By BLANCA BEGERT and CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO  https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/04/09/laras-forced-marriage-with-insurers-00151420 HOME FIRES BURNING: In Sacramento, Ricardo Lara is the state’s insurance commissioner who hasn’t yet stopped an exodus of property insurers fleeing increased costs fueled by climate change. But at the Hotel Indigo in...

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Lara Rejected Petition from Over 60 Groups to Require Disclosure in 2019 Los Angeles, CA - Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara must hold insurance companies accountable for their contributions to the climate crisis by mandating disclosure of the...

Sacramento, CA -- Oil companies drilling for oil within a half mile of community residents produce a tiny trickle of oil—2.1 barrels of oil per day per well on average, according to new data...

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...