Consumer Watchdog reached a settlement with Allstate and the California Department of Insurance, resolving the company’s application with the Department for a rate increase of 34.1% to its homeowners...

Harvey Rosenfield says Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara needs to step in and enforce the law.

By Eliyahu Kamisher, Max Reyes, & Biz Carson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-06-02/allstate-state-farm-stop-selling-new-home-insurance-in-california Californians looking to buy a house face some of the country's most expensive real estate prices and wildfires...

Even without issuing new policies a farm and Allstate are asking the state's insurance commissioner for massive rate hikes, 28% for State Farm and 40% for Allstate.

By Dave LaChance, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS September 27, 2022 https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2022/09/27/consumer-group-calls-for-denial-of-allstate-rate-increase-in-california-pushes-instead-for-refunds/ Public interest organization Consumer Watchdog (CW) has called on California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to deny Allstate’s request for a 6.9% auto...

By Dave LaChance, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS September 23, 2022 https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2022/09/23/consumer-watchdog-says-california-drivers-need-protections-against-misuse-of-technology-by-insurers/ Consumer protection organization Consumer Watchdog is urging California’s insurance commissioner to protect the state’s residents against the misuse of computer algorithms and...

By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS September 23, 2022 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/calls-for-insurance-commissioner-to-reject-allstates-proposed-price-hike-421512.aspx Consumer Watchdog has issued a public statement petitioning California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to reject Allstate Insurance’s proposal...

Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara should reject Allstate’s proposed $165 million auto insurance rate hike and its two-tiered job- and education-based discriminatory rating system, wrote Consumer...

Los Angeles, CA -- The insurance industry’s use of algorithms and Artificial Intelligence to set premiums and determine who can get insurance coverage is a serious threat to Californians...

Case Update: Allstate Price Optimization Allstate Faces a California Hearing in May on an Estimated $1 Billion in Auto Insurance Overcharges Evidence Shows Allstate Penalized Its Best Customers, Violating California’s Proposition...