California’s insurance commissioner on Friday gave his approval to an emergency rate hike for State Farm customers. Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Tuesday cited a decision by a Department of ...

State law requires insurance companies to justify increases before they take effect. But that didn't happen here. Instead, the interim increase will go into effect on June 1.

The law put Insurance Commissioner John King, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, in charge of enforcement.

State Farm can soon start raising premiums by 17% for its California home insurance customers. State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved the rate hike Tuesday.

But John Garamendi has changed that script. An eight-term Democratic congressman from a Central Valley district and the original elected insurance commissioner (he served from 1991 to 1995 ...

The insurance commissioner runs the state's largest consumer protection agency, which in today's political world puts it on the front lines of the fight for basic fairness. People need a place to turn ...

Insurance commissioner signals possible probe into State Farm’s handling of L.A. wildfire claims Flames from the Palisades fire Jan. 7.

The company, the largest home insurer in the state, wants the California Department of Insurance (CDI) commissioner Ricardo Lara to approve an additional 11 percent increase for homeowners, and ...

After fielding a storm of complaints at a community meeting about how State Farm General is handling Los Angeles wildfire claims, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said Saturday that ...

Meanwhile, California homeowners who have insurance policies with State Farm are likely to face a rate increase this year as the carrier's request for a 17 percent hike received interim approval ...

Jun. 20—New Washington state Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer paid a visit to the Twin Cities Senior Center Tuesday, June 17, for the first time since being elected to the job last year.