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KCBA (FOX) – Monterey, CA: Group Sues To Block Insurance Surcharge For LA Wildfires

Los Angeles Daily News – Consumer group sues California insurance commission to stop $500M overcharge

By Pat Maio, Los Angeles DAILY NEWS The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Insurance and its…

Los Angeles Times – Consumer group sues insurance commissioner over Fair Plan assessments on state homeowners

By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-04-15/consumer-group-sues-insurance-commissioner-over-fair-plan-assessments-on-state-homeowners A Los Angeles consumer group has sued Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to block potential surcharges…

Associated Press – California consumer group sues to block insurers from adding surcharge following LA fires

By Tran Nguyen, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-insurance-fair-plan-8a70b82467f76c16b5c9496fa67ee96c SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week to block insurers…

Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) – Los Angeles, CA: Consumer Watchdog Sues To Block Insurers From Adding Surcharge After Wildfires

Mercury News – Lawsuit seeks to halt California’s homeowner-funded FAIR Plan insurance bailout

By Ethan Varian, MERCURY NEWS Consumer advocates are suing to halt a massive homeowner-funded bailout of California’s last-resort insurance program after it reported it would run out of money to pay…

Politico – Consumer advocates challenge Lara’s decision letting insurers pass on costs of LA wildfires

By Blanca Begert, POLITICO A consumer advocacy group on Monday sued the California Department of Insurance over its decision to let insurance…

KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: Consumer Watchdog Has Filed A Lawsuit To Block Insurers From Charging California Customers For $500 Million In Costs

By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

ABC 7 – CA Insurance Commissioner Found To Have Spent $30K On Lavish Meals, Report Says

By Stephanie Sierra and Simone Chavoor, ABC 7 https://abc7news.com/amp/post/calif-insurance-commissioner-found-have-spent-30k-lavish-meals-according-sf-standard/16157716/ SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Just weeks after 7 On Your Side revealed California Insurance Commissioner…

Court News Service – California insurance regulator and State Farm squabble over proposed emergency rate hikes

By Alan Riquelmy, COURT NEWS SERVICE OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Attorneys on Thursday made final arguments increase before a California administrative law…

CNBC – State Farm pleads for emergency rate hikes on California homeowners

By Dawn Giel, CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/state-farm-emergency-rate-hikes-california-homeowners.html State Farm is making its case this week for a major rate hike for California homeowners in…

Cal Matters – State Farm moves one step closer to emergency California rate hike

By Levi Sumagaysay, CAL MATTERS State Farm could soon win final approval to raise premiums for California homeowners and others on an…

KNTV-SF (NBC) – San Francisco, CA: State Farm Proposed Interim Rate Hike

SF Standard – Insurance chief lives large on campaign cash as homes burn

By Josh Koehn, SF STANDARD https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/10/california-insurance-commissioner-ricardo-lara-wildfires-slush-fund The sun had already set over The Grand, Frank Gehry’s skyscraper complex in downtown Los Angeles,…

Cal Matters – State Farm begins first-of-its-kind insurance rate hearing today

BY Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS State Farm will try to justify its need to raise property insurance rates — stat — at an…

LA ist – State Farm rate hike

By Jacob Margolis, LA IST A hearing kicked off at the California Insurance Department’s office in Oakland Monday morning as part of the…

Politico – Insurers’ flight is over. Now for the fight.

By  CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/04/08/insurers-flight-is-over-now-for-the-fight-00280127 BILL COME DUE: Fire-shy insurers are cautiously returning to California — but it’ll cost you. Take State…

San Francisco Chronicle – California insurance regulator likens State Farm financial situation to Titanic

By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/state-farm-insurance-hearing-20265652.php Should California’s largest insurance company be allowed to raise prices for consumers to preserve…