Los Angeles, CA — An analysis of new data obtained from insurance companies by the California Department of Insurance (“CDI”) confirms complaints by Consumer Watchdog and...
By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE September 25, 2019 http://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=220466 SACRAMENTO, Calif. Saying discounts offered to affinity groups in California exacerbate disparities in auto insurance rates that...
By Staff Reporters, INSURANCE JOURNAL May 14, 2019 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/05/14/526374.htm California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara plans to hold an investigatory hearing into how insurers’ use of...
By Kevin Smith, THE RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE May 10, 2019 https://www.pe.com/2019/05/10/california-insurance-commissioner-to-investigate-inequity-in-auto-premiums/ If some California motorists pay reduced auto insurance premiums because they’re part of a group...
Statement of Consumer Watchdog: “Thirty days ago, Consumer Watchdog and ten other organizations petitioned Insurance Commissioner Riccardo Lara to stop insurance companies’ discrimination against low-income...
Organizations Urge Commissioner To End Use Of Occupation And Education History To Create Rates By Staff Reporters, SACRAMENTO OBSERVER February 28, 2019 LOS ANGELES –...
By Kevin Smith, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS February 22, 2019 Organizations petition state to ban job, education criteria when setting auto insurance rates Consumer Watchdog...
By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS February 22, 2019 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/pressure-groups-try-to-get-insurance-commissioner-to-further-restrict-auto-premium-criteria-159758.aspx Various community groups in California have petitioned state insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara to prohibit the use...
Los Angeles, CA – Community organizations representing consumers, low-income workers and communities of color petitioned Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today to ban the use of occupation...
By Hannah Wiley, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL ALERT February 21, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article226528255.html WORKER DISCRIMINATION A group of organizations is submitting a petition this morning to...
Consumer Watchdog is urging the California Department of Insurance to deny auto insurance rate proposals from insurers Geico and Progressive that the consumer group says will dole out unfair discounts based on occupation.
