{"id":4387,"date":"2023-05-31T13:35:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/state-farm-no-longer-accepting-homeowner-insurance-applications-in-california\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:51:27","slug":"state-farm-no-longer-accepting-homeowner-insurance-applications-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/state-farm-no-longer-accepting-homeowner-insurance-applications-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"State Farm no longer accepting homeowner insurance applications in California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Insurance giant <strong>State Farm<\/strong> announced last week that is no longer accepting homeowner insurance applications in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a>. The policy came into effect on Saturday, and it impacts anyone seeking a new business and personal lines property and casualty insurance policy in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said it will continue to serve existing customers and the new policy does not impact personal auto insurance policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cState Farm General Insurance Company made this decision due to historic increases in construction costs outpacing inflation, rapidly growing catastrophe exposure, and a challenging reinsurance market,\u201d the company wrote on its <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.statefarm.com\/state-farm-general-insurance-company-california-new-business-update\/\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2023, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fire.ca.gov\/our-impact\/statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAL FIRE and the US Forest Service<\/a><\/strong> have recorded 1,205 wildfires in the state, which have burned a total of 1,233 acres. On a year-to-date basis, over the past five years, the two organizations have recorded an average of 2,015 wildfires a year in California. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This five-year window includes the state\u2019s deadliest fire ever, the November 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/california-wildfires\/article\/Camp-Fire-Death-toll-rises-to-86-after-13458956.php\">Camp Fire<\/a>, which nearly destroyed the town of Paradise, left 86 people dead and destroyed 18,804 buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery home, every little business, there were a few that made it along the main streets, but other than that, at least 95-98% of the residential housing in the area was gone,\u201d local&nbsp;<strong>eXp Realty<\/strong>&nbsp;agent Mike Stearns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/hope-and-homebuyers-return-to-paradise\/\">told<strong> HousingWire<\/strong><\/a> in December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the fire certainly put many people off living in Paradise, local agents said homebuyers were returned to the town despite its history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think that [the threat of fire] is the biggest hurdle in getting people to go back or getting new people to the area,\u201d Shane Collins, a&nbsp;<strong>RE\/MAX<\/strong>&nbsp;agent in the neighboring city of Chico said in December 2021. \u201cThe people who do end up buying here, it is slightly more affordable and that kind of pushes them into deciding to buy here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State officials in California have attempted to minimize efforts like State Farm\u2019s by temporarily barring insurers from dropping customers in areas hit by wildfires and directing insurance companies to provide discounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe take seriously our responsibility to manage risk. We recognize the Governor\u2019s administration, legislators, and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) for their wildfire loss mitigation efforts. We pledge to work constructively with the CDI and policymakers to help build market capacity in California,\u201d State Farm wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said the measures were necessary to improve its \u201cfinancial strength,\u201d and it added that it would continue to evaluate its approach \u201cbased on changing market conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Californians can still access FAIR Plan Association, which functions as the state&#8217;s insurer of last resort but it only provides fire-related coverage. 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