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By Claire Hao, San Francisco CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-car-insurance-18145165.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral It’s not just home insurance. Auto insurance is also increasingly hard to get in California,according…
Jun 20, 2023By Dustin Gardner, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-oil-regulations-california-18156243.php California lawmakers were on the verge of passing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to allow the…
Jun 19, 2023By Mika Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/allstate-approved-to-raise-rates-in-california-449562.aspx California has approved Allstate’s requestion to increase homeowner insurance premiums by 4%, with another hike of nearly 40%…
Jun 16, 2023By Grace Gedye, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/economy/2023/06/california-home-insurance/ After State Farm declared in late May that it wouldn’t sell any new home insurance policies in California, people shopping…
Jun 15, 2023By Sam Dean, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-06-15/state-farm-homeowners-insurance-california When State Farm announced in May that the company would stop writing new homeowners…
Jun 15, 2023By John Woolfolk, THE EAST BAY TIMES Allstate has received California’s blessing to raise homeowner insurance premiums 4%, but the state’s fifth…
Jun 14, 2023By John Woolfolk, EAST BAY TIMES https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/06/08/is-california-facing-home-insurance-crisis-like-hurricane-ravaged-florida/amp/ Farmers Insurance had covered Don Baker’s light-gray house with powder-blue trim since he and his…
Jun 8, 2023By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/state-farm-allstate-accused-of-extortion-following-california-pullback-448496.aspx A consumer advocacy group in California has accused Allstateand State Farm of engaging in extortion tactics after both companies…
Jun 7, 2023By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE https://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?refnum=250142&altsrc=9 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara says he cannot stop homeowners insurers such as State Farm from putting…
Jun 7, 2023State Farm won’t write new fire insurance policies in California. Forcing it to do so ignores the inevitable. By Mark Gongloff, THE…
Jun 7, 2023By Thomas Elias, ENTERPRISE RECORD But Lara is constrained by Prop. 103, which limits what companies can charge. The measure has saved…
Jun 7, 2023By Michael R. Blood, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-insurance-e31bef0ed7eeddcde096a5b8f2c1768f LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two insurance industry giants have pulled back from California’s home insurance…
Jun 5, 2023By Eliyahu Kamisher, Max Reyes, & Biz Carson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-06-02/allstate-state-farm-stop-selling-new-home-insurance-in-california Californians looking to buy a house face some of…
Jun 5, 2023
23abc special edition introduces you to 4 people and their families kern county who say the treatment they received at local healthcare…
Jun 4, 2023By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Jun 3, 2023By Janet Wilson, THE DESERT SUN https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2022/06/02/number-oil-wells-leaking-methane-near-california-homes-climbs-21/7484046001/ A total of 21 oil wells have been found to be leaking methane in or…
Jun 2, 2023State Farm and every insurance company doing business in California has to open up their books and justify what they're doing.
Jun 1, 2023State Farm did not do what proposition 103 requireS; they did not get the commissioner's permission, did not open its books and…
Jun 1, 2023