Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday rejected State Farm General's request for an emergency 22% home insurance rate hike due to the Los Angeles fires unless the insurer can provide more evidence it is warranted.

In a letter to the insurer, Lara said under Proposition 103, State Farm has the burden of explaining why the rate hike is needed now — which he says the company has “not met.”

After massive payouts from L.A. fires, California's largest insurer faces tough questions about its 22% premium increase request

The insurer had sought approval for an emergency rate hike in the wake of LA fires, which led to the call for a meeting on its viability

Commissioner Ricardo Lara scheduled a meeting with State Farm to hear their justification for the rate increase.

State Farm pointed out that over the last nine years, the lack of alignment between price and risk means that for every $1 collected in premium, State Farm General paid

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday rejected State Farm’s request for “emergency” rate increases that would have averaged 22% for homeowners.

LOS ANGELES — California's insurance commissioner turned down a request by State Farm General for an emergency 22% hike of its home insurance rates due to the Los Angeles wildfires,