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By Rob Hayes, ABC 7 NEWS https://abc7news.com/post/brace-impact-california-drivers-car-insurance-rates-are-skyrocketing-heres-what-need-know/15194492 LOS ANGELES — Auto insurance has been skyrocketing across the country, and California drivers need…
Aug 21, 2024By Kristin J. Bender, THE MERCURY NEWS California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced a first-in-the-nation plan to require petroleum refiners to…
Aug 16, 2024By John Cox, BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN https://www.bakersfield.com/news/trio-of-bills-puts-new-pressure-on-oil-industry/article_7a53af0a-58cf-11ef-adc7-3f5b5307d7dc.html A legislative fight important to Kern’s oil industry may come to a head this week as…
Aug 13, 2024By Grant Funtila, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/state-regulator-to-fasttrack-reviews-of-home-insurance-rate-hikes-500995.aspx Following delays in legislative efforts to address the review process for home insurance rate hikes, California Insurance…
Aug 12, 2024A usually routine annual certification had been delayed by regulators, in what Consumer Watchdog charged was retaliation. By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO…
Aug 8, 2024By Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article290769544.html Consumer Watchdog, the outspoken advocacy organization that often challenges insurance companies trying to raise prices for…
Aug 6, 2024By, Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/08/insurance-commissioner-allows-advocacy-group-to-continue-intervening-but-not-without-criticism-00172709?source=email SACRAMENTO, California — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved advocacy group Consumer Watchdog’s status to intervene in rate…
Aug 5, 2024Prices have dipped 78 cents a gallon since April By Kristin Bender, MERCURY NEWS California gas prices have been sliding lower over…
Aug 2, 2024By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/08/02/chevron-heads-for-houston-cue-the-mud-slinging-00172541 MERGER, REVISITED: The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog is trying again to get California to impose hefty costs on…
Aug 2, 2024By Susan Wood, INSURANCE NEWSNET Allstate has asked the state to approve an average 34.1% homeowners insurance rate hike for this year,…
Aug 1, 2024Citizen organization calls for public hearing By Terry Gangcuangco, INSURANCE BUSINESS Consumer Watchdog has called on California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to convene…
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Jul 29, 2024By Alan Riquelmy, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California Governor Gavin Newsom praised newly announced changes to the state’s FAIR…
Jul 26, 2024By Camille von Kaenel, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/07/insurance-commissioner-lara-00171434 SACRAMENTO, California — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced changes on Friday to the coverage limits and…
Jul 26, 2024By Don Jergler, INSURANCE JOURNAL https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/07/23/785223.htm A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get…
Jul 26, 2024By Don Jergler, INSURANCE JOURNAL https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/07/23/785223.htm A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get increasingly…
Jul 23, 2024By Thomas Elias, MERCURY NEWS The gasoline price gouging that has plagued California periodically for decades appears no longer to be merely…
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