Washington Insurance Commissioner addresses wildfire insurance fears [Video]

SPOKANE, Wash. — As the Southern California wildfires burn, fears of insurance companies dropping policies in high-risk areas have increased. Washington State’s newly elected Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer says her goal as commissioner is to ensure that everyone in the state has access to insurance. 

Eastern Washington is no stranger to wildfires and residents have raised concerns surrounding the future of insurance policies ahead of the summer fire season. 

“When you have an insurance issue we want your first thought to be to call the office of the insurance commissioner,” said Kuderer. “My job is not just to provide oversight and regulation to the industry but to act in the public interest.”

Kuderer says there is no evidence that insurance companies are abandoning policyholders in Washington. 

“We have no evidence of anyone …