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By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/newsom-home-insurance-rates-19451293.php Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting more directly involved in the insurance crisis by proposing legislation…
May 10, 2024By WES VENTEICHER, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/gavin-newsom-climate-message-california-00156954 SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking California’s climate story — with its big ambitions and political…
May 9, 2024https://www.capradio.org/articles/2024/05/07/new-california-bills-hope-to-mitigate-health-impacts-linked-to-living-near-oil-gas-wells By Manola Secaira, CAP RADIO Two years ago, California legislators passed a law requiring a 3,200 foot setback between new oil…
May 8, 2024By Ethan Varian, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER One of California’s largest home insurers is raising rates for hundreds of thousands of state policyholders…
May 7, 2024By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/travelers-insurance-rates-19441039.php One of California’s largest home insurers is raising rates for hundreds of thousands of state…
May 6, 2024Tracy Dominguez says, we’re bringing attention to this crisis, partnering with groups like Consumer Watchdog, speaking before the board of supervisors and legislative boards, and helping organize events to educate…
May 6, 2024By Beth Musselwhite, REINSURANCE NEWS Consumer Watchdog opposes Californian Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s proposal to allow insurance companies to use black-box catastrophe…
May 2, 2024By Staff Reporters, KQED-FM – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Apr 29, 2024By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/allstate-home-insurance-19419045.php One of California’s largest home insurers (opens in new tab) says it plans to resume writing…
Apr 25, 2024By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-04-24/consumer-advocates-insurance-industry-clash-at-homeowners-insurance-crisis-hearing The fault lines running through California’s spiraling homeowners insurance crisis were on display Tuesday at…
Apr 25, 2024By Terry Gangcuangco, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/consumer-watchdog-on-what-will-not-solve-californias-insurance-crisis-486434.aspx Consumer Watchdog has expressed strong opposition against Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s proposed changes in California. In the…
Apr 24, 2024By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2024/04/new-oil-drilling-permit-approvals-fall.html Newsom’s regulators have issued a total of 15,940 well permits of all types since he…
Apr 21, 2024By Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article286759155.html In 2022, state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced he would force companies to offer discounts to…
Apr 18, 2024By City News Service, EPOCH TIMES https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-unseals-warrants-in-case-of-botched-ladwp-billing-5631503 LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A Los Angeles federal judge issued a final order today on…
Apr 17, 2024Group urges the insurance commissioner to hold companies accountable By Kenneth Araullo, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/environmental/watchdog-reiterates-call-for-fossil-fuel-disclosure-from-insurers-484613.aspx Consumer Watchdog has called for Insurance Commissioner Ricardo…
Apr 10, 2024By Jeremia Kimelman, CALMATTERS
Apr 10, 2024By Ruben Vives, LA TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-10/westside-l-a-hit-hard-as-state-farm-cancels-home-insurance Thousands of Californians who won’t see their home insurance renewed by State Farm this summer are…
Apr 10, 2024By BLANCA BEGERT and CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/04/09/laras-forced-marriage-with-insurers-00151420 HOME FIRES BURNING: In Sacramento, Ricardo Lara is the state’s insurance commissioner who hasn’t yet stopped an exodus of…
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