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By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-29/judge-rules-homeowner-can-probe-state-farm-claims-practices-in-rate-hearing Policyholders critical of State Farm General’s response to January’s firestorms won a court victory this…
Aug 29, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California energy regulators Friday put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their…
Aug 29, 2025By Noah Baustin, POLITICO OIL SLICK: The California Energy Commission is less than three days away from a pivotal vote to delay…
Aug 26, 2025By Saqib Rahim, E&E NEWS https://www.eenews.net/articles/as-insurers-leave-california-one-vows-to-cover-additional-risky-homes Mercury Insurance is the state’s first to use a process that allows climate modeling to expand…
Aug 21, 2025
Consumer Watchdog has challenged a more than $1.1 billion rate hike State Farm State Farm seeks for its homeowners, renters, condo and…
Aug 19, 2025By Stephanie Sierra, ABC7 https://abc7.com/post/100k-trip-er-left-antioch-california-family-burned-infant-tangled-billing-mess/17514842 ANTIOCH, Calif. — A newborn baby was rushed to the emergency room with severe burns, but there was…
Aug 13, 2025By Levi Sumagaysay, CAL MATTERS A proposed ballot initiative would drastically change the way property insurance is regulated in California by repealing…
Aug 13, 2025By Grant Stringer, MERCURY NEWS The expected closures of an oil refinery in the Bay Area and another in Southern California has…
Aug 12, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-07/fair-plan-smoke-damage-legal-action-california-department-of-insurance-lara Last week, the Department of Insurance ordered the state’s home insurer of last resort (opens in…
Aug 7, 2025By Maya C. Miller, CAL MATTERS It’s late at night, and you badly need a ride. Your cellphone’s battery is dangerously low. …
Aug 5, 2025By CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/07/consumer-groups-sue-california-to-recoup-compensation-for-fire-insurance-work-00485785?site=pro&prod=alert&prodname=alertmail&linktype=headline&source=email Two consumer advocacy groups sued California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Tuesday for denying them compensation for…
Jul 30, 2025By Ethan Baron, MERCURY NEWS During Orinda homeowner Yasaman Nazmi Lee’s home-insurance saga one of millions playing out across California as the…
Jul 30, 2025By Pat Maio, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Mercury Insurance is preparing to file updated home policy rates in California using a new catastrophic…
Jul 29, 2025
Pending law from Silicon Valley’s Becker would strip state of control over its electricity sources By Thomas Elias, MERCURY NEWS There is…
Jul 21, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-07-18/jan-7-fires-claims-complaints-mediation After receiving more than 1,000 complaints from Jan. 7 fire victims about how insurers are handling…
Jul 18, 2025By THOMAS FRANK, E&E NEWS POLITICO https://www.eenews.net/articles/california-leapfrogs-florida-in-us-insurance-risk California appears to have supplanted Florida as the state with the weakest property insurance market, with…
Jul 18, 2025By Tom Vacar, KTVU https://www.ktvu.com/news/secret-insurance-rate-setting-documents-should-not-be-secret SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – The huge but conditional homeowner insurance rate increases (opens in new tab) granted to State Farm last month…
Jul 18, 2025