By Dave LaChance, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS July 18, 2022 https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2022/07/18/suit-seeks-release-of-cdi-meeting-records-in-california-pay-to-play-lawsuit/ A California consumer rights organization is asking a court to order Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s office to disclose records of all meetings...

By Carolyn Said, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE July 15, 2022 https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/home-smoke-damage-17306521.php  Where there’s fire, there’s smoke. But in California, some insurance companies are trying to treat wildfire smoke damage as separate from fire damage so they...

Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog filed its Opening Brief in a California Public Records Act (“CPRA”) lawsuit against Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of Insurance.  The CPRA...

By Staff Reporters, KNX 1070AM Los Angeles, CA July 13, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Harvey Rosenfield with Consumer Watchdog details how their new...

By Staff Reporters, KCBS 740AM San Francisco, CA July 13, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Consumer Watchdog says insurance companies are illegally inserting language...

By Ethan Varian, MERCURY NEWS July 13, 2022 https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/13/californias-insurer-of-last-resort-accused-of-wrongly-denying-wildfire-claims/ After the CZU Lightning Complex Fires ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, Sarah Mapel's home was one of the few in...

The California Department of Insurance says the report "contains demonstrably false claims" By Kevin Smith, SAN BERNARDINO SUN July 12, 2022 https://www.sbsun.com/2022/07/12/report-california-insurers-are-lowballing-or-denying-wildfire-coverage/ If you own a home that suffered smoke damage from a...

Los Angeles, CA - Today, the California State Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill 11-0 that would require agencies to retain all public records for a minimum of two years....