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Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s speech to the insurance industry

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Watch the video of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara addressing insurance industry lawyers in Hollywood on July 25, 2019. The video was posted by Politico to accompany their July 29, 2019 story:

POLITICO: Lara tells insurers he’s ‘receptive’ to their ideas, including vehicle data use.

Embattled state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara last week assured a convention of insurance executives that he would “start engaging the industry like never before” on issues that include giving insurers more access to drivers’ vehicle data — an effort long opposed by consumer advocates as a privacy invasion.”

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Read the full Politico story: https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/07/29/lara-tells-insurers-hes-receptive-to-their-ideas-including-vehicle-data-use-1121365

 

Carmen Balber

Carmen Balber

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.

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