Consumer Watchdog executive director Carmen Balber testified on March 12, 2025 to the State Senate Insurance Committee about the state of the insurance market...
If your home has been destroyed or damaged by the recent wildfires or windstorms in California, it’s essential to know your rights and available resources.
On December 5, 2024, Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to California’s Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) objecting to the Department of Insurance’s (“the Department”)...
Former Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi called on Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to step aside if he's unwilling to stand up to the insurance industry....
Annual reports for State Farm’s home insurance subsidiary in California suggest it’s sending profits out of state by overpaying its parent company for reinsurance....
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog recently reached settlement in three challenges to double-digit rate hikes requested by 21st Century Insurance Company for its auto...
Consumer Watchdog reached a settlement with Allstate and the California Department of Insurance, resolving the company’s application with the Department for a rate increase...
It should have been proforma, but Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has finally certified Consumer Watchdog’s right to collect compensation for intervening in insurance rate...
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...
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...
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...
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...
