If State Farm is successful at proving its need for rate hikes at next month’s hearing, its interim rates will climb on June 1 an average 22% for homeowners, 15% for renters and condos, and 38% for rental dwellings.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said he plans to approve a 22% emergency rate increase for State Farm policyholders, pending a public hearing next month, in a move aimed at stabilizing the state’s insurance market after the Los Angeles area’s devastating wildfires.

The approval comes months after devastating wildfires, and will add an average $600 a year to homeowners’ bills.

California's top insurance regulator says he will approve an emergency request from State Farm to raise home insurance rates for roughly a million customers if the company can justify the hike at a pu

California insurance regulators have “provisionally approved” State Farm’s request for a massive rate hike for homeowners following the devasting Los Angeles wildfires. On Friday, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced he will allow State Farm to raise homeowners’ rates by an average of 22%.