California Department of Insurance

California Insurance Commissioner Candidate Introduces Bills Addressing Alleged Ethical Lapse at Regulatory Office

By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE February 24, 2022 https://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=239981 A California lawmaker running for insurance commissioner has proposed a pair of bills to address what he said is a lack of transparency and ethics...

Rules To Mandate Insurance Discounts Are Necessary to Give New CA “Safer From Wildfire” Prevention Guidelines Teeth

Los Angeles, CA – A new state wildfire protection framework released this week is an empty promise for homeowners if the Insurance Commissioner does not also require that insurance...

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Insurance Commissioner Lara To Issue Refund Rules In Response to CA Supreme Court

Los Angeles, CA -- The California Supreme Court has refused to review a lower court ruling that stripped the Insurance Commissioner of critical powers granted by California voters to...

State Farm $100 Million Refund – Supreme Court Issues Ruling

By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS AMERICA February 14, 2022 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/state-farm-100-million-refund--supreme-court-issues-ruling-325368.aspx The Supreme Court of California has ruled that State Farm does not have to refund homeowners $100 million, after it denied appeals from both...

State Farm Doesn’t Have To Refund $100 Million To Homeowners, State Supreme Court Rules

By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE February 9, 2022 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/State-Farm-doesn-t-have-to-refund-100-million-16846195.php State Farm Insurance will not have to refund $100 million to homeowners after the state Supreme Court denied appeals Wednesday by California's...

“What If I Can’t Insure My Home At All?”

By Sam Mellins, THE DAILY POSTER February 7, 2022 https://www.dailyposter.com/what-if-i-cant-insure-my-home-at-all/ Major insurance companies are choosing to protect the fossil fuel industry while abandoning homeowners whose safety and livelihoods are being threatened by...

Is CDI Covering-Up an Applied Underwriters’ Influence Campaign?

By Staff Writers, WORKERS COMP EXECUTIVE February 2, 2022 https://www.wcexec.com/article/is-cdi-covering-up-an-applied-underwriters-influence-campaign/ An insurance industry watchdog says the California Department of Insurance is running a coverup to shield it from more embarrassing disclosures about...

Consumer Watchdog Calls Out Insurance Regulator For Email Deletion Program

By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS MAGAZINE February 1, 2022 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/consumer-watchdog-calls-out-insurance-regulator-for-email-deletion-program-323878.aspx Consumer Watchdog has issued a notice saying that the California Department of Insurance (CDI) has retracted its policy to delete agency email...

Department of Insurance Changes Course on Email Deletion Policy that Threatened Records of Pay-to-Play Scandal Days After Consumer Watchdog Threatened to Go to Court

The Department of Insurance pulled back a policy to delete agency email databases days after Consumer Watchdog warned it would go to court to stop it.  Emails that are...

Column: Two Statewide Races To Watch This Year

Column by Dan Walters, CALMATTERS January 30, 2022 https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/01/two-statewide-races-to-watch-this-year/ We can pretty much assume that Gavin Newsom will be re-elected this year to a second term as California’s governor. Given that near-certainty, 2022’s...

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