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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...
Facing Public Records Suit, CA Insurance Chief Drops Plans To Auto Delete Emails
By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
January 30, 2022
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2022-01-30/facing-lawsuit-for-withholding-records-state-insurance-chief-adopts-plan-to-auto-delete-department-tyment-emails
Last year, while California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara promoted his commitment to government transparency and defended a lawsuit accusing him of withholding...
New Evidence Reveals That Commissioner Lara and Top Staff Hid Communications About Meetings With Workers’ Compensation Insurer At Heart of Pay-to-Play Scandal
Los Angeles, CA – Despite attempting to conceal it, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and top lieutenant Bryant Henley communicated with two former lawmakers representing a workers’ compensation insurer at the...
Consumer Watchdog Calls on Federal Insurance Office to Expose Financial, Climate Risks of Insurance Industry’s Fossil Fuel Underwriting After California Fails to Act
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog joined 39 other public interest organizations in comments calling on the Federal Insurance Office to spotlight how the insurance industry contributes to climate change...
Proposed Regulation to Require Discounts for Wildfire Mitigation Measures Must Also Regulate Scores Secretly Used to Deny Home Insurance, Consumer Groups Urge Insurance Commissioner
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer groups said a regulation proposed by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to require discounts for homeowners who take home-hardening steps to reduce their risk of...
Insurance Commissioner Cannot Force State Farm to Pay Refunds for Overcharges, San Diego Court Says
San Diego, CA – The Insurance Commissioner cannot force insurance companies to repay consumers when they charge excessive rates, the state Court of Appeal in San Diego ruled late Friday...
Editorial: Marc Levine versus Ricardo Lara
EDITORIAL by the Editorial Board of the Southern California NEWS GROUP
October 6, 2021
https://www.pe.com/2021/10/06/marc-levine-versus-ricardo-lara/
A game of political musical chairs is underway in California as Democrats grapple with the problem of too...
Political Notes: Gay CA Insurance Czar Lara Marshals Democrat, LGBTQ Support In Reelection Race
By Matthew S. Bajko, BAY AREA REPORTER
September 27, 2021
https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news/309115
A day after Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-Greenbrae) announced his 2022 candidacy for California insurance commissioner, gay incumbent Ricardo Lara rolled out...
Insurance Companies Overcharged Californians by $Billions During the Pandemic – Here’s How to Get it Back
Los Angeles, CA - Insurance companies have overcharged Californians by billions of dollars since the COVID-19 lockdowns began in March 2020, sixteen months ago. Today, in a letter to...
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