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...

By Lurah Lowery, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS August 15, 2022 https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2022/08/15/csaa-sued-for-continuing-to-charge-excessive-premiums-throughout-pandemic/ A class action lawsuit has been filed against CSAA, the Northern California AAA Auto Club affiliate, for allegedly overcharging its customers since 2020...

By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS AMERICA August 11, 2022 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/csaa-faces-lawsuit-over-claims-it-overcharged-auto-insurance-policyholders-150-million-416482.aspx A lawsuit filed in Alameda County Superior Court claims that CSAA – California’s seventh-largest auto insurance company – overcharged customers during the...

By Renée Kiriluk-Hill, BESTWIRE August 10. 2022 https://news.ambest.com/NewsContent.aspx?&refnum=243607 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is pumping the brakes on private passenger auto rate hike requests from carriers, including Geico, which he said overcharged...

Los Angeles -- CSAA – the northern California Auto Club affiliate – overcharged its customers by at least $150 million for auto insurance during the pandemic, and they’re going...

By Trevor Morgan, SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SIGNAL August 5, 2022 https://signalscv.com/2022/08/castaic-residents-see-1000-increase-in-fire-insurance/ Residents of a Castaic condominium complex are wondering why an estimated 1000% increase to their fire insurance rates would happen in...

By Lurah Lowery, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS August 4, 2022 https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2022/08/04/as-auto-insurance-rates-increase-legislative-nonprofit-actions-crop-up/ There have been recent legislative and nonprofit actions announced in California and Illinois regarding high auto insurance rates as news of June...