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Lisa Green, NERDWALLET.COM
April 5, 2019
Your driving record may be flawless.
Your car may be one of the safest on the road. But, in most states, you might pay more for car insurance than an all-but-identical driver, simply because of your gender.
By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 28, 2019
By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE
March 26, 2019
A coalition of consumer organizations is asking the California Department of Insurance to mandate that insurers disclose the fossil-fuel projects they are underwriting.
The petition also asks the department to require insurers to disclose their investments in fossil fuel-related entities.
By Katherine Chiglinsky, BLOOMBERG
March 21, 2019
(Bloomberg) -- Consumer and environmental groups are pushing for newly elected California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to require insurers to disclose their ties to fossil fuel companies and projects.
By Staff Reporters, INSURANCE JOURNAL
March 21, 2019
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/03/21/521377.htm
More than 60 environmental, consumer and social justice organizations on Thursday delivered a petition to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara seeking what is believed would be the first regulations in the nation requiring insurance companies to disclose the fossil fuel projects they insure.
By Cara Salvatore, LAW 360
March 21, 2019
https://www.law360.com/articles/1141417/insurers-must-name-climate-prob…
Law360 (March 21, 2019, 8:44 PM EDT) -- California is under pressure to force insurers to name the fossil-fuel projects they insure and underwrite, with nonprofit groups calling Thursday for emergency measures from the state’s insurance regulator.
Op-Ed Commentary by Tom Elias, THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE
March 15, 2019
https://www.davisenterprise.com/forum/opinion-columns/tom-elias-lets-ma…
Travel back in time to the mid-1980s, when California’s insurance rates for both cars and property were nearly the highest in America and climbing fast. In that era, state insurance commissioners, who held the power to stop much of that acceleration, were appointed by the governor.
Testimony and documents submitted in federal court earlier this month said that an outside attorney retained to defend the city and the utility also represented a ratepayer who was the lead plaintiff in a 2015 class action lawsuit against the city. The city attorney’s office said it is investigation the allegation.
By Elizabeth Chou, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
March 14, 2019
By J.D. Morris, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
March 8, 2019
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/PG-E-seeks-permission-to-p…
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. wants permission from Bankruptcy Court to pay an estimated $235 million in 2019 performance bonuses to thousands of employees — a request opposed by wildfire victims, who want to be paid for the loss of their homes first.
By Staff Reporters, QATAR TRIBUNE
March 8, 2019
In a state as devoted to the environment as California, it's hard to imagine state leaders accepting a sharp decline in recycling. But that's what has happened since January 2016, when recycling centres that gather single-use plastic, metal and glass bottles from consumers began closing in droves because reimbursement rates from the California Department of Resources Recycling (CalRecycle) were so low centers couldn't stay in business.
By Michael Finney, KGO ABC TV-7 - San Francisco, CA
March 4, 2019
https://abc7news.com/society/should-stores-be-required-to-take-back-the…
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Convenience is not a new idea. Your grandparents had milk delivered to their doorsteps. Kids on bikes threw newspapers on driveways and when a coke was bought, it was returned to the same store for the nickel deposit.
By Debra Kahn, POLITICO PRO
March 1, 2019
MONEY BACK: If California opened more recycling centers and charged higher container deposits, would you return cans and bottles?
That's the underlying premise of a new report by Consumer Watchdog. The group says it's a problem that Californians pay 5-cent deposit fees but are rarely returning containers themselves to get their cash back, reports POLITICO's Debra Kahn.
By Jim Johnson, PLASTICS NEWS
March 1, 2019
https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20190301/NEWS/190309986
Consumers are getting the shaft through California's container deposit program that fails to return hundreds of millions of dollars to their pockets each year, one advocacy group claims.
Consumer Watchdog believes $308 million is lost by California residents due to deposits they pay but do not redeem each year.
By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 28, 2019
https://apnews.com/d3be5bcb7ae44ea39262398445fad437
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California consumers lost out on at least $308 million in nickel deposits on cans and bottles in 2018, largely because it’s increasingly difficult to find a place to recycle them, according to a new report made public Thursday.
Organizations Urge Commissioner To End Use Of Occupation And Education History To Create Rates
By Staff Reporters, SACRAMENTO OBSERVER
February 28, 2019
LOS ANGELES - Community organizations representing consumers, low-income workers and communities of color petitioned Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to ban the use of occupation and education to set auto insurance premiums.
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