The Los Angeles County fires have cast uncertainty over when the insurance crisis buffeting the entire state will ease, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara told the Chronicle during an interview Saturday in Santa Monica,

If your home or business was damaged or destroyed in a wildfire, California Insurance Commissioner Richard Lara says don't sign anything right away.

Los Angeles Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a "rapid response effort" to prevent insurance fraud after the devastating fires.

Workshops on Jan. 18 and Jan. 25 in Pasadena and Santa Monica will help homeowners understand their insurance policies.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will host a pair of insurance workshops in Santa Monica and Pasadena over the following weeks to aid people in Los Angeles County in the rebuilding process.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has issued a one-year moratorium on home policy non-renewals and cancellations in the Pacific Palisades and the San Gabriel Valley's Eaton fire zones.

"Get off your butt and do your job," says former California Insurance Commissioner, Rep. John Garamendi to current Commissioner Ricardo Lara as wildfire damage calls into question the stability of the state's insurance market.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara expanded emergency insurance protections for Southern California homeowners, adding new ZIP Codes to those

But one analyst told The New York Times that insurance companies could see a drain on their reserves from this week’s wildfires. Another analyst said the number of homes in Palisades Fire ZIP codes that are enrolled in the state’s insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, nearly doubled last year from 2023.

Southern California is bracing for an "unprecedented" third Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in a month, as extreme Santa Ana winds increase fire danger.

Rebuilding homes destroyed by wildfires in the Los Angeles area could take more than a year to even begin — and that’s if everything goes smoothly, according to Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer and former mayoral candidate who says city leaders failed to protect lives and property.

As wildfires tear through Los Angeles County, tens of thousands of unhoused residents face a cascade of risks: toxic air they can't filter, emergency alerts they can't receive, and evacuation orders they struggle to follow.