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Mandatory one-year moratorium prevents homeowners’ insurance cancellations and non-renewals following Governor’s September 19 emergency declaration
September 27, 2025 – SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Friday, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to preserve residential property insurance coverage for approximately 124,000 homes affected by wildfires in Calaveras, Tuolumne, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Mariposa, and Merced counties after Governor Gavin Newsom issued an emergency declaration on September 19. The Commissioner’s Bulletin shields those living within the perimeters or adjoining ZIP Codes of the TCU September Complex Fire from insurance non-renewal or cancellation for one year from the date of the Governor’s emergency declaration regardless of whether they suffered a loss…