California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a new regulation requiring insurance companies to offer coverage to homeowners in wildfire-prone areas, aiming to increase access to insurance options for vulnerable communities.
Insurance companies in California will have to offer coverage to homeowners in wildfire-prone areas under a new state regulation announced Monday. The new regulation aims to give residents access to more insurance options after companies pulled coverage from various areas. Insurance companies will be legally required to write policies in those areas 'equivalent to no less than 85% of their statewide market share.' Coverage won't increase to that threshold immediately.
Instead, companies will be given a requirement of a 5% increase every two years. 'Californians deserve a reliable insurance market that doesn't retreat from communities most vulnerable to wildfires and climate change,' said California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. The regulation is the latest in Lara's Sustainable Insurance Strategy. Lara previously announced that companies would be allowed to use catastrophe models and climate change to set higher rates. According to Lara, the use of catastrophe models will ensure 'reliable rates.' 'Under the system of historical data, insurance consumers are paying balloon premiums and rate spikes after major wildfires, without increased availability,' the press release stated. The requirement to cover wildfire-prone areas was the last step in Lara's Sustainable Insurance Strategy
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