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The new state insurance commissioner has a plan to overhaul the troubled home insurance market. Will it work?

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Former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim overcame her lack of name recognition to win the race to be California’s next insurance commissioner by making a novel proposal: establishing a government-run wildfire program that would radically overhaul the state’s troubled home insurance market. Her Natural Disaster Insurance for All plan promises to make home insurance affordable…