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By Timothy Darragh, BEST WIRE April 8, 2020 Transamerica Life Insurance Co. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by policyholders…
Apr 8, 2020
By Randy Mac, KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles, CA April 7, 2020 https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/watchdog-says-car-insurance-companies-should-reduce-premiums/2342518/ On Monday Allstate insurance announced it’s issuing partial refunds to…
Apr 7, 2020
By Kathleen Pender, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE April 7, 2020 https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Driving-less-during-coronavirus-outbreak-Ask-15183304.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result If you’re driving less because of the coronavirus – and who isn’t…
Apr 7, 2020
By Staff Writers, CITY NEWS SERVICE (LA) April 7, 2020 LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Transamerica Life Insurance Co. has agreed to settle…
Apr 7, 2020
By Dan Bacher, SF INDY BAY MEDIA April 4, 2020 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/04/18832107.php The increase in oil and gas drilling permits in recent years,…
Apr 4, 2020
By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS April 4, 2020 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-issues-first-new-fracking-permits-since-july/ar-BB129fzq SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California issued 24 hydraulic fracturing permits on Friday, authorizing…
Apr 4, 2020
By Janet Wilson, THE DESERT SUN April 3, 2020 https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2020/04/03/calgem-approves-24-fracking-permits-aera-energy-after-9-month-pause/2944712001/ California regulators on Friday issued fracking permits for the first time…
Apr 3, 2020
By Y. Peter Kang, LAW360 April 2, 2020 https://www.law360.com/appellate/articles/1259848/ex-boxing-champ-challenges-calif-s-med-mal-damages-cap Law360 (April 2, 2020, 10:27 PM EDT) — Former boxing champion “Sugar” Shane…
Apr 2, 2020
By John Wildermuth, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE March 23, 2020 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Coronavirus-halts-California-ballot-measure-15149698.php Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order will not only keep people off the…
Mar 23, 2020
Policymakers have disparaged tech companies over issues like data privacy, market competition and online misinformation. Now, they need the industry’s help to…
Mar 18, 2020
By Jeremy B. White, POLITICO March 18, 2020 https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/03/18/no-one-has-ever-seen-this-coronavirus-rattles-california-ballot-campaigns-1267760 SAN FRANCISCO — As Californians raided hand sanitizer and wipes to battle the…
Mar 18, 2020
Research suggests your internet-connected vehicle could be easily manipulated by crafty hackers. Cyber threat intelligence experts Brian DeMuth and Bryson Bort explain…
Mar 9, 2020
By Kayda Norman, ASSOCIATED PRESS / NERD WALLET February 26, 2020 https://www.thetelegraph.com/business/article/How-auto-insurers-use-your-nondriving-habits-to-15085823.php You expect your car insurance rates to increase after you…
Feb 26, 2020
By Wendy Davis, MEDIA POST RAW February 25, 2020 https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/347580/firefox-starts-encrypting-domain-names.html Mozilla’s Firefox browser on Tuesday began encrypting domain names by default for…
Feb 25, 2020
By Dan Bacher, INDY BAY MEDIA February 22, 2020 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/22/18830901.php On the morning of February 19, activists from groups affiliated with the…
Feb 22, 2020
By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE February 19, 2020 http://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=223495 A consumer group has sued the California Department of Insurance and Commissioner Ricardo Lara,…
Feb 19, 2020
Lawsuit also accuses Ricardo Lara’s office of creating records for public release that excluded key information By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO…
Feb 19, 2020
By Carla Marinucci and Jeremy B. White, POLITICO – CALIFORNIA PLAYBOOK February 19, 2020 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2020/02/19/bernie-leads-bloomberg-climbs-kamala-harris-backing-gascon-ca-farmers-opposing-split-roll-trump-pardons-49ers-eddie-d-and-slams-garcetti-archuleta-switches-from-biden-to-bloomberg-488361 Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, has…
Feb 19, 2020