The Department of Insurance has ensured that 94% of claims have been fully or partially paid, but Lara and Padilla believe ...

Strong regulation can hold insurance companies accountable and empower customers, while ample choice and competition prevent price gouging.

January 1, 2026 - Sacramento, Calif. - Beginning January 1, 2026, nine new laws sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California Department of Insurance will go into effect, ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is proposing more new insurance rules that critics are calling “vindictive,” and which they say will only make it easier for insurers to raise rates.

A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, California lawmakers unveiled three bills informed by the Chronicle's reporting aimed ...

One year after the deadly southern California Eaton and Palisades fires, many survivors report insurance claim problems.