Tag: FAIR plan

California Insurance Commissioner and Farmers CEO: A Groundbreaking Dialogue on the Insurance Crisis

Angela Linders
california insurance crisis a

California continues to struggle with a growing insurance crisis, as homeowners face towering premiums and the daunting task of securing coverage. Amidst this turmoil, insurers have retreated, leaving many Californians in a lurch. But in a recent twist, the path to resolution may hinge on a compromise that allows insurers to adjust rates based on future risk assessments. State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, spearheading new regulations to mitigate the crisis, likens his relationship with the insurance industry to a “forced marriage” — staying together for the larger family’s sake. This…

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California fire insurance FAIR Plan now has 350,000 policyholders

H. Cutner
Fire insurance - Home Coverage - California insurance

The coverage of last resort is now writing more policies, but not all plan members are satisfied. California’s FAIR Plan, its fire insurance coverage of last resort, is now writing a growing number of policies as homeowners turn to the coverage out of a lack of alternatives. The more policies the FAIR Plan writes, the less satisfied homeowners report being with it. Homeowners have been registering complaints regarding the poor services they are receiving from their fire insurance companies, about the rising costs associated with coverage, and about the threats…

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Commissioner Ricardo requires more commercial property insurance from FAIR

Logan B.
Commercial property insurance - Business property insurance

The California plan has been ordered to include increases to the decades-old business coverage limits. California Commissioner Ricardo Lara has announced that his office has ordered that the FAIR Plan must incorporate his mandated increases to the limits to commercial property insurance. The commissioner made the order to boost the coverage limits to better support Californian businesses. Lara announced that the commercial property insurance changes were meant to support businesses in California. “My order is part of an ongoing commitment to helping businesses in California thrive as our economy recovers…

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California agricultural insurance to see raise in policy limits

H. Cutner
Agricultural insurance - Farm

Commissioner Ricardo Lara has ordered what will be the first coverage limit increase in 25 years. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has ordered the first agricultural insurance limit increase in fire-prone areas in a quarter of a century. Lara determined that the order was necessary in order to meet the current wildfire risk and rising cost of repairs. The increase in the agricultural insurance limits is approximately 90 percent higher than the limits in the California Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) plan, which is the last-resort program for property…

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Homeowners insurance increases rejected by Massachusetts

Julie Campbell
residential homeowners insurance news

The state has shot down the request to hike rates that was made by FAIR for its high risk pool. Regulators in Massachusetts have turned down a request from the high-risk homeowners insurance provider that would have caused premiums for that coverage to rise by an average of 7 percent. The FAIR high risk plan wrote a large number of policies in 2012, according to the Division of Insurance. Though the majority of the areas that have the highest risk of storms and flooding are in the region of Cape…

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