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A usually routine annual certification had been delayed by regulators, in what Consumer Watchdog charged was retaliation. By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO…
Aug 8, 2024
By 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, 2024
By, 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, 2024
Prices have dipped 78 cents a gallon since April By Kristin Bender, MERCURY NEWS California gas prices have been sliding lower over…
Aug 2, 2024
By 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, 2024
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, 2024
Citizen organization calls for public hearing By Terry Gangcuangco, INSURANCE BUSINESS Consumer Watchdog has called on California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to convene…
Jul 30, 2024
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Jul 30, 2024
By Staff Reporters, KPBS-FM – San Diego, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Jul 29, 2024
By Alan Riquelmy, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California Governor Gavin Newsom praised newly announced changes to the state’s FAIR…
Jul 26, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By Thomas Elias, MERCURY NEWS The gasoline price gouging that has plagued California periodically for decades appears no longer to be merely…
Jul 22, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024