By Pat Thurston, KGO 810 AM, SF, CA
June 8, 2020
Click here to listen to Harvey Rosenfield on The Pat Thurston Show discuss the insurance industry's sneak attack on Prop...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog warned today that homeowners could pay billions more for their home insurance under a sneak insurance industry legislative attack on California’s effective rate...
Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Insurance Committee voted today to allow insurance companies to raise rates on homeowners and renters in violation of voter-approved Proposition 103. The bills would force unjustified insurance rate...
Los Angeles, CA — While the rest of the state is sheltering at home, lobbyists for the insurance industry are busy promoting legislation, scheduled for a hearing tomorrow, that would allow them...
Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara should reject Farmers Insurance Group’s proposed 6.5–6.9% auto insurance rate increases and its 3-tiered rating system based on occupation under which...
Sacramento, CA -- The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has launched a deceptive website, at http://www.protectourdiscounts.org, and advertising campaign to protect insurers’ ability to continue overcharging lower income...
Consumer Watchdog’s Challenge Using Prop 103’s Consumer Participation Process Leads To An Overall 3.1% Rate Decrease
Los Angeles, CA -- As a result of Consumer Watchdog’s challenge to Pacific Specialty’s...
Los Angeles, CA -- A state Court of Appeal in Orange County has upheld $27 million in civil penalties imposed by former Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones against Mercury Insurance...
Los Angeles, CA – Community organizations representing consumers, low-income workers and communities of color petitioned Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today to ban the use of occupation and education to set...
