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By Ryan Fonseca, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2023-09-07/as-climate-change-challenges-home-insurers-an-uninsurable-future-looms-essential-california As climate change challenges home insurers, an ‘uninsurable future’ looms To kick off the…
Sep 7, 2023By Clare Fonstein, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/insurance-california-fire-usaa-18348581.php Another home insurance provider will reduce future coverage in California, as other companies have done…
Sep 6, 2023By Dan Walters, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/09/california-legislature-insurance/ The California Legislature reconvened Tuesday for the final fortnight of its 2023 session with lawmakers facing nearly…
Sep 6, 2023By Vanguard Administrator Gavin, DAVIS VANGUARD https://www.davisvanguard.org/2023/09/california-ag-urged-to-investigate-insurance-industry-collusion-on-homeowner-insurance-shortages-consumer-watchdog-cites-secret-recording-to-end-consumer-protections/ SACRAMENTO, CA – Consumer Watchdog Tuesday urged California Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate the…
Sep 6, 2023By Staff Reporters, KFBK – Sacramento, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 6, 2023
Consumer watchdog says insurance companies appear to have engaged in illegal collusion in order to pressure state officials to boost insurance premiums…
Sep 6, 2023Consumer advocate alleges the “the biggest insurance industry bailout in modern history” By Dana Bartholomew, THE REAL DEAL https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/09/05/state-lawmakers-in-talks-to-boost-home-insurance-coverage/ There’s a secret…
Sep 6, 2023By Staff Reporters, KQED – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 6, 2023By Natalia Gurevich, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/state/watchdog-claims-home-insurers-leaving-california-colluding/article_9a37bcd0-4c28-11ee-bd50-17eb17c195b5.html A consumer advocacy group alleges that a trio of home insurance providers pulled out of…
Sep 5, 2023By John Woolfolk, MERCURY NEWS A consumer group on Tuesday called on state Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate whether insurance companies…
Sep 5, 2023By Staff Reporters, KCBS – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 5, 2023By Matthew Kupfer, SF STANDARD https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/05/consumer-advocate-sees-collusion-california-insurance-crisis/ In the last several months, multiple insurance companies have stopped selling homeowner policies in California, with…
Sep 5, 2023
Lawmakers in Sacramento are pushing a last minute deal with just weeks to go. In the session, the plan would pass the…
Sep 5, 2023By Kathryn Reed, NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/article/news/as-kemper-corp-exits-home-insurance-market-all-eyes-on-last-minute-talks/ As the number of home insurance companies leaving California continues to grow, lawmakers in…
Sep 5, 2023By John Woolfolk, MERCURY NEWS In a state scorched by a series of devastating wildfires, Californians have seen the costs of insuring…
Sep 5, 2023By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 2, 2023
Major insurance companies are reducing coverage in California because of wildfire risks so they're pushing for legislation that gives them protections such…
Sep 1, 2023By Sophia Bollag, Joe Garofoli, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/sacramento-wildfire-insurance-deal-18340694.php SACRAMENTO — A conversation with a lobbyist secretly recorded on an airplane…
Sep 1, 2023