"The FAIR Plan needs to be a temporary option, not the only option," Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said.

In an exclusive interview with CBS News California Investigates, the California Insurance Commissioner announced a formal Market Conduct Examination of State Farm.

Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced greater transparency to come for FAIR Plan data, plus a broadening of coverage to ...

When was the last time you heard the former occupant of an important political office, state or national, declaim publicly that a successor of the same political party wasn’t doing the ...

One solution to California's insurance crisis years in the making is just weeks away from implementation. Leaders say this ...

A lawmaker whose district includes communities damaged in the LA wildfires wants to protect insurance policyholders from ...

Thousands of wildfire survivors whose smoke-related claims were denied by the FAIR Plan could now appeal to receive payments.

The California Department of Insurance has commissioned a task force to develop a first-in-the-nation smoke damage standard that could be the blueprint for a national standard.

California's top insurance regulator is launching a probe into State Farm over its handling of claims from Los Angeles-area wildfires that broke out in January. The investigation comes after ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara continues to advance a comprehensive reform package of the California FAIR Plan in his ongoing efforts to confront the state's "insurer of last resort's" ...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara says the California Department of Insurance is investigating the FAIR Plan's handling of smoke damage claims from Los Angeles wildfires to address consumer ...