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By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS AMERICA April 4, 2019 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/watchdog-group-wants-tougher-rules-for-the-insurance-industry-163991.aspx A consumer advocacy group in California is petitioning legislators to reconsider a…
Apr 4, 2019
By Hannah Wiley, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL MORNING April 3, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/site-services/newsletters/capitol-morning/article228740509.html For your radar — Wandering around the Capitol halls today…
Apr 3, 2019
By Kevin Smith, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE April 2, 2019 Watchdog group opposes bill that would exempt the insurance industry from a…
Apr 2, 2019
By Max Mitchell, THE LEGAL INTELLIGENCER April 1, 2019 https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2019/04/01/aetnas-suit-over-alleged-hiv-privacy-debacle-transferred-from-pa-to-calif-federal-court/ The lawsuit Aetna brought against a law firm and a pro-consumer interest group…
Apr 1, 2019
By Emily Birnbaum, THE HILL March 28, 2019 https://thehill.com/policy/technology/436166-tech-watchdogs-see-red-flags-as-apple-expands Apple’s new entertainment subscription services and credit card, launched to great fanfare this…
Mar 28, 2019
By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS March 28, 2019 California consumers lost out on at least $308 million in nickel deposits on cans…
Mar 28, 2019
PG&E gains $5.5 billion in financing to keep lights on, heat flowing while bankruptcy case crawls ahead By George Avalos, THE MERCURY…
Mar 27, 2019
By Justin Kloczko, THE LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL March 26, 2019 https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/351743-3rd-attorney-for-la-resigns LOS ANGELES — The head of the Los Angeles city…
Mar 26, 2019
By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE March 26, 2019 A coalition of consumer organizations is asking the California Department of Insurance to mandate that…
Mar 26, 2019
California could become the first US state to mandate climate-related financial disclosures for insurers after more than 60 public interest groups petitioned…
Mar 22, 2019
By Tom Kisken, THE VENTURA COUNTY STAR March 22, 2019 https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/03/22/pay-clinicas-execs-questioned-medi-cal-turf-war/3110369002/ The tax documents showed up on a reporter’s desk multiple times, all…
Mar 22, 2019
By Staff Reporters, INTELLIGENT INSURER March 22, 2019 https://www.intelligentinsurer.com/news/campaigners-could-force-1-300-insurers-to-reveal-fossil-fuel-deals-17950 A petition, signed by 60 organisations, has called for more than 1,300 insurance…
Mar 22, 2019
By Katherine Chiglinsky, BLOOMBERG March 21, 2019 (Bloomberg) — Consumer and environmental groups are pushing for newly elected California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo…
Mar 21, 2019
By Staff Reporters, INSURANCE JOURNAL March 21, 2019 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/03/21/521377.htm More than 60 environmental, consumer and social justice organizations on Thursday delivered a…
Mar 21, 2019
By Cara Salvatore, LAW 360 March 21, 2019 https://www.law360.com/articles/1141417/insurers-must-name-climate-problem-clients-nonprofits-say Law360 (March 21, 2019, 8:44 PM EDT) — California is under pressure to…
Mar 21, 2019
Op-Ed by Susan Shelley, THE LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS March 19, 2019 LADWP and the case of the twice-fleeced ratepayers Solid evidence…
Mar 19, 2019
Op-Ed Commentary by Tom Elias, THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE March 15, 2019 https://www.davisenterprise.com/forum/opinion-columns/tom-elias-lets-make-the-puc-elective/ Travel back in time to the mid-1980s, when California’s insurance…
Mar 15, 2019
Testimony and documents submitted in federal court earlier this month said that an outside attorney retained to defend the city and the…
Mar 14, 2019