California Expands Moratorium on Owners Insurance coverage Cancellations, Non-Renewals

California Insurance coverage Commissioner Ricardo Lara expanded emergency insurance coverage protections for Southern California householders, including new ZIP Codes to these already beneath a compulsory one-year moratorium on insurance coverage non-renewals and cancellations.

The expanded order shields these inside the perimeters or adjoining ZIP Codes of the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia, Sundown and Woodley fires in Los Angeles County for one yr from the Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Jan. 7 emergency declaration no matter whether or not they suffered a loss.

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Lara issued the primary wave of protections final week after the Palisades and Eaton fires broke out. Lara mentioned he’ll subject a supplemental order if extra ZIP Codes are inside or adjoining to a fireplace perimeter topic to this declared state of emergency for Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Residents and their brokers can go to the California Division of Insurance coverage web site to see if their ZIP Code is included within the obligatory moratorium.

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Lara additionally issued a discover calling on all insurance coverage corporations to cease any pending non-renewals or cancellations for any properties situated close to wildfires, if they don’t seem to be already protected by the obligatory moratorium. This consists of non-renewals issued as much as 90 days previous to Jan. 7 however taking impact after the beginning of the wildfires. The pause on non-renewing and cancelling insurance policies would final six months as impacted communities start the restoration course of.

As well as, Lara referred to as on insurers to supply past the 60-day grace interval beneath current regulation for policyholders within the rapid affected wildfire areas, to pay their house insurance coverage premiums given the challenges that many policyholders in these areas are having.

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