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Legislators Scheming With Insurance Companies To Raise Rates

August 2, 2020  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

(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

August 28, 2019  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

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

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s speech to the insurance industry

August 1, 2019  ·  Carmen Balber

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...

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

July 3, 2019  ·  Adam Scow

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 revenues...

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

February 13, 2019  ·  Carmen Balber

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 103...

Wildfires Should Ignite Crackdown on State Farm To Be Better Neighbor

December 6, 2017  ·  Jamie Court

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 try...