Consumer Alert: Commissioner Lara’s UN-FAIR Home Insurance Deal
PUBLISHED ON May 16, 2024 | BY CARMEN BALBER
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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s deal with the insurance industry is a Bait and Switch on consumers – it won’t get a single new homeowner covered. Instead, companies will sell a low-benefit policy that’s no better than what homeowners can get on the FAIR Plan today.
Consumer Watchdog executive director Carmen Balber has been with the organization for nearly two decades. She spent four years directing the group’s Washington, D.C. office where she advocated for key health insurance market reforms that were ultimately enacted into law as part of the Affordable Care Act.