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By Tran Nguyen, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-insurance-fair-plan-8a70b82467f76c16b5c9496fa67ee96c SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week to block insurers from charging California customers...

By Ethan Varian, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/15/fair-plan-california-insurance-bailout/ Consumer advocates are suing to halt a massive homeowner-funded bailout of California's last-resort insurance program after it reported it would run out of money to pay claims arising from...

By Blanca Begert, POLITICO A consumer advocacy group on Monday sued the California Department of Insurance over its decision to let insurance companies charge customers...

By Alan Riquelmy, COURT NEWS SERVICE https://www.courthousenews.com/california-insurance-regulator-and-state-farm-squabble-over-proposed-emergency-rate-hikes/ OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Attorneys on Thursday made final arguments increase before a California administrative law judge over whether...

By Dawn Giel, CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/state-farm-emergency-rate-hikes-california-homeowners.html State Farm is making its case this week for a major rate hike for California homeowners in a hearing that could...

By Levi Sumagaysay, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/04/state-farm-rate-hearing/ State Farm could soon win final approval to raise premiums for California homeowners and others on an interim basis, a...

BY Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/newsletter/state-farm-insurance-hearing-newsletter/ State Farm will try to justify its need to raise property insurance rates — stat — at an unprecedented public rate...

By Jacob Margolis, LA IST A hearing kicked off at the California Insurance Department’s office in Oakland Monday morning as part of the process to determine...

By  CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/04/08/insurers-flight-is-over-now-for-the-fight-00280127 BILL COME DUE: Fire-shy insurers are cautiously returning to California — but it’ll cost you. Take State Farm, the state’s largest insurer....

By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/state-farm-insurance-hearing-20265652.php Should California’s largest insurance company be allowed to raise prices for consumers to preserve its financial viability?  That question...