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Insurance Commissioner to Investigate Key Wildfire Insurance Issues Under Legislation Headed to Senate Floor
Sacramento, CA -- California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara would investigate and develop solutions to ensure affordable, accessible insurance for homeowners in wildfire areas and report...
California State Legislators Use Coronavirus As An Excuse To Hijack Democratic Process
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...
National Insurance Expert Warns CA Bill to Deregulate Homeowner Insurance Will Hike Rates 40% In First Year; Senate Vote Tomorrow
Los Angeles, CA -- A national insurance expert and actuary has warned California lawmakers that AB 2167, scheduled for a vote in the Senate...
Legislators Scheming With Insurance Companies To Raise Rates
(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...
Auto Insurance Rate Hike for Low Income Drivers Withdrawn
Los Angeles, CA -- A proposed overall 3.8% rate hike on drivers insured under California’s Low Cost Auto Insurance Program has been withdrawn after Consumer...
Insurance Industry Gives CA Senators $2.35 Million To Win Right To Raise Homeowners’ Rates
Sacramento, CA – Members of the California State Senate have taken $2,353,000 in campaign contributions from insurance companies and insurance industry trade associations in the...
Consumer Watchdog Urges Insurance Commissioner to Freeze Auto Insurance Rates for Low Income Drivers
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog has asked the Insurance Commissioner to block proposed hikes in the price of auto insurance sold to low income...
Sneak Insurance Industry Power Play In Sacramento Threatens To Jack Up Home Insurance Rates In Violation of Voter-Enacted Insurance Rate Regulation
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog warned today that homeowners could pay billions more for their home insurance under a sneak insurance industry legislative...
Assembly Insurance Committee Approves Bills to Let Insurers Raise Homeowners’ Rates By Skirting Price-Gouging Protections
Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Insurance Committee voted today to allow insurance companies to raise rates on homeowners and renters in violation of voter-approved Proposition 103....
Insurance Industry Pushes Legislation to Increase Homeowners Insurance Rates, Derail Public Protections Against Price Gouging, in Guise of Wildfire Response
Los Angeles, CA — While the rest of the state is sheltering at home, lobbyists for the insurance industry are busy promoting legislation, scheduled...
State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Should Stop All Auto Insurance Rate Increases During Pandemic, Says Consumer Watchdog
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to suspend all increases in auto insurance rates through September 1,...
Transamerica Settles Lawsuit Concerning Increases in “Cost of Insurance” Charges
Los Angeles, CA – Transamerica Life Insurance Company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of policyholders across the United...
Commissioner Lara Should Reject Farmers’ Auto Insurance Rate Hikes and Stop Surcharges Aimed At COVID-19 First Responders and Emergency Workers, Says Consumer Watchdog
Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara should reject Farmers Insurance Group’s proposed 6.5–6.9% auto insurance rate increases and its 3-tiered rating system...
Insurance Lobbyists Launch Propaganda Campaign to Protect Their Ability To Overcharge Poor & Minority Drivers
Sacramento, CA -- The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has launched a deceptive website, at http://www.protectourdiscounts.org, and advertising campaign to protect insurers’ ability...
Proposed Rule Moves Department of Insurance Closer to Banning Illegal Price Discrimination Against Low-Income Drivers and Communities of Color
In comments submitted on proposed regulations Consumer Watchdog said rule could ban discrimination based on drivers’ occupation and education level; called for key amendments...
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Sued for Failure to Provide Public Records of Dealings With Insurance Executives in Pay-to-Play Scandal
Los Angeles, CA -- A non-profit consumer group filed a lawsuit to compel California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of Insurance to...
Pacific Specialty Insurance Company To Cut California Homeowners And Renters Insurance Rates By Over $800,000
Consumer Watchdog’s Challenge Using Prop 103’s Consumer Participation Process Leads To An Overall 3.1% Rate Decrease
Los Angeles, CA -- As a result of Consumer...
