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By 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…
Jul 30, 2024By Staff Reporters, CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO – Sacramento, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Jul 30, 2024By Staff Reporters, KPBS-FM – San Diego, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
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…
Jul 22, 2024By Will McCarthy, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/07/will-the-california-supreme-court-boot-the-anti-ahf-measure-off-the-ballot-00168815?source=email The California Supreme Court is giving some indications they will consider a case asking for the removal…
Jul 22, 2024By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/aids-healthcare-ballot-measure-19578138.php The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to remove from the November ballot an initiative backed…
Jul 22, 2024By Will McCarthy, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2024/07/17/a-political-wunderkind-makes-a-comeback-bid-00168931 Last month, the California Supreme Court killed the Taxpayer Protection Act (opens in new tab), a high-profile ballot…
Jul 17, 2024By Becca Habegger, ABC10 https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/first-of-its-kind-fight-grievances-insurance-industry-consumer-group/103-a65e89d0-e192-4933-8e00-6cc8a6f3e424 A consumer group advocating for fair home and auto insurance costs says it’s fielding an unprecedented attack…
Jul 17, 2024By Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article289805219.html In the annals of California’s Insurance Wars, the number of feuds between Consumer Watchdog and industry groups are…
Jul 16, 2024By Thomas Elias, CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD Blackmail has been the rule for the last year as insurance companies terrified California’s insurance commissioner…
Jul 16, 2024By Staff Reporters, INSURANCE JOURNAL https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/07/12/783705.htm Allstate is seeking an increase in its California homeowners insurance premiums by an average of 34%.…
Jul 15, 2024
By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Jul 15, 2024