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By Debra Kahn, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/09/04/its-the-politics-stupid-00177448 FAST THEN SLOW: What’s behind Gov. Gavin Newsom’s urgency around prices at the pump? Even if Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and…
Sep 5, 2024By Debra Kahn, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/09/03/newsom-is-riding-gas-prices-right-into-the-election-00177247?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000&nlid=2745178 GAS PRICE RODEO: Gov. Gavin Newsom is essentially ensuring a debate about California’s high energy prices extends deeper into election…
Sep 4, 2024By Brianna Sacks, WASHINGTON POST https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/29/california-insurance-wildfires-allstate California insurance officials have approved Allstate’s request to raise insurance rates for homeowners by an average of…
Aug 30, 2024By Iman Palm, KTLA 5 https://ktla.com/news/california/allstate-approved-for-34-1-rate-hike-in-california-affecting-over-350000-policyholders Allstate, one of California’s largest insurers, is set to raise rates by an average of 34.1% after receiving…
Aug 30, 2024By Marc Cota-Robles, ABC 7 NEWS https://abc7.com/post/allstate-homeowners-insurance-rate-increase-average-34-states-largest-spike-3-years/15248375 LOS ANGELES (KABC) — California’s Department of Insurance has approved Allstate’s request for the largest rate increase in…
Aug 30, 2024By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-08-29/allstate-34-1-percent-rate-increase-homeowners-insurance Allstate has received approval to raise its California homeowners insurance premiums by an average of…
Aug 30, 2024By Kate Talerico, MERCURY NEWS State regulators gave approval for Allstate to for California customers by an average of 34%, the largest…
Aug 30, 2024By Sharon Udasin, THE HILL https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4844968-california-wildfires-insurance-reform-proposal The raging wildfires that have become a mainstay in certain California communities are not only devastating…
Aug 26, 2024By 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, 2024By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-08-10/state-regulators-will-fast-track-reviews-of-rate-hikes-sought-by-home-insurers-amid-wildfire-losses#:~:text=California%20Insurance%20Commissioner%20Ricardo%20Lara,state’s%20market%20amid%20wildfire%20losses. The state insurance commissioner took action Friday to speed up reviews of rate hikes sought…
Aug 10, 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…
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