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Judge Orders Allstate to Lower Auto Rates

Judge Orders Allstate to Lower Auto Rates

A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Allstate Insurance to comply with a regulatory order to lower annual auto insurance rates by an average of $133 per vehicle.<br/> <br/> The ruling means that Allstate must comply with the...
A new era of campaign finance ethics?

A new era of campaign finance ethics?

<p> <strong><span><span>Watchdog groups optimistic new state legislative leaders will put policy above money chase</span></span></strong> </p> <p> SACRAMENTO — As the Democrats' two incoming legislative leaders prepare to move into... </p>
Hope for Patients Who Lost Policies

Hope for Patients Who Lost Policies

<strong>State to Review Canceled Health Insurance Policies -- The action, which affects thousands of Californians, is the boldest yet in dealing with companies' practice of rescinding coverage of sick policyholders.</strong><br/> <br/> Thousands...
26 to Get Back Health Coverage Taken Away

26 to Get Back Health Coverage Taken Away

<strong>State regulators to review thousands of similar cases</strong><br/> <br/> State regulators ordered on Thursday the immediate reinstatement of 26 health insurance policies for consumers who were wrongly stripped of them, marking the...