What’s Up with Insurance in Sacramento?
With FAIR Plan enrollment increasing daily the legislature has still not taken up the one thing that could stabilize access to home insurance in California:...
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Insurance news, investigations, and reform — auto, home, and health insurance rates, claims denials, and industry accountability.
Lowball: What Fire Survivors Want You To Know About Insurance Claims
As of June 2025, all 165 standing homes from which testing data has been collected by the resident-led coalition Eaton Fire Residents United showed elevated...
Lowball: What Fire Survivors Want You To Know About Insurance Claims
As thousands of policyholders navigate the home insurance claims process in California following the Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires, many are finding out that the damage wrought on their still standing homes by smoke and heat isn’t being paid for.
State Farm Cites Newly Announced CDI Market Conduct Exam to Oppose Consumer Participation in Rate Hearing
Los Angeles, CA — At a hearing today before the California Department of Insurance, State Farm opposed Pacific Palisades homeowner Merritt David Farren’s petition to...
State Farm Investigation Must Conclude Before Rate Hike Approved Says Consumer Watchdog
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog issued the following statement on Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s announcement today of a market conduct examination into State Farm claims handling...
Common Dreams – Wildfire Survivors ‘Deserve Better,’ Advocates Say as California Approves State Farm Rate Hike
Regulators like California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara “need to hold insurance giants like State Farm accountable to paying out what they owe, not reward them...
Commissioner Lara Approves Unjustified $749 Million State Farm Home Insurance Rate Hike
UPDATED 1:40PM Los Angeles, CA – A proposed decision recommending approval of State Farm General’s request for an interim rate hike was issued by an Administrative...
Consumer Watchdog Sues to Stop Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Unjustified Surcharges from Being Imposed on California Homeowners
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog sued the California Department of Insurance and Commissioner Ricardo Lara to protect California homeowners from hundreds of millions in surcharges...
Consumer Watchdog Urges Denial of State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike at Conclusion of Department of Insurance Hearing
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog delivers its closing argument today in a high-stakes hearing before the California Department of Insurance, urging the Insurance Commissioner to...
Consumer Watchdog: “State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike is Not Justified”
Consumer group urges regulators to reject rate hike as unsupported and unfair Los Angeles, CA – In the first day of hearings, Consumer Watchdog made its...
At Hearing, Consumer Watchdog Will Oppose A Deal on State Farm’s “Emergency” Home & Renters’ Insurance Rate Hike
Sacramento, CA – On Tuesday, April 8, at 10:00 AM, Consumer Watchdog will be presenting its case at the California Department of Insurance against State Farm’s...