Farmers sets California home insurance limits, further restricting the state

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This step was taken on the heels of State Farm’s and Allstate’s exit from selling there. Farmers Insurance has made a filing revealing that it is implementing restrictions on home insurance in California, further limiting the choices residents of the state have to protect their properties. Insurers have been blaming increasing wildfire risk and rising costs of repairs and replacements. Farmers is only the latest to change the way they do business in the Californian home insurance market. Allstate and State Farm both announced earlier this year that they will…

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Allstate is no longer selling new California home insurance policies

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Immediately after State Farm’s exit from selling in the market, its top competitor has done the same. Allstate has announced that it is no longer selling new California home insurance policies, removing it from the pool of available coverage for homeowners following State Farm’s exit from sales only days before. That said, despite the fact that the announcement was only just made, the insurer’s statement said it stopped accepting new policies as of last year. This means that two of the largest insurers in the country are no longer selling…

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Homeowners insurance confusion is common in California

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Confusion concerning homeowners insurance protection is a major problem in California Confusion is a common problem among a large portion of Californians when it comes to the basics of homeowners insurance. A new poll from InsuranceQuotes.com, an insurance aggregator, shows that many people do not accurately know what their homeowners insurance policies cover. This confusion is not only common in California, of course, and has been documented elsewhere in the U.S. Homeowners insurance confusion was recently highlighted as a major issue that exacerbated the impact of 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. Homeonwers…

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