Since the January 2025 firestorms damaged or destroyed more than 12,000 homes in Los Angeles County, fire victims have repeatedly complained that insurers have delayed, denied or underpaid many of their claims, with most still displaced.
A year later, state lawmakers have introduced legislation to address those problems.
One bill, authored by newly appointed Senate Insurance Committee Chairperson Steve Padilla, (D-San Diego), and backed by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, addresses more than a half-dozen problems that have cropped over the past year…