California Promised Insurance Relief, But Delivered Loopholes NYT | Top Stories By: Jo Becker, Jeremy Singer-Vine, Katie Benner, Laurel Rosenhall and Mira Rojanasakul 1 November 2025 at 17:00 New regulations were supposed to ensure that homeowners in fire zones would have coverage available. But companies can still avoid serving many high-risk areas, a Times investigation found. © Loren Elliott for The New York Times