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3 insurance carriers limit new policies
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September 14, 2023
3 insurance carriers limit new policies
California’s home insurance policies are on the chopping block, citing increased risk and cost

By Marcelle Dibrell

large home insurance recently announced longer be issuing home insurance policies longtime holders say to do with fires. California residents husband used be longtime customers AAA, after they drained their pool, were dropped. According report ABC in San Rafael, interviewed several were cancelled after drone footage, their properties too risky. cancel footage, CSAA parent company AAA, stated that “to continue industry- insurance must periodically …

Insurance Group evaluates properties insure, third- proprietary fixedwing and satellites.” learn that her policy would be renewed because had so much

were both What’s to do with canceling your She and her husband had drained to conserve drought. Smith said her grandchildren kids had moved to different because

the pool, they might well save on the maintenance water. does evaporate, be putting water in there every couple They’ve been using the empty pool grow vegetables, AAA pool showed signs of “ deferred maintenance.”

And the Smith’s are far from alone in losingtheir insurance coverage over what seem like trivial the grounds for non-renewal notified dropped because of his yard. George Nadeau he’d replaced seven years prior.

Is AAA joining the growing list insurance companies exodus from California? writing state, they are shedding those customers seen as high risk and raising the rates of those they do cover.

At least three major insurance companies have entirely stopped California

the last year.

latest limit homeowners’ policies 3, explaining that “recordbreaking severe weather and rising reconstruction Farm, which made similar this year. Fire Protection, in 2022, California had wildfires, which collectively wildfires, burning 173,645 four.

Farm stopped accepting property insurance applications stating that decision increases in construction costs outpacing inflation, rapidly a challenging reinsurance market.”

A June 14 article appearing in BloombergLaw stated that “State the largest underwriter casualty insurance

California,

market California Department California

an announcement

company but cost insure home customers wildfires, higher costs for repairing and higher reinsurance As Nash entioned, raise their rates to offset their costs. 1988, California voters passed Proposition 103, which requires insurance companies to seek electedinsurance commissioner.

are incentivized keep those low as possible. the state requires the insurance base also makes difficult for insurance companies raise premiums higher 6.9 without facing objections consumer advocacy groups. (In May filed an application increase its homeowners’ insurance average 28.1 Rosenfield, the author of founder of that Insurance Commissioner, Lara, has emergency insurance companies doing sell insurance those who need it anywhere a shortage. State Farm announced its California, Rosenfield “Commissioner has power order State until commissioner determine impact rates and profits.”

Michael Soller, a deputy that day two years ago,” said.

Now we’re regurgitating insurance state this. “Their claims are not supported said Soller. “There’s reason hasn’t any commissioner before.”

August article appearing politics and policy focused of California’s wildfire force changes insurance landscape. growing acknowledgement actual living a fire-prone area,” stated. predicts that lawmakers regulators be nearing legislative more of them from leaving.” raises the question what Marylin Smith, AAA coverage cluttered yard, or Nadeau, over all able obtain new and cheaper policies, amidst California’s shrinking unless something others may not

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