A small, toy house with a broken roof sitting on a bunch of gold coins. The companies intend to continue servicing current policies and processing claims for covered losses up to the date of non-renewal. Photo: digitalfoto105 – stock.adobe.com

Four small insurers – Merastar Insurance Company, Unitrin Auto and Home Insurance Company, Unitrin Direct Property and Casualty Company and Kemper Independent Insurance Company – are discontinuing their home insurance program in California, and will not write or renew homeowners and rental policies in the state beginning in 2024, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

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