SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 30 -- The California Department of Insurance issued the following press release:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Governor Gavin Newsom has signed nine Department of Insurance-sponsored bills this year championed by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, delivering major new protections for wildfire survivors, increasing accountability for insurers, modernizing consumer safeguards, and expanding access to critical health care services for Californians.
Several of the new laws grew directly out of concerns raised by wildfire survivors, patients, policyholders, consumer advocates, and community leaders. Their experiences helped identify gaps in existing laws and informed the solutions reflected in this year's Department-sponsore...