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Lara’s 85% wildfire coverage plan morphed to just 5%

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's latest regulation to get insurers covering California again has another massive loophole. Insurers' so-called commitment to increase sales in risky...

Commissioner’s Secret Cat Model Plan

Imagine if the IRS were allowed to base your taxes on its own “projections” of your income. And you were not allowed to check...

Consumer Watchdog Urges Insurance Discounts for Homeowners, Protections Against Policy Cancellations and Withdrawals in Wildfire Areas

When disaster hits, insurance companies are supposed to have your back… but their number one priority is almost always their own financial well-being. We’ve seen...

Wildfire Recovery: Insurance Tips for California Homeowners

  With 33 active fires and 3.6 million acres burned, including the largest in California history, tens of thousands of Californians have been displaced by...

Insurers Fail To Rip-off Homeowners

The legislative session is over. I am happy to report that the bad guys didn’t win. Insurance companies were not able to pass legislation in...

California State Legislators Use Coronavirus As An Excuse To Hijack Democratic Process

The following was originally published as an op-ed commentary in the SACRAMENTO BEE on August 11, 2020: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article244870462.html Three democratic procedures safeguard Californians against hasty and dangerous actions...

Legislators Scheming With Insurance Companies To Raise Rates

(The following was originally published as an op-ed commentary in the Mercury News.) With Californians in COVID lockdown, industry lobbyists are working to overturn voter-approved...

Ricardo Lara’s Troubles Aside, Reverting To An Appointed Insurance Commissioner Would Hurt Consumers

Where the troubling trail of accusations dogging Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will lead is hard to tell. State records show that insurance industry executives...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s speech to the insurance industry

Watch the video of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara addressing insurance industry lawyers in Hollywood on July 25, 2019. The video was posted by...

CHUBB’s Big Move To Stop Insuring Coal Projects Leaves CA Behind

On Monday the insurance company CHUBB announced it would no longer underwrite coal-based power plants and companies that get more than 30% of its...

Consumer Federation of America says California auto insurance protections are a model for the nation

The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America released a study this week finding that California’s tough “prior approval” regulation of auto insurance rates under Proposition...

Wildfires Should Ignite Crackdown on State Farm To Be Better Neighbor

The wildfires devastating Bel Air, Ventura and Southern California's canyons are destroying homes in their path. Unfortunately, many of those homeowners are going to find that when they...

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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: Targeting Wildfire Insurance Relief By Zip Code
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KBAK (CBS) - Bakersfield, CA: Wildfire Insurance Options
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KTVU(FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Tom Vacar's History With Consumer Watchdog And The Threat to Prop 103
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KRON-SF (MyTV) - San Francisco, CA: Homeowners Insurance Rescue Plan
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Consumer Watchdog Weighs In On Governor Newsom's Insurance Plan
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KOVR-SAC (CBS) - Sacramento, CA: Tackling California's Insurance Crisis
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) - Sacramento, CA: Bill Aims To Stabilize Insurance Market
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Proposal To Stabilize California Insurance Industry
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: California Insurance Crisis
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Alameda Sues Farmers Insurance
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KPBS Television - San Diego, CA: Insurer of Last Resort
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: Allstate Eyes California Return, With Conditions
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FOX 11- Los Angeles, CA: State Farm dropping policies in these California ZIP codes
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KTXL-SAC (FOX) - Sacramento, CA: Addressing CA's Insurance Crisis
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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: Homeowner Insurance Crisis
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Home Insurance in California
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KABC-LA (ABC) - Los Angeles, CA: California's Insurance Crisis
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm to Non-Renew Thousands of Policies
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KCAL News - Los Angeles, CA: New Plan to Stop Exodus of Insurers
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Using Models To Predict Insurance Rate Hikes
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) - Sacramento, CA: Proposed Insurance Changes
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KBCW 44 Cable 12 - San Francisco, CA: Chevy Camaro Thefts On The Rise
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ABC7 - What's California doing to address the insurance crisis?
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Consumer Alert — Insurance Attack
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Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) - Los Angeles, CA: Insurance Revenue: What You Need To Know
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KFMB-SD (CBS) - San Diego, CA: Insurance Rates Spiking Across The County
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