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San Francisco Chronicle – Newsom wants to ‘stabilize’ California’s insurance market. Here’s how it would work
By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/newsom-home-insurance-19484197.php#
Gov. Gavin Newsom has provided new details this week on his proposal to bolster California’s insurance market by speeding state approval...
Insurance Journal – New Language in California Budget Seeks to Expedite Insurance Rate Filing Approvals
By Insurance Journal Staff
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/05/29/776151.htm#:~:text=The%20new%20proposal%20requires%20the,suggested%20rate%20in%20120%20days.
Insurers are praising new trailer bill language in the California budget that promises to expedite the home and auto insurance rate...
Mercury News – Newsom’s plan to accelerate rate hikes ‘invites insurance companies to set their own prices,’ advocacy group contends
By Ethan Baron, MERCURY NEWS
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/29/newsoms-plan-to-accelerate-rate-hikes-invites-insurance-companies-to-set-their-own-prices-advocacy-group-contends/
Gov. Gavin Newsom's new proposal to speed approval of rate hikes for most types of property insurance and help stabilize...
CalMatters – Newsom unveils plan that would hasten insurance – rate reviews — and increases
By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS
https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/05/california-insurance-crisis-2
Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed legislation to speed up insurance premium rate reviews as he and the Insurance Department try to...
KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: The Governor’s New Insurance Plan Will Not Get Insurance Companies To Cover Californians
By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM – San Francisco, CA
Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Politico – How Newsom Ending Up Siding With Insurers
By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2024/05/29/how-newsom-ended-up-siding-with-insurers-00160534?nname=california-playbook-pm&nid=00000177-6f21-d412-abff-6ff78f190000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000&nlid=2693079
HITTING A CRISIS POINT: The wildfire insurance problem in California has gotten so bad that Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking...
The Los Angeles Times – California consumer group blasts insurance bill backed by Newsom
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-05-29/consumer-group-blasts-insurance-bill-backed-by-gov-newsom
A bill backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that is intended to halt more exits from California’s troubled homeowners insurance...
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