California homeowner research

Dropped, priced out, or pushed to the FAIR Plan?

Dropped, non-renewed, priced out, or pushed to the FAIR Plan? Your response helps document what California homeowners are experiencing.

Your experience can help show where California's homeowners insurance market is breaking down.

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Learn what we're researching

Six quick questions. About 2 minutes. Research only—not a quote request or insurance application.

California Fire Insurance Project is a research project. This survey is not a quote request, insurance application, offer of insurance, or recommendation to buy, replace, or change any insurance coverage. Submitting this form does not create an agency, broker, advisory, or insurance relationship.

California Fire Insurance Project is an independent research initiative. It is not affiliated with the California FAIR Plan, the California Department of Insurance, CAL FIRE, or any insurance company.

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Real stories from California homeowners

California homeowners are being dropped, priced out, or pushed into confusing coverage options. We're collecting real homeowner experiences to understand where the market is breaking down.

This is independent consumer research—not a quote request, sales funnel, or insurance agency website.

If this happened to you, we want to hear about it.

Tell us what happened with your renewal or coverage search.

  • Your insurer non-renewed your homeowners policy
  • Your premium increased sharply
  • You were told the FAIR Plan is your only option
  • You had to add a DIC or wrap policy
  • You are buying a home and cannot find acceptable coverage
  • Your lender or escrow process is being affected by insurance
  • You completed wildfire mitigation work but still cannot get coverage
  • You are confused about what your policy does and does not cover

Your experience can help show where California's homeowners insurance market is breaking down.

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What we're trying to understand

California's homeowners insurance market is changing quickly. We are collecting homeowner experiences to identify where people are getting stuck, what coverage options they are being offered, and which problems are most urgent by ZIP code, county, carrier, and situation.

  • Where non-renewals and premium increases are happening
  • Which homeowners are ending up in the FAIR Plan
  • Whether homeowners are able to find DIC or wrap coverage
  • How insurance problems are affecting home purchases, escrows, and mortgages
  • Whether mitigation steps are helping homeowners regain coverage options
  • What information homeowners wish they had earlier

What happens after you submit

  • Your response is stored securely for research review.
  • We look for patterns across ZIP codes, carriers, and situations.
  • If you gave permission to contact you, we may follow up with a few additional research questions—not insurance sales outreach.

Tell us what happened to your home insurance

Six quick questions—about 2 minutes. You do not need policy numbers or carrier details to submit.

Your experience can help show where California's homeowners insurance market is breaking down.

California Fire Insurance Project is a research project. This survey is not a quote request, insurance application, offer of insurance, or recommendation to buy, replace, or change any insurance coverage. Submitting this form does not create an agency, broker, advisory, or insurance relationship.

Take the 2-Minute Research Survey

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Across California

Homeowners statewide are navigating the same uncertainty

From the Bay Area to the Sierra foothills, insurance problems look different block by block. Your experience helps us see where the market is working—and where it is not.

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