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Consumer 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, 2025By Pat Maio, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS The state’s insurance of last resort is charging a $1 billion special assessment to private…
Feb 14, 2025By Tran Nguyen, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-insurance-fair-plan-dfb7cda506560ec50edee8ad72cbcda8 California’s plan that provides insurance to homeowners who can’t get private coverage needs $1 billion more…
Feb 14, 2025By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS After saying it would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a…
Feb 13, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-02-11/fair-plan-to-assess-insurers-1-billion-for-l-a-fires-with-consumers-on-hook-for-nearly-half The California FAIR Plan received approval Tuesday from the state’s insurance commissioner to assess its…
Feb 12, 2025
Consumer Watchdog says affected customers should not have to pay and it will fight what it calls a bailout.
Feb 12, 2025
Consumer Watchdog warns that this will likely drive up insurance costs for all other homeowners across the state, as insurers pass on…
Feb 12, 2025By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article299929444.html Should businesses be allowed to charge you more for the price of goods and services based…
Feb 11, 2025
By Ivan Penn, THE NEW YORK TIMES Southern California Edison said video evidence had led it to look more broadly at whether…
Feb 7, 2025By Kenneth Schrupp, THE CENTER SQUARE https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_3d184398-e34a-11ef-8404-af4bae061b9b.html (The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order for Los Angeles fire “relief”…
Feb 6, 2025By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/2/5/2301645/-New-2024-CA-Oil-Drilling-Permits-Drop-to-73-But-Oil-Regulators-Drop-Ball-on-Bonding Los Angeles, CA—Approvals for new oil well drilling permits in California dwindled to 73 in 2024…
Feb 5, 2025By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS State Farm, the largest insurer for California homeowners, this week asked the state to approve “emergency” rate increases…
Feb 5, 2025