Insurance Companies Refusing To Write Auto Policies In California

Insurance companies and California haven’t been getting along. First, companies like Progressive, Allstate and State Farm began declining home insurance in the state due to worries of natural disasters like wildfires. Now as the San Francisco Chronicle reports car insurance companies are declining coverage for drivers across the state. Mike D’Arelli, executive director of American Agents Alliance, noticed things starting to change at the end of 2022.

 

The pullback started about six months ago, and it now has reached a point where no insurers will write auto insurance in California through his association anymore, D’Arelli said.

 

Safeco stopped writing auto insurance through D’Arelli’s association this month, while Travelers suspended D’Arelli’s group and 1,000 others about six months ago, he said.