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    State Farm Cites Newly Announced CDI Market Conduct Exam to Oppose Consumer Participation in Rate Hearing

    Los Angeles, CA — At a hearing today before the California Department of Insurance, State Farm opposed Pacific Palisades homeowner Merritt David Farren’s petition to participate in the ongoing rate review proceedings, citing the Department’s newly announced market...

    Court Accepts Consumer Watchdog Amicus Brief Opposing Trump Tariff Authority

    Second Federal Court Ruling Yesterday Echoes Concerns Raised in Brief San Francisco, CA — A federal court yesterday granted Consumer Watchdog’s motion for leave to file an amicus curiae – or “friend of the court” – brief challenging President Donald Trump’s...

    Commissioner Lara Approves Unjustified $749 Million State Farm Home Insurance Rate Hike

    UPDATED 1:40PM Los Angeles, CA – A proposed decision recommending approval of State Farm General’s request for an interim rate hike was issued by an Administrative Law Judge yesterday and approved today by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. The settlement...

    Consumer Watchdog Sues to Stop Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Unjustified Surcharges from Being Imposed on California Homeowners

    Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog sued the California Department of Insurance and Commissioner Ricardo Lara to protect California homeowners from hundreds of millions in surcharges that could soon appear on their insurance bills. The surcharges result from a...

    Consumer Watchdog Urges Denial of State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike at Conclusion of Department of Insurance Hearing

    Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog delivers its closing argument today in a high-stakes hearing before the California Department of Insurance, urging the Insurance Commissioner to reject State Farm’s emergency request for an interim increase in homeowners insurance rates....

    Consumer Watchdog: “State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike is Not Justified”

    Consumer group urges regulators to reject rate hike as unsupported and unfair Los Angeles, CA – In the first day of hearings, Consumer Watchdog made its case before Administrative Law Judge Karl-Fredric Seligman that California regulators should deny State Farm’s...

    At Hearing, Consumer Watchdog Will Oppose A Deal on State Farm’s “Emergency” Home & Renters’ Insurance Rate Hike

    Sacramento, CA – On Tuesday, April 8, at 10:00 AM, Consumer Watchdog will be presenting its case at the California Department of Insurance against State Farm’s unprecedented request for an “emergency” rate hike. Consumer Watchdog opposes the request because...

    Insurers Can’t Avoid Offering Premium Discounts to Good Drivers by Creating Bogus Club Memberships

    An auto insurance company must offer its lowest rate to all good drivers, and can’t hide behind so-called club memberships in order to overcharge motorists.  That’s the legal argument Consumer Watchdog recently made in a federal class action alleging...

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