Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced today he would let home insurance companies charge every homeowner in the state for losses by the FAIR Plan in the Los Angeles fires. “The FAIR Plan is in trouble...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog has submitted two letters to Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara objecting to State Farm’s request for an emergency interim rate increase, citing a lack of justification and an attempt to bypass California’s strong consumer...
Proven Consumer Protections, Investments in Disaster Resilience, and Eliminating Industry Subsidy of Fossil Fuels Are How to Keep American Homeowners Insured
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog released data today showing that California’s nation-leading insurance regulation law, voter-enacted Proposition 103,...
Los Angeles, CA—While approvals for new oil well drilling permits in California dwindled to 73 in 2024–from 2,664 in 2019 when Governor Newsom took office, 2024 ended with oil regulators dropping the ball on requiring adequate amounts of...
Los Angeles, CA -- State Farm this morning asked Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to authorize an immediate 22% increase in State Farm’s home insurance rates, amounting to $740 million a year, but has not provided the financial data it...
The new draft regulation proposed by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara would allow insurance companies to drive up home insurance rates by 40% to 50%
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog reached a settlement with United Financial Casualty Company and the California Department of Insurance last week, resolving the company’s application with the Department for a rate increase of 11.24% to its private passenger automobile...
On December 5, 2024, Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to California’s Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) objecting to the Department of Insurance’s (“the Department”) use of the Administrative Procedure Act’s “ratemaking” exemption in connection with its “catastrophe modeling”...
Los Angeles, CA— The operator of the Inglewood Oil Field has sued to invalidate a new law authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, AB 2716, which calls for the closing of the 800 wells in the LA-based oil field...
Sacramento, CA -- Consumer Watchdog and the Container Recycling Institute have petitioned the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to take regulatory action to address the significant overpayment to curbside programs for a “commingled rate.”
“The overpayment results...
Los Angeles, CA – The Medical Board of California will vote on a controversial legislative proposal that would significantly decrease accountability and transparency for doctors in substance abuse treatment at its Quarterly Board meeting in Los Angeles on Friday. This...
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Refused to Testify or Meet with Commission
Sacramento, CA – Consumer Watchdog endorsed many of the recommendations released today by the Little Hoover Commission, including those for greater public oversight of the secret algorithms insurance companies...
Chief Judge Says CA Insurance Regulators Flouted Consumer Protections
Los Angeles, CA - The Chief Administrative Law Judge of the California Department of Insurance has concluded that the agency is flouting laws designed to protect Californians against insurance overcharges...
Los Angeles, CA – Jerry Flanagan, a 22-year veteran of Consumer Watchdog, has stepped aside as Litigation Director to join the firm of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP.
Flanagan will be succeeded by long time consumer protection attorney Will Pletcher...
Internal Documents Show CVS Adopted an HIV Prescription Drug Mail-Order Program to Increase Revenue Despite Health Risks
Los Angeles, CA - CVS was aware of the threat its prescription drug mail-order program posed to individuals living with HIV yet still...
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog recently reached settlement in three challenges to double-digit rate hikes requested by 21st Century Insurance Company for its auto policies, United Services Automobile Association (“USAA”) for its homeowners, renters and condo policies, and...