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By Anthony De Leon, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2024-03-29/california-offers-catastrophe-plan-to-draw-insurers-back-to-the-state-but-at-what-cost-essential-california California intends to attract insurers back with flexible policies The homeowners insurance crisis in…
Mar 29, 2024By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-03-29/californias-insurance-crisis-what-went-wrong-whats-being-done-to-fix-it-and-how-homeowners-can-help-themselves Climate change and extreme weather have contributed to catastrophic fires that destroyed thousands of California…
Mar 29, 2024By Levi Sumagaysay, CAL MATTERS With more California homeowners just discovering their insurance policies are getting canceled — and hundreds of thousands…
Mar 25, 2024“There’s going to be push and pull,” says an industry lawyer By Mark Schoeff Jr., INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/environmental/lara-struggles-to-reform-california-insurance-market-482596.aspx Irene Sabourin used to…
Mar 25, 2024By Wendy Lee, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-03-21/apple-doj-lawsuit-consumers Cheaper app subscriptions. Additional payment options. Greater freedom for app developers on the App Store.…
Mar 25, 2024By Rob Nikolewski, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2024-03-25/the-average-price-for-gasoline-in-san-diego-once-again-climbs-over-5-a-gallon San Diegans have another bit of inflation aggravation to deal with as the average…
Mar 25, 2024By Ruben Vives, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-23/state-farm-wont-renew-72-000-insurance-policies-in-california-worsening-the-states-insurance-crisis The California homeowners’ insurance crisis reached another critical stage this week when State Farm General…
Mar 23, 2024“It’s a ticking time bomb,” an insurance agent said By John Woolfolk, MERCURY NEWS As home insurers flee California, the state’s last-resort…
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Mar 22, 2024By Yusra Farzan, LA IST https://laist.com/news/state-farm-wont-renew-coverage-for-72-000-customers-in-california State Farm, California’s largest private insurance provider, will not renew coverage for around 30,000 homes and…
Mar 22, 2024Commissioner rushes to stem the flow as insurers exit the Golden State By Ryan Smith, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/lara-proposes-californias-most-significant-insurance-reform-in-30-years-482402.aspx The California insurance commissioner…
Mar 22, 2024By Nadia Lopez, BLOOMBERG https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-22/state-farm-cuts-72-000-california-policies-citing-wildfire-risk State Farm General Insurance Co. (opens in new tab) will cut about 72,000 policies in California beginning in…
Mar 22, 2024BY WES VENTEICHER, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/03/california-bill-targets-low-production-wells-in-3-200-foot-setback-zone-00147809 SACRAMENTO, California — A new proposal in the California State Assembly would impose a $10,000-per-day fine on oil…
Mar 20, 2024By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO SACRAMENTO, California — Oil and business groups urged the California Energy Commission on Monday to delay imposing new…
Mar 19, 2024The deal would place 40 percent of California’s idle wells in the hands of one operator. Campaigners warn this poses an “immense”…
Mar 18, 2024By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-insurance-wildfire-risk-19021575.php A newly proposed regulation aims to draw insurers back to the state by allowing them to anticipate…
Mar 18, 2024By The Times Editorial Board, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-03-18/editorial-whats-behind-californias-high-gas-prices-dont-trust-the-oil-industry-for-answers If you live in California you’ve probably run across ads blaming high gasoline…
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