"SFG needs your urgent assistance in the form of emergency interim approval of additional rate to help avert a dire situation for our customers and the insurance market in the state of California," State Farm said in a filing to the regulator.

Citing the "dire" financial situation they're facing after the Los Angeles wildfires, State Farm General has asked California officials for an emergency interim rate increase. The rate hike could work out to an average increase of 22% for California homeowners,

Following the destructive wildfires in California, State Farm, the state's largest private insurer, is seeking approval from the California Department of Insurance for significant rate hikes averaging 22% for homeowners.