Insurance

Insure Our Future Campaign Calls on Insurance Companies to Cut Ties with Fossil Fuels in the Wake of Climate-Related Rate Hikes and Policy Cancellations

September 25, 2019  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA — As the 2019 wildfire season begins, many homeowners in at-risk areas have once again seen their insurance rates go up, or their insurance...

Consumer Watchdog Writes Attorney General & District Attorneys To Investigate IC Ricardo Lara Over Bribery and Money Laundering

September 23, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog has written California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the District Attorneys of Sacramento, San Francisco, and...

Release of Lara’s Calendar and Public Records Suggest Lara Made First Contact In “Pay to Play” Insurance Scandal

September 19, 2019  ·  Carmen Balber

UPDATE: 9/20 Consumer Watchdog sent this letter to the California Attorney General and District Attorneys for Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles along with the information...

Consumer Watchdog Asks Attorney General And DAs To Investigate CA Insurance Commissioner Over Apparently Illegal Payments For Second Home In Sacramento

September 9, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA –  Following a Politico report that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara billed the state for his Sacramento apartment, Consumer Watchdog has called...

Californians in High Fire Risk Areas Facing Increased Rates and Non-Renewals

September 6, 2019  ·  Evan Thomas King

CA Homeowners Facing Quadrupled or Non-Renewed Insurance Premiums in High Risk Wildfire Areas

August 30, 2019  ·  Petra Chalmers

Watchdog Says Insurance Commissioner Lara Is Not Doing Everything In His Power To Help Homeowners Dealing With Wildfire Insurance

August 29, 2019  ·  Petra Chalmers

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...

Consumer Watchdog Identifies Three Homeowner Insurance Rules Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Can Issue Immediately

August 27, 2019  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA– In a letter sent today, Consumer Watchdog called on Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to use the full authority of his office to...

CA Supreme Court Puts an End to Mercury Insurance Company’s 20-Year Battle to Escape Accountability for Unlawful Fees 

August 15, 2019  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

Los Angeles, CA — Mercury Insurance Company will pay at least $27.6 million in civil penalties for overcharging hundreds of thousands of California motorists in violation...

Vote Cancelled on Commissioner Lara’s “Creative” Wildfire Insurance Bill

August 14, 2019  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – A wildfire insurance bill sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara stalled in the state Assembly today in the face of objections raised by...

Advocates Call for Withdrawal of Insurance Commissioner Lara’s Bill to Give Insurers & Wall Street Blank Check From CA Taxpayers

August 13, 2019  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog said legislation sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and scheduled for a vote Wednesday would needlessly expose California taxpayers to...