If approved, insurance companies will need to submit new rates that take into account safety measures including upgraded roofs and windows, and creating defensible space, or a buffer zone between a building and grass, trees, shrubs and other wildland areas. (Credit: David Paul Morris) If approved, insurance companies will need to submit new rates that take into account safety measures including upgraded roofs and windows, and creating defensible space, or a buffer zone between a building and grass, trees, shrubs and other wildland areas. (Credit: David Paul Morris)

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is proposing pricing regulations that would require insurance companies to provide discounts to policyholders that take steps to mitigate their wildfire risks, according to the state's insurance department. The updated regulations would also require insurance companies provide consumers with property risk scores and creates a right to appeal that score.

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