By JP Crumrine, INSURANCE NEWSNET https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/state-farm-continues-withdrawal-from-state Despite efforts by the state's Department of Insurance (DOI) to revise the rate making policies in California, on March 20, State Farm announced it would not be renewing more than...

By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/property/consumer-watchdog-wants-mandatory-coverage-for-wildfiresafe-homes-483241.aspx A consumer advocacy group in California is pushing for reforms that would require insurance companies to provide coverage to homeowners who have taken steps to mitigate wildfire risks to their...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLsyrzTHydc Consumer Watchdog says, what you can do if you've been caught up in this is you can freeze your credit with the big three credit bureaus for free, and that makes it a little...

By Emily Alpert Reyes, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-03-31/california-cosmetic-surgery Inside a clinic wedged next to a smoke shop in a South Los Angeles strip mall, Dr. Mohamad Yaghi operated on a 28-year-old woman who had traveled from...

By Chloe Veltman, NPR https://www.npr.org/2024/03/30/1241863710/att-data-breach-dark-web AT&T announced on Saturday it is investigating a data breach involving the personal information of more than 70 million current and former customers leaked on the dark web. According to information about...

By Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/article287155520.html Former insurance commissioner Dave Jones has a sobering view on the future of homeowner coverage in California: He believes the state is “marching steadily towards an uninsurable future.” That’s because...

By Anthony De Leon, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2024-03-29/california-offers-catastrophe-plan-to-draw-insurers-back-to-the-state-but-at-what-cost-essential-california California intends to attract insurers back with flexible policies The homeowners insurance crisis in California worsened last week when State Farm General Insurance announced that it wouldn’t renew 72,000 property...

By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-03-29/californias-insurance-crisis-what-went-wrong-whats-being-done-to-fix-it-and-how-homeowners-can-help-themselves Climate change and extreme weather have contributed to catastrophic fires that destroyed thousands of California homes in recent years - and an insurance crisis that could result in the...

By Blanca Begert, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/03/28/california-and-the-feds-are-already-diverging-on-evs-00149685 GETTING PERSONAL: Put Consumer Watchdog and the Personal Insurance Federation of California in the same room, and you’re bound to get fireworks. Representatives for the two organizations drew vastly different pictures of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bPtJt4YMWI Carmen Balber wants the legislature to require insurance companies provide coverage for homeowners who have taken steps to reduce fire risks and protect their properties.