State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home insurance policies in California in latest blow to state market

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Insurance giant State Farm says it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer

State Farm will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer, the insurance giant said this week, nine months after announcing it would not issue new home policies in the state The Illinois-based company, California's largest insurer, cited soaring costs, the increasing risk of catastrophes like wildfires and outdated regulations as reasons it won’t renew the policies on 30,000 houses and 42,000 apartments, the Bay Area News Group reported...

” The move comes as California's elected insurance commissioner undertakes a yearlong overhaul of home insurance regulations aimed at calming the state's imploding market by giving insurers more latitude to raise premiums while extracting commitments from them to extend coverage in fire-risk areas, the news group said. The California Department of Insurance said State Farm will have to answer question from regulators about its decision to discontinue coverage.

 

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