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By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/property/consumer-watchdog-wants-mandatory-coverage-for-wildfiresafe-homes-483241.aspx A consumer advocacy group in California is pushing for reforms that would require insurance companies to…
Apr 1, 2024
Consumer Watchdog says, what you can do if you’ve been caught up in this is you can freeze your credit with the…
Apr 1, 2024
By Emily Alpert Reyes, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-03-31/california-cosmetic-surgery Inside a clinic wedged next to a smoke shop in a South Los Angeles…
Mar 31, 2024
By Chloe Veltman, NPR https://www.npr.org/2024/03/30/1241863710/att-data-breach-dark-web AT&T announced on Saturday it is investigating a data breach involving the personal information of more than…
Mar 30, 2024
By Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/article287155520.html Former insurance commissioner Dave Jones has a sobering view on the future of homeowner coverage in…
Mar 29, 2024
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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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…
Mar 23, 2024
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Mar 22, 2024
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Mar 22, 2024
By 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, 2024
Commissioner 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, 2024
By 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, 2024