6+ hour, 2+ min ago  (512+ words) Plus: Blurred lines on hotel market also in the news for Bay Area this week What might be a benchmark of success for California's next insurance commissioner?" For state Sen. Ben Allen, one of eight candidates in the relatively high-profile…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (966+ words) Forum in fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades backdrop for talk on rethinking state government's approach The average gap between the insurance payouts offered to Pacific Palisades residents who lost their homes in last year's fire versus what it will cost them to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (391+ words) Regulators face pressure to act as insurer plans average 8. 8 percent hike Illinois homeowners insured by Allstate are bracing for another hit next year, as the state's second-largest provider moves forward with a round of rate increases. Allstate plans to raise…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (185+ words) Pritzker-backed bill would give regulators power to review and roll back hikes Illinois lawmakers are gearing up to take another swing at one of the most closely watched insurance overhauls in years, reviving a bill that would give state regulators…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (518+ words) Governor wanted state rate-review powers after Illinois" State Farm rates increased 50 percent in three years Gov. JB Pritzker is reviving his campaign to put homeowners" insurance rates under state scrutiny, weeks after a rate-review bill unexpectedly collapsed in the Illinois…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (365+ words) If flood insurance program NFIP lapses, thousands of home sales could be disrupted The clock is ticking on the federal flood insurance program, and Florida real estate could take the biggest hit if Congress fails to act." The National Flood…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago  (402+ words) Oklahoma, Nebraska top states with most expensive insurance costs In 2023 and 2024, the United States experienced the most natural disasters on record that led to damages of at least $1 billion." So it's no surprise that home insurance companies over the past…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (438+ words) Gov. J. B. Pritzker called home insurance hike "unfair and arbitrary," claiming other states" losses were factored in State Farm will raise homeowners insurance premiums by 27. 2 percent in its home state, one of the largest rate hikes in Illinois history, the Chicago…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (428+ words) Homeowners will bear the brunt of responsibility in shoring up the financial gaps for State Farm General after the California insurance commissioner sided with an administrative law judge ruling to allow an emergency 17 percent rate increase. That's off from the'original…...