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By Susan Wood, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/industrynews/state-farm-rates/?artslide=1 The state’s insurance commissioner and representatives of State Farm are scheduled to meet Wednesday in…
Feb 26, 2025
Consumer Watchdog is also considering filing a lawsuit in response to the announcement, believing consumers are now on the hook for this…
Feb 24, 2025By Editorial Board, CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Have you heard the news? PG&E is reporting record profits for the past year. Normally, this is…
Feb 24, 2025By Jeff Mcdonald, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE California election regulators have closed an investigation into Ricardo Lara, the elected state insurance commissioner who…
Feb 21, 2025By Anna Phillips, WASHINGTON POST https://wapo.st/3DekGRo Armed with an industrial hygienist’s report showing that the fires that blazed through Los Angeles last…
Feb 21, 2025By Ryan Fonseca, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-02-19/californias-insurance-commissioner-faces-criticism-over-ties-to-industry-essential-california Good morning. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo…
Feb 19, 2025By John S Kiernan, WALLET HUB https://wallethub.com/blog/google-quality-issues-report/147091#expert=Justin_Kloczko:~:text=the%20coming%20years%3F-,Justin%20Kloczko,-Journalist%20and%20Author Google is the portal to the internet for millions of people, serving not just as…
Feb 19, 2025By George Avalos, MERCURY NEWS OAKLAND PG&E reported on Thursday that it had a profit of just under $2.48 billion in 2024,…
Feb 19, 2025By Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article299975049.html Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said State Farm must answer more questions about its finances before the…
Feb 18, 2025By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/insurance-state-farm-lara-20168085.php# In a rebuke to the state’s largest insurance company, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara…
Feb 18, 2025By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today rejected State Farm’s request for “emergency” rate increases, setting up what could…
Feb 18, 2025By Ethan Varian, MERCURY NEWS California insurance regulators are demanding that State Farm answer “critical questions about its financial condition” in response…
Feb 18, 2025Consumer Watchdog supports the commissioner's decision, but wants the meeting with State Farm to be a public hearing, not a private one.
Feb 18, 2025
Consumer Watchdog brought up why isn't its parent company stepping in; why is it on the backs of California taxpayers?
Feb 18, 2025
Consumer Watchdog says they are glad the commissioner is asking for more information on this before moving forward with the request, but…
Feb 18, 2025By Libby Rainey, LAist https://laist.com/news/health/nearly-9-years-after-a-black-mothers-death-at-cedars-sinai-advocates-say-they-havent-seen-enough-change Just hours after the birth of their second child, Charles Johnson lost his wife Kira at Cedars-Sinai Medical…
Feb 18, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-02-18/californias-insurance-commissioner-ricardo-lara-on-the-hot-seat-after-l-a-fires It has been more than a month since the harrowing wildfire swept through Pacific Palisades,…
Feb 18, 2025By Lawrence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-02-14/insurance-commissioner-rejects-state-farms-request-for-22-emergency-rate-hike? State Farm General’s request for an emergency 22% hike of its home insurance rates due…
Feb 14, 2025