California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Tuesday approved a judge’s ruling granting State Farm’s request for a 17% interim

An administrative law judge endorsed a request by State Farm General to increase its homeowner rates by 17%, at least partially due to losses it suffered in the Jan. 7 fires in Los Angeles County.Judge Karl Frederic Seligman,

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said an investigation into State Farm General was “not off the table” in response to a barrage of complaints from survivors of the Los Angeles wildfires.