" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-800x520.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-1200x781.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, right, and state Sen. Bill Dodd hold a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. \u003ccite>(Marisa Lagos/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The proposal wouldn’t require the state to take out an insurance policy, but would authorize the governor, insurance commissioner and treasurer to explore the possibility. Similar programs have been embraced by the state of Oregon and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one large insurance group said it would back the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Insurers understand the need for new products and strategies to finance the mitigation and recovery from these unprecedented wildfires,\" Armand Feliciano, vice president for the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, said in a written statement. \"We look forward to working with the legislature and statewide elected officials to consider and develop innovative ways to prevent and fight future wildfires. “\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The state has blown through its firefighting budget in seven of the past 10 years — and some leaders are proposing a novel way to pay for those cost overruns.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1550263317,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":341},"headData":{"title":"After Years of Busting its Firefighting Budget, Should California Get Disaster Insurance? | KQED","description":"The state has blown through its firefighting budget in seven of the past 10 years — and some leaders are proposing a novel way to pay for those cost overruns.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"After Years of Busting its Firefighting Budget, Should California Get Disaster Insurance?","datePublished":"2019-02-15T01:30:08.000Z","dateModified":"2019-02-15T20:41:57.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11726354 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11726354","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/02/14/after-years-of-busting-its-firefighting-budget-should-california-get-disaster-insurance/","disqusTitle":"After Years of Busting its Firefighting Budget, Should California Get Disaster Insurance?","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2019/02/FireInsuranceLagostcram190215.mp3","audioTrackLength":72,"path":"/news/11726354/after-years-of-busting-its-firefighting-budget-should-california-get-disaster-insurance","audioDuration":90000,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California has blown through its firefighting budget in seven of the past 10 years. Now, some state leaders are proposing a novel way to pay for those overruns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and state Sen. Bill Dodd unveiled legislation Thursday that would pave the way for California to take out an insurance policy for disasters, including the devastating wildfires that have ripped through numerous communities in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It works just like your home insurance but for our actual state. You pay a premium each year, and we are protected,\" Lara said. \"If a disaster strikes, once you cover the deductible, the plan pays you back for your losses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd noted that California spent $947 million fighting wildfires over the fiscal year that ended last July — $450 million more than state leaders budgeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argued that letting an insurance company carry more risk could free up state resources for preventing wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rising wildfire suppression costs can strain California’s financial resources and threaten cuts to critical programs,” said Sen. Dodd, D-Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As climate change continues to contribute to devastating infernos, we need a strategy to reduce the pressure on state and community coffers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11726439 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-800x520.jpg\" alt=\"Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and State Sen. Bill Dodd hold a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. \" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-800x520.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara-1200x781.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/DoddLara.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, right, and state Sen. Bill Dodd hold a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. \u003ccite>(Marisa Lagos/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The proposal wouldn’t require the state to take out an insurance policy, but would authorize the governor, insurance commissioner and treasurer to explore the possibility. 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