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By Dan Walters, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/09/25/california-legislature-whiffs-on-insurance-crisis/70932955007/ Before the California Legislature adjourned this month, it managed to fulfill most of wishes of…
Sep 25, 2023
Wildfires have prompted some insurance companies to cease writing new policies By TRD Staff, THE REAL DEAL https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/09/24/california-announces-changes-to-home-insurance-market-to-address-wildfire-coverage/ In a bid to…
Sep 24, 2023
By Douglas Page, SD METRO While Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara says his plan – to make California a better market financially for…
Sep 24, 2023
By Natalie Gurevich, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/state/ca-insurance-market-change-to-spike-premiums-for-homeowners/article_cb650a18-597c-11ee-80c7-17cdf4dbcf55.html California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced massive changes to the state’s home insurance market on Thursday,…
Sep 23, 2023
By Clare Fonstein, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/insurance-homes-18382644.php California will overhaul its home insurance market in an effort to shore up wildfire coverage under new…
Sep 22, 2023
By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-home-insurance-wildfire-risk-premiums-cf40911606e8e4d9c7c35ca57ca733e8# SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new plan from California’s insurance commissioner aims to stop the nation’s…
Sep 22, 2023
Consumer watchdog says the deal could lead to extremely high increases in people's insurance bills.
Sep 22, 2023
THE FREE PRESS https://www.tampafp.com/crime-inflation-driving-up-auto-insurance/ Auto insurance costs have surged in 2023, with companies raising rates to account for increased costs related to…
Sep 21, 2023
By John Woolfolk, EAST BAY TIMES https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/09/21/newsom-throws-support-behind-california-home-insurance-overhaul-with-order-that-could-speed-rate-hikes/amp/#:~:text=Gavin%20Newsom%20leaned%20into%20California%27s,wildfires%20fueled%20by%20climate%20change. Gov. Gavin Newsom leaned into California’s home insurance market meltdown with an executive order Thursday…
Sep 21, 2023
Consumer Watchdog opposes the governor's executive order saying there are other ways to address the impact of climate change that we have…
Sep 21, 2023
By Staff Reporters, KFBK – Sacramento, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 21, 2023
By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 21, 2023
Insurance companies will use secret algorithms to set rates for homeowners in their coverage for wildfires and to add reinsurance cost premiums…
Sep 21, 2023
By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 21, 2023
By Blanca Begert, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2023/09/21/unanswered-questions-on-the-wildfire-insurance-deal-00117519 WE HAVE A DEAL — Things moved pretty quickly today. Around 2:00 p.m., Gov. Gavin Newsom put out an executive…
Sep 21, 2023
By Sam Dean, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-09-21/california-home-insurers-plan-return-to-fire-zones-under-new-deal After a summer that saw many of California’s top home insurers pull back from the state…
Sep 21, 2023
By Steven Rascón, KQED Bay Curious https://www.kqed.org/news/11961915/cashing-in-on-californias-broken-bottle-deposit-system When Paul Beach was a kid growing up in Maine, he remembers going to a…
Sep 21, 2023
By Ben Christopher, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/09/california-insurance-crisis/ A week after negotiations to rescue California’s floundering home insurance market stalled out in the Legislature, the…
Sep 21, 2023