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By 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, 2023By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Aug 31, 2023By Ali Martin, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2023/0831/From-Florida-to-California-dwindling-insurance-options As Hurricane Idalia barreled through Florida Wednesday, thousands of homeowners faced the possibility of…
Aug 31, 2023By Staff Reporters, KPCC – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Aug 31, 2023By Tom Vacar, KTVU https://www.ktvu.com/news/uncertainty-surrounds-californias-fire-insurance-drought-as-legislative-session-nears-conclusion OAKLAND, Calif. – When the California State Legislature concludes in mid-September, a resolution for the fire insurance (opens in new…
Aug 31, 2023A consumer advocate and a building lobbyist walk onto a Southwest flight from Los Angeles to Sacramento. By Christopher Cadelago and Camille…
Aug 31, 2023Consumer Watchdog volunteers and families share their medical negligence stories for reform within the healthcare system.
Aug 30, 2023Families who lost their loved ones ask the Medical Board for justice.
Aug 30, 2023By Kerry Klein, KVPR https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2023-08-29/kern-county-maternal-mortality-at-the-center-of-a-state-medical-board-meeting Following years of advocacy work from locals, the Medical Board of California held a meeting in Bakersfield…
Aug 29, 2023By Annie Sciacca, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/article278656929.html California doctors and state lawmakers are squaring off once again over the future of the Medical…
Aug 29, 2023By Annette Ramirez, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/08/medical-negligence-victims-california-investigations/ Eleven years ago I went into the hospital for a hysterectomy and was expecting to go home the…
Aug 28, 2023By Sam Dean, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-08-28/farmers-insurance-lays-off-2-400-workers Farmers Insurance, one of the nation’s largest property and casualty insurers, is laying off…
Aug 28, 2023