Who is actually writing homeowners insurance in your state?

Home Insurance Watch tracks which carriers are writing new policies, who has paused, and who has left, state by state. Built from regulator bulletins, rate filings, and residual-market data. Every status shows its source and its date.

The crisis, two directions at once

Enrollment in a state’s insurer of last resort is the clearest read on how hard its market is. Two of the biggest are moving in opposite directions right now.

California FAIR Plan

Climbing

696,562

households on the insurer of last resort

+152% since September 2022 · as of 2026-06-30 · source

Florida Citizens

Receding

278,196

households on the insurer of last resort

down ~80% from the 2023 peak · as of 2026-07-31 · source

California households are still being pushed onto the last-resort plan while Florida’s are moving back to private carriers. Same crisis, opposite phase. That is why we track every state on its own, from primary sources. Full divergence data →

Tracked states

CA

California

California homeowners face the largest availability crunch in the country by exposure: FAIR Plan policies grew 152% between September 2022 and March 2026, and regulators have used mandatory post-disaster moratoriums to pause non-renewals in fire-affected counties.

15 tracked events · last-resort dataView tracker →
FL

Florida

Florida had the highest non-renewal rate in the country in recent federal data, but the market is now partially recovering: regulators report 20 new property and casualty insurers entering since the 2022-2023 legislative reforms, and Citizens has shed roughly 80% of its 2023 peak policy count.

16 tracked events · last-resort dataView tracker →
LA

Louisiana

Louisiana ranked second nationally for homeowners non-renewals in 2023 federal data, with coastal parishes among the hardest-to-place markets in the country.

17 tracked eventsView tracker →
TX

Texas

Texas premiums are among the fastest-rising in the country, driven by hail and wind losses, though 2023 federal data ranked its statewide non-renewal rate lower than coastal crisis states.

5 tracked events · last-resort dataView tracker →
CO

Colorado

Colorado saw one of the largest premium increases in the country in 2025 (+33% per industry rate tracking), driven by hail and wildfire losses, marking it as a spreading edge of the availability crisis.

4 tracked eventsView tracker →
OK

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is projected to become the second most expensive state for homeowners insurance, with 2025 premiums up roughly 24% on convective storm losses, and non-renewal rates that doubled between 2018 and 2023 in federal data.

6 tracked eventsView tracker →
MN

Minnesota

Minnesota led the country in 2025 premium increases (+34% per industry rate tracking) on hail and convective storm losses, a spreading edge of the availability crisis outside the classic disaster states.

4 tracked eventsView tracker →
NC

North Carolina

North Carolina ranked third nationally for homeowners non-renewals in 2023 federal data, with 13 inland counties among the top 100 nationally, showing the crisis is not only coastal.

4 tracked eventsView tracker →

Latest tracked events

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2026-08-14Regulator action

CDI orders one-year non-renewal moratorium for Gann Fire ZIP codes

Commissioner Lara ordered insurers to preserve residential property insurance coverage for more than 64,000 policyholders affected by the Gann Fire, in Calaveras, San Joaquin, Amador, Tuolumne and Stanislaus counties. The Commissioner’s Bulletin covers those living within the fire perimeter or the 22 adjoining ZIP Codes and bars non-renewal and cancellation for one year from Governor Newsom’s emergency declaration of August 6, 2026, whether or not the policyholder suffered a loss. For the first time under Senate Bill 547, the protection also extends to certain commercial property policies used primarily for residential and habitational purposes, including homeowners association, apartment complex and senior living policies, within the same perimeters and adjoining ZIP Codes.

Source: California Department of Insurance press release · verified 2026-08-17

2026-08-11Legislation

California regulation on intervenor participation and compensation in rate reviews takes effect

The Department of Insurance announced on August 11, 2026 that its Administrative Hearing Bureau and Intervenor Fairness and Accountability regulation is now in effect. The regulation sets standards for intervenor participation, documentation and compensation requests in insurance rate proceedings, and adds regular status updates in rate filing proceedings. The Department issued letters to all currently certified intervenors stating that parties seeking policyholder-funded compensation may be required to provide supplemental documentation including disclosure of funding sources and potential conflicts of interest. The Department states intervenors received more than $14.4 million in compensation for participation in rate filings between 2013 and 2026. This changes how rate filings are reviewed and sets no carrier status.

Source: California Department of Insurance press release · verified 2026-08-17

2026-07-29Regulator action

Hearing examiner sets an August 26 entry-of-appearance deadline in the Oklahoma noncompetitive-market hearing

The Independent Hearing Examiner in the 36 O.S. section 984 proceeding (case 26-0820-TRN-NMN) issued an order on July 29, 2026 requiring any party wishing to participate in the September 14, 2026 hearing on whether the Oklahoma homeowners insurance market is noncompetitive to file an entry of appearance with the Department by August 26, 2026, and scheduling a prehearing conference for all appearing parties on August 27, 2026. The Insurance Commissioner circulated the order to all property and casualty insurers in a special notice dated July 31, 2026.

Source: Oklahoma Insurance Department special notice · verified 2026-08-03

2026-07-25Legislation

Oklahoma 60-day homeowners cancellation and non-renewal notice rule takes effect

Oklahoma amended OAC 365:15-1-14(b) and (d) through House Joint Resolution 1091, effective July 25, 2026, requiring insurers to give at least 60 days notice before the date of cancellation or non-renewal of a homeowners policy or any other personal residential coverage. Where the action is for one of the reasons listed in 36 O.S. section 3639.1(A), the rule sets at least 10 days notice before cancellation and 30 days before non-renewal. Commissioner Glen Mulready published the change in Bulletin 2026-02 on July 28, 2026.

Source: Oklahoma Insurance Department Bulletin 2026-02 · verified 2026-08-03

Events are appended weekly from regulator and residual-market sources. See methodology for cadence and verification rules.