HOME FIRES BURNING: In Sacramento, Ricardo Lara is the state’s insurance commissioner who hasn’t yet stopped an exodus of property insurers fleeing increased costs fueled by climate change ...

Ricardo Lara is playing with fire. ... Sen. Josh Becker introduced a bill this week to take Lara’s reform a step further. SB 1060 would require insurers account for the wildfire risk reduction ...

Commissioner Lara is also sponsoring SB 495, the Eliminate the List Act, authored by Senator Ben Allen which, once amended, ...

California’s Democratic insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, repeatedly took campaign money from the industry he regulates, intervened in official disputes to the benefit of his contributors ...

Ricardo Lara was the subject of an FPPC complaint filed in 2022 by Consumer Watchdog, a Los Angeles advocacy group that has long been critical of his relationship with insurers.

SB 523 (Leyva, Chapter 60, Statutes ... "While our health care is at risk from federal attacks, we appreciate that Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is committed to safeguarding our vital ...

LOS ANGELES — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara expanded emergency insurance protections for Southern California homeowners, adding new ZIP Codes to those already under a mandatory one-year ...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign eight bills for health care, public safety and a task force investigating compensation for displaced residents. SB 966 is ...

LOS ANGELES — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today announced a breakthrough agreement to modernize the California FAIR Plan Association (FAIR Plan), the state’s “insurer of last resort,” as part ...