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Insurance

Dec. 10, 2024

Will Newsom's property insurance plan fix insurance or raise premiums?

California's insurance crisis, driven by wildfire risks and climate change, has led to soaring premiums and dwindling coverage options, but proposed reforms to ease rate approvals risk undermining decades of consumer protections without guaranteeing affordability or accessibility for homeowners.

Shant A. Karnikian

Managing Partner and Trial Attorney Kabateck LLP

Phone: (213) 217-5000

Email: sk@kbklawyers.com

Loyola Law School

Shant A. Karnikian is a Managing Partner and trial attorney with Kabateck LLP. His practice focuses on insurance bad faith, catastrophic personal injury, and consumer class actions.

Matt Sahak

Associate Kabateck LLP

Email: ms@kbklawyers.com

Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA

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California is facing an unprecedented insurance crisis. Homeowners across the state are being abandoned by insurers, who are canceling policies, halting new ones, or leaving California altogether. For those who still have coverage, premiums are skyrocketing. This is not just a crisis for the uninsured but a warning about the unraveling of consumer protections that have long kept the insurance industry accountable.

The crisis stems from multiple factors, ...

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