Chris Kissell has been a journalist for three decades and has written extensively about insurance and other personal finance topics for the past 20 years. For the last 14 years, he has been a ...

USAA, the seventh-largest home insurer in California, is seeking to raise rates by 7.3% for 2026, according to a recent filing with the California Department of Insurance. "Despite these challenges, ...

California's seventh largest home insurer is seeking permission to raise rates on homeowners by an average of 7.3% starting ...

USAA is seeking a 7.3% home insurance rate increase in California, affecting nearly 350,000 customers. The proposal uses new wildfire risk models and, if approved, would take effect after April 2026.

As the wildfires in Los Angeles tear through hillsides, raze neighborhoods and displace residents, it's too early to know how vast the destruction will be when the last of the flames is put out.

The cost of homeowner insurance across the U.S. is expected to continue rising this year, according to a new report by Insurify, with California seeing the second-biggest rate hike in the country ...

New regulations were supposed to ensure that homeowners in fire zones would have coverage available. But companies can still avoid serving many high-risk areas, a Times investigation found.