Insurance
State Farm tells Lara that it is “no sense” to issue new policies in California

State Farm General, California’s largest real estate insurer, warned that it will not resume writing new policies in the state even if regulators approve their proposed 22% interest rate increase. In a letter to state insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara, the statement highlighted the growing crisis in the California homeowner insurance market as insurers retreated from wildfire-related increases in losses and regulatory restrictions.