Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Last summer, State Farm increased its home insurance rate by 27%, much to the outrage of Gov. JB Pritzker.

At the end of last year, California issued emergency new insurance regulations giving insurers more freedom to raise premiums while also requiring them to extend coverage to wildfire-prone areas of ...

In an extraordinary criticism of one state agency by another, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation told legislators that a department led by then-Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis may have ...

A revolution is underway in California’s insurance market that could provide relief to homeowners in high-fire-risk neighborhoods who have found it difficult to find insurers to cover their homes, ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced the final major step in his Sustainable Insurance Strategy, issuing a historic regulation aimed at restoring stability to California's ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Today Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara enforced his “first of its kind” catastrophe modeling and ...

America is ceding its insurance regulation to international nongovernmental organizations that have crippled Europe’s insurance sector. If U.S. regulators continue down this path, they risk ...

Despite their intention to protect against coverage denial and/or premium increases, additional state-level Medigap regulations are correlated with lower Medigap enrollment and stronger moral hazard.

FINRA rules for greater scrutiny of brokers with misconduct records may have simply nudged those individuals into insurance registrations with more lax supervision, a new study found. Processing ...

The Iowa Insurance Division identifies potential problems early and innovates rules that protect consumers, writes ...

Home warranties can protect homeowners from unexpected repair or replacement costs, providing peace of mind. However, concerns about deceptive practices and inadequate coverage by home warranty ...