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California Department of Insurance Customer Service

Phone Number & Contact Info

California Department of Insurance's Best Phone Number

800-927-4357
Toll-freeCalls Consumer HotlineMost popular California Department of Insurance number

How do I talk to a live human at California Department of Insurance?

Does California Department of Insurance offer 24 hour customer service?

Yes! This call center operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The least busy day is Wednesday, and the most busy day is Tuesday.

How long will I wait on hold?

The average hold time is 4 minutes. The longest hold times are on Thursday, and the shortest are on Monday. How is this calculated?

California Department of Insurance Customer Phone Numbers

Licensing Hotline

24 hours, 7 days
800-967-9331
Toll-free

Los Angeles Office

24 hours, 7 days
213-346-6464

Sacramento Office

24 hours, 7 days
916-492-3500

Oakland Office

24 hours, 7 days
415-538-4500

Enforcement Branch HQ

24 hours, 7 days
916-854-5760

Communications & Press Relations Branch

24 hours, 7 days
916-492-3566

Office of the Ombudsman

24 hours, 7 days
916-492-3545

What are the hours and when should I call?

California Department of Insurance operates the call center for this 800-927-4357 phone number 24 hours, 7 days.  The short answer is that you should call on a Wednesday. This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 10,258 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this California Department of Insurance phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like California Department of Insurance staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.

The least busy time to call

The least busy day to call California Department of Insurance is Wednesday. The most busy day to call is Tuesday. Again, this is based on a sample of 10,258 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.

The shortest wait on hold

We measured the shortest hold times to be on Monday. The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Thursday. 

The best time to call California Department of Insurance

In summation, the best day to call California Department of Insurance is Wednesday.  This is not the day with the shortest wait on hold in the phone system, but we still recommend it for its ideal combination of low call volume and short hold times. Plus we believe that California Department of Insurance staffs the call center well on Wednesday.

Why Customers Call California Department of Insurance

More California Department of Insurance Customer Service Contacts

There are of course other ways to contact California Department of Insurance customer service besides the phone. Below we list the best ones, by medium.

California Department of Insurance Customer Email Addresses

Corresponding with a customer service department by email may not be your first choice, especially if your issue is urgent or time-sensitive. But email is a nearly ubiquitous form of communication, and California Department of Insurance will reply our your email.

Conclusion and closing notes

This is California Department of Insurance's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a California Department of Insurance agent. This phone number is California Department of Insurance's best phone number because 61,548 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to +18009274357 include and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call California Department of Insurance first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or email. In total, California Department of Insurance has 8 phone numbers. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to California Department of Insurance representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.

GetHuman does not provide call center services or customer support operations for California Department of Insurance. The two organizations are not related. GetHuman builds free tools, researches information, and shares tips and tricks from other consumers to help customers of companies like California Department of Insurance. That can include tools such as our GetHuman Phone, which allows you to call a company but skip the part where you wait on the line to get a live human rep, or talk to a company's customer service operation for you. GetHuman believes that this fills an important gap between fragmented support models, makes the customer care experience more uniform, and even answers questions that businesses and agencies are reluctant to answer (but shouldn't be) - making the customer experience less confusing for all. We continue to work on these tools to help customers like you (and ourselves!) navigate the messy phone menus, hold times, and confusion with customer service. As long as you keep sharing it with others, we'll keep improving it.

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