LOS ANGELES (July 29) – Important regulatory updates, coming by end of year, plan to provide homeowners insurance options to consumers, according to a panel discussion last week hosted by the Center for California Real Estate. Panelists offered important tips on specific actions to take now to help better protect their homes and increase their chances of keeping their policies or to improve eligibility for coverage as the changes take effect.

Moderated by CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) President Melanie Barker, the forum The Center for California Real Estate Presents: California’s Insurance Landscape: From Risk to Resilience, featured a progress update from Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, and a panel discussion including Amy Bach, executive director of United Policyholders; Rex Frazier, president of Personal Insurance Federation of California; and Nancy E. Wallace, professor and co-chair of the UC Berkeley Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics.

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