Commissioner Lara Should Reject Job & Education-Based Insurance Discrimination, Says Consumer Watchdog
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog said in a letter today that Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara should reject a proposed 5% auto insurance rate...
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KTTV-LA (FOX) - Los Angeles, CA: Keeping Californians' Wildfire Insurance
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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: Targeting Wildfire Insurance Relief By Zip Code
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KBAK (CBS) - Bakersfield, CA: Wildfire Insurance Options
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KTVU(FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Tom Vacar's History With Consumer Watchdog And The Threat to Prop 103
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KRON-SF (MyTV) - San Francisco, CA: Homeowners Insurance Rescue Plan
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Consumer Watchdog Weighs In On Governor Newsom's Insurance Plan
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KOVR-SAC (CBS) - Sacramento, CA: Tackling California's Insurance Crisis
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) - Sacramento, CA: Bill Aims To Stabilize Insurance Market
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Proposal To Stabilize California Insurance Industry
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: California Insurance Crisis
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Alameda Sues Farmers Insurance
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Consumer Alert: Commissioner Lara’s UN-FAIR Home Insurance Deal
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What’s Going On With Home Insurance in California?
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KPBS Television - San Diego, CA: Insurer of Last Resort
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: Allstate Eyes California Return, With Conditions
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FOX 11- Los Angeles, CA: State Farm dropping policies in these California ZIP codes
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KTXL-SAC (FOX) - Sacramento, CA: Addressing CA's Insurance Crisis
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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: Homeowner Insurance Crisis
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Home Insurance in California
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KABC-LA (ABC) - Los Angeles, CA: California's Insurance Crisis
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm to Non-Renew Thousands of Policies
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KCAL News - Los Angeles, CA: New Plan to Stop Exodus of Insurers
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Using Models To Predict Insurance Rate Hikes
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) - Sacramento, CA: Proposed Insurance Changes
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KBCW 44 Cable 12 - San Francisco, CA: Chevy Camaro Thefts On The Rise
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ABC7 - What's California doing to address the insurance crisis?
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Intervenor Report Press Conference
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Consumer Alert — Insurance Attack
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Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) - Los Angeles, CA: Insurance Revenue: What You Need To Know
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KFMB-SD (CBS) - San Diego, CA: Insurance Rates Spiking Across The County
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KTVU (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm Has Been Granted An Average Of 20% Increase In Rate Hikes
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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm Home Insurance Rate Hike
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Tough Qs lawmakers should be asking about Commissioner Lara’s deal with insurers
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KOVR-SAC (CBS) - Sacramento, CA: Car Insurance Cost Rising
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Will California protect homeowners from insurance company blackmail?
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Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) - Los Angeles, CA: Fire Insurance Affordability
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KGO(ABC)-San Francisco, CA: Consumer Watchdog and the Insurance Commissioner's Office Are In A Brawl
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KNBC-LA (NBC) - Los Angeles, CAL: CA To Consider New Rules For Property Insurance Pricing
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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: Insurance Overhaul
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NBC Nightly News: Climate Change Driving Up Home Insurance
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KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: Insurance for High Risk Areas
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KTLA-LA (CW) - Los Angeles, CA: Insurance Companies Offering Coverage In CA Fire Zones Again
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) - Sacramento, CA: Changes Coming to Home Insurance Market
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KCBS-LA (CBS) - Los Angeles, CA: CA Insurance Pricing Proposal
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KCRA3 - Sacramento, CA: California Lawmakers to Hold Hearings on Homeowners Insurance Crisis
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: California Home Insurance Crisis
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KMPH(FOX) - Fresno, CA: Insurance Industry's Focus Will Now Shift to Insurance Commissioner Lara
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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: Deadline Passes for Insurance Legislation
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KNTV-SF (NBC) - San Francisco, CA: Insurance Limbo
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Insurance Bailout Deal Fails
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