Dec. 5 (UPI) -- California on Thursday placed a one-year moratorium on insurance companies canceling residents' coverage due to wildfire risks.
The ban implemented by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will last until Dec. 5, 2020, and will cover more than 800,000 residential insurance policies in ZIP codes adjacent to wildfires for policyholders who did not experience a total loss from the wildfires that have burned throughout the state in recent years.