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 the...
Insurance
Wildfire Mitigation Discounts Too Low, Insurance Companies Fail to Explain How They Rank Homeowners’ Wildfire Risk, Consumer Watchdog Challenges
Consumer Watchdog Challenged State Farm for failure to properly disclose or explain to consumers their wildfire risk classifications
Commissioner Lara Proposes Minimal Oversight, Secrecy of Black-Box Wildfire Insurance Models
Proposed Regulation Will Raise Rates but Will Not Stop Home Insurance Companies’ Market Boycott, Says Consumer Watchdog Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s proposal...
Watchdog Renews Call on Insurance Commissioner Lara to Mandate Insurance Companies Disclose the Fossil Fuel Projects They Insure
Lara Rejected Petition from Over 60 Groups to Require Disclosure in 2019 Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara must hold insurance companies accountable for their...
Consumers Who Harden Homes to Reduce Wildfire Risk Must Have a Right to Buy Insurance, Consumer Watchdog to Testify before Little Hoover Commission
Sacramento, CA – California must require insurance companies to sell home insurance to homeowners who protect their homes from wildfire in order to restore consumers’ access...
As Drafted, Insurance Commissioner’s Proposed Rules for Insurance Catastrophe Models Preserve Secrecy of Black Box Models
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog issued the following statement about the proposed catastrophe modeling rules released by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today. “Black box...
Consumer Alert: Insurance Attack
The insurance industry is trying to do away with a law that has saved Californians billions of dollars on our car and home insurance premiums.
Study: Public Scrutiny Has Saved Californians Over $5.5 Billion on Home, Auto Insurance Since 2002, Including $885 Million at Year-End
Seeking Billions in Premium Increases, Insurance Industry Targets Law that Gives Consumers a Say in Insurance Pricing Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit citizen...
How Citizen Enforcement of Proposition 103 has Saved Californians $5.5 Billion – and Why the Insurance Industry Hates It
When California’s insurance regulator operated behind closed doors, the insurance companies always won. Insurance premiums soared, people were denied insurance for no legitimate reason, and...
Consumer Watchdog Saves Policyholders $884.8 Million on Year-End Insurance Rate Increases
Allstate, State Farm Also Agree to End Restrictions on Sales of New Auto Policies Los Angeles, CA – Challenges by Consumer Watchdog to double-digit auto and...
Top Five Questions Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Must Answer About his Wildfire Insurance Plan
Pasadena, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on members of the Assembly Insurance Committee to make Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara answer five tough questions about the...
New Poll Shows Voters Oppose Insurance Commissioner’s Home Insurance Plan By 2 To 1; Overwhelming Support Requiring Insurers To Cover All Who Fire Proof Their Homes
A new poll finds that Insurance Commissioner Lara’s plan to allow insurance companies to increase premiums for all Californians in exchange for a promise to...