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By Christopher Reynolds, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2025-03-18/adults-only-hotel-ban-children-is-it-legal Can hotels legally ban children? With spring breaks starting momentarily and summer vacations not far away,…
Mar 20, 2025
Surveillance pricing is when companies use personal locations and data to set individualized prices, aiming to charge consumers the highest price they…
Mar 19, 2025
By Thomas Elias, ENTERPRISE RECORD If California wants power company executives from coal-happy states like Wyoming and Utah to run energy policy…
Mar 19, 2025
By Matthew Sellers, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/california-approves-state-farms-22-insurance-rate-hike-with-conditions-528660.aspx California regulators have given State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. preliminary approval to raise home insurance premiums by an average of…
Mar 17, 2025
By Tran Nguyen, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-insurance-rate-increase-state-farm-wildfire-678085d49fff2edc1a53d61250cff7c6 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s top insurance regulator on Friday said he would approve an emergency…
Mar 14, 2025
By Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article301590469.html Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said Friday he will approve State Farm’s request for an emergency rate…
Mar 14, 2025
By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-insurance-state-farm-rate-20215509.php California regulators have given State Farm General initial approval for its largest home insurance rate hike in…
Mar 14, 2025
By Pat Maio, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said he would approve State Farm’s emergency 22% rate increase to offset…
Mar 14, 2025
By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said today he will grant State Farm’s request to raise home insurance premiums…
Mar 14, 2025
By Don Jergler, INSURANCE JOURNAL https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/03/14/815708.htm California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara provisionally approved State Farm’s request for a 22% interim homeowners insurance rate…
Mar 14, 2025
by Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-14/insurance-commissioner-decides-to-provisionally-grant-state-farms-22-rate-hike California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara “provisionally” granted State Farm General’s request for an emergency 22%…
Mar 14, 2025
By Khari Johnson, CALMATTERS California lawmakers want to stop artificial intelligence from ripping you off. In recent weeks they introduced five bills…
Mar 14, 2025
By Ethan Varian, MERCURY NEWS As part of a new plan to stabilize California’s home insurance crisis, state regulators have updated a…
Mar 14, 2025
By Camille von Kaenel, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/03/11/teslas-best-frenemy-00225554?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000 The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications will meet tomorrow to discuss the West-Wide Governance…
Mar 12, 2025
By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Mar 10, 2025
Read the stories of Los Angeles homeowners who face unconscionable treatment by the insurance industry.
Mar 10, 2025
By Molly Burke, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/state-farm-insurance-video-20210883.php A State Farm executive has been fired after an undercover video of him discussing the…
Mar 10, 2025