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Maureen O’Connor knows what it feels like to have her home insurance non-renewed not once but twice. The first time she managed to…
Oct 1, 2024Liza Tucker is a consumer advocate for Consumer Watchdog, following everything from oil and gas to the regulation of toxic substances in the state of California. She comes to us from Marketplace, the largest U.S. broadcast show on business and economics heard by ten million listeners each week on 400 radio stations. Liza worked at this public radio show for a decade, first as Commentary Editor and then as Senior Editor for both Washington and Sustainability News.
Maureen O’Connor knows what it feels like to have her home insurance non-renewed not once but twice. The first time she managed to…
Oct 1, 2024Last year, Ann Mitchell paid Farmers a $3,467 annual home insurance premium. Upon renewal last July, and without any warning, her premium…
Sep 24, 2024Renee Pasquinelli has a mantra when it comes to insurers using black box catastrophe models to sweepingly rate California properties as high…
Sep 24, 2024After speaking with her elected representatives, her home insurance company, and contacting the California Insurance Department, Susan still has no answers justifying…
Sep 20, 2024Mark Burton is the poster child for obscene AAA home insurance premium hikes in recent years. The latest hike came to $14,601…
Sep 4, 2024Evan Cervantes lives in a heavily residential area with busy streets in Sunland in a house on a 5,000-square foot lot. He…
Sep 3, 2024Bruce Breslau is a communications professional who lives with his husband in the California West community on the historic Iverson Movie Ranch…
Aug 22, 2024California homeowners are not just facing losing their comprehensive home insurance and being forced onto the CA FAIR Plan for wildfire coverage.
Aug 7, 2024Los Angeles, CA – Oil regulators approved 35 new oil and gas well drilling permits (opens in new tab) in the second quarter of 2024,…
Aug 5, 2024The California Energy Commission and newly created Division of Petroleum Market Oversight provided valuable analysis at a recent workshop on the summer…
Jun 13, 2024Fran Lancaster, a retiree living in Poway outside of San Diego, has had Farmers home insurance for 20 years and has never…
May 21, 2024Karen Lober says she feels screwed by her home insurance company. She bought her house on a mountain in Colfax in 2019,…
May 3, 2024If California homeowners want to know what might be in store for them when renewal time comes around for their home insurance…
May 3, 2024Deborah Carter, a retired nurse, lives in the mountains of Santa Cruz. For years and years, her home insurance was through Farmers. Then,…
May 2, 2024Scott D. lived in densely populated Southern California for 15 years before getting away from it all. In 2005, he moved up…
May 1, 2024By Staff Reporters, KQED-FM – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Apr 19, 2024Los Angeles, CA—In a historic first, California oil regulators approved zero new drilling permits in the first quarter of 2024, effectively halting…
Apr 19, 2024For Patti, big homeowner insurance rate hikes are old news. She lives in a two-story townhouse at Laguna Village in Laguna Hills.…
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