By THE LOS ANGELES TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD October 14, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-14/car-insurance-premiums-higher-for-poor-people If you’re a Latino or black Californian with a low-wage job and no college degree, you already have the economic deck...

By Kristopher J. Brooks, CBS NEWS October 4, 2019 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-california-a-disturbing-gap-in-what-drivers-pay-for-car-insurance/ Auto insurers commonly offer rate discounts to white-collar professionals in rich neighborhoods, but deny those benefits to people of color in...

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 other citizen groups that...

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 lead to higher costs for lower-income families and...

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 occupational, educational, and other groups for setting...

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 plan, does that hike rates for other...

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 drivers and communities of...

Organizations Urge Commissioner To End Use Of Occupation And Education History To Create Rates By Staff Reporters, SACRAMENTO OBSERVER February 28, 2019 LOS ANGELES - Community organizations representing consumers, low-income workers and...

By Kevin Smith, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS February 22, 2019 https://www.dailynews.com/2019/02/22/organizations-petition-state-to-ban-job-education-criteria-when-setting-auto-insurance-rates/ Consumer Watchdog and a host of community organizations are urging California insurers to stop imposing higher auto insurance rates on low-income...