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"\u003cb>Allen\u003c/b> says he will seek to reduce rates by reducing risk, working with local and state officials to design neighborhood-scale programs that make communities safer. He also plans to expand grants and financing to help home and business owners safeguard their properties from fire. He wants to modernize and speed up rate-setting and reviews. Allen supports efforts pushing fossil fuel companies to bear some cost for climate damages that drive up insurance prices. ",
"\u003cb>Bradford\u003c/b> says artificially suppressing rates will drive insurers away from the state. He wants rate changes to be reviewed faster and says the state \"must also invest in wildfire mitigation and resilience.” He wants the FAIR Plan reformed “as a true safety net for those who need it, not a long-term solution.\"",
"\u003cb>Farren\u003c/b> proposes a technology-driven overhaul of insurance regulations to expand affordable consumer options while balancing insurer needs. He wants to create a state-backed reinsurance program to replace the FAIR Plan, reduce insurer risk and ensure full payouts within 30 days after total losses.",
"\u003cb>Kim\u003c/b> says she would seek to negotiate with insurers to provide broad availability. To promote affordability, she'd push for transparency from companies about how premiums are being spent. Kim proposes a statewide affordable disaster insurance program, similar to systems in France and New Zealand, to stabilize coverage, prevent mass cancellations and invest in climate resiliency. She also supports guaranteed health insurance for every child in California.",
"\u003cb>Korsgaden\u003c/b> says California’s insurance crisis is the direct result of government overreach, excessive regulation and years of mismanagement, and calls for “a competitive, free-market system that allows insurers to price risk accurately and operate fairly.” She would streamline the rate approval process and work with lawmakers to reduce wildfire risks in California through programs like forest thinning and removing potential fuels like stacked brush.",
"\u003cb>Vargas\u003c/b> believes affordable insurance is a human right. Major insurance companies, he says, are holding the state hostage. \"As insurance commissioner, I will open up market conduct investigations into the largest ... insurers in the state and hold companies accountable for illegally boycotting the state.\" He says he would build a public insurer to guarantee coverage for all, \"whether it's in response to a natural disaster, a car crash or a health emergency.\"",
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"\u003cb>Bradford\u003c/b> says his top priority is to stabilize and restore a competitive insurance market so more homeowners can move back into comprehensive, private coverage. To strengthen the plan's finances, he supports implementation of an Assembly bill passed last year (AB 226), which allows for the use of bonds to finance claims, increasing the plan’s ability to pay out losses while reducing reliance on reinsurance.",
"\u003cb>Farren\u003c/b> says he would seek to eliminate the need for the FAIR Plan by creating “CAL Reinsure,\" modeled on programs in Florida and the U.K. to address hurricane and flooding risk, respectively. \"It will also speed payments to those who suffer a community fire loss by requiring payment of the full amount of insurance (a policy holder has) signed up for within 30 days of a total loss of a home or business structure,\" he says.",
"\u003cb>Kim\u003c/b> wants to reform the structure of the FAIR Plan to make it less secretive. Currently, it's unclear who is on the governing board or what happens at meetings, Kim says. \"We should have direct insight into its financial data and how it calculates premiums and make sure that consumers are getting treated fairly and quickly in the claims process.\"",
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"\u003cb>Vargas\u003c/b> says the way out of the crisis is \"transition consumers not only off the FAIR Plan, but off the private insurance industry altogether.\" He wants to create a public insurance system to provide low-cost, expansive coverage for homes, autos and healthcare. ",
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"\u003cb>Kim\u003c/b> wants the office to be an ally in \"our larger climate justice movement to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel.\" She hopes to work with Cal Fire and counties to update building codes and invest in prevention. She would like the department to create a single risk map for the state \"that all insurers use\" instead of the current proprietary maps, helping consumers understand their risks and rates.",
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"\u003cb>Vargas\u003c/b> says the insurance commissioner can fund home mitigation through taxes on billionaires and their companies, paired with outreach to high-risk communities and fully funded fire-resistance upgrades. Long term, he says, reducing climate-fueled disasters requires ending the climate crisis. He supports a rapid transition away from fossil fuels through coordinated government action, holding corporations accountable and requiring them to fund the infrastructure and energy transformation needed.",
"\u003cb>Wolff\u003c/b> supports testing pilot programs allowing insurers to issue group homeowners' insurance on a community basis, such as for HOAs, to motivate all residents in risk reduction. He'd also advocate for better land management, such as brush clearing and controlled burns and discounts for mitigation. "
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"\u003cb>Bradford\u003c/b> says he supports the strategy because it recognizes that rising insurance costs stem from real risks like wildfires and rebuilding expenses. He says ignoring that would shrink consumer options. “The plan aims to balance risk-based pricing with expanded coverage in high-risk areas,\" he says. “Its success should be judged by faster approvals, more insurers in the market, fewer FAIR Plan policies and strong consumer protections.”",
"\u003cb>Farren\u003c/b> says the strategy is not working and calls it “another misguided effort to Band-Aid over a problem that needs a more fundamental solution.”",
"\u003cb>Kim\u003c/b> says Lara correctly identified the critical issues plaguing the insurance system, but hasn't delivered the solution. \"I agree with the goal, but there were so many loopholes, it actually led to the opposite of what its intended purpose was,\" she says.",
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"\u003cb>Vargas\u003c/b> says the strategy is working for large insurers, not consumers, forcing policyholders to absorb repeated rate hikes. He criticizes recent rate increases approved by Lara for State Farm, Mercury and CSAA. This approach sidesteps the commissioner’s duty to reject excessive rates, he says. As commissioner, he says he would restore that authority and freeze further rate hikes, effectively ending the current strategy.",
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