Ricardo Lara

Consumer Watchdog Says Lara’s Undisclosed Deal Will Allow Insurance Companies to Use Algorithms And Reinsurance Costs to Hike Home Insurance Rates, Potentially Turning California...

Sacramento, CA --- Today’s announcement by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara that he would allow insurance companies to use secret algorithms to set rates for homeowners’ coverage for wildfire and...

California Should Build A Public Model to Predict Wildfire Risk, Protect Homeowners from Insurance Price-Gouging, Consumer Watchdog Tells Insurance Commissioner

Secret Black Box Climate Models are Prohibited by Proposition 103 Los Angeles, CA – At a Department of Insurance hearing today, the non-profit organization Consumer Watchdog will propose that California build...

KABC-LA (ABC) – Los Angeles, CA: Allstate and State Farms Profits Are Four Times the National Average

Harvey Rosenfield says Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara needs to step in and enforce the law.

Insurance Commissioner Lara Must Use Prop 103 Authority to Reverse State Farm’s Pullback 

Los Angeles, CA -- State Farm’s announcement on Friday that it would immediately stop selling homeowners insurance to new customers in California is unlawful under Proposition 103, and appears...

KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA; Top 6 Auto Insurance Providers Collectively Rasied Prices Over $1 Billion

By Craig Figner, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

KPCC-FM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA; Over A Billion Dollars In Auto Insurance Rate Increases Have Been Approved By The Commissioner Without Adequate Review

By Staff Reporters, KPCC - Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

The Los Angeles Times – California State Farm Car Insurance Customers To See A $264-Million Rate Increase

By Ronald D White, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-03-27/california-state-farm-car-insurance-customers-to-see-a-264-million-rate-increase California drivers who use State Farm for their auto insurance coverage are facing a premium increase of $263.7 million, the largest total...

The San Diego Union Tribune – Consumer Group Appeals Court Loss In Dispute Over State Insurance Records

By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2023-02-28/consumer-watchdog-appeal-insurance-records-lara The Los Angeles advocacy group that unsuccessfully sued California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of Insurance over their refusal to...

CA Dept. of Insurance Failed to Search For Records Linked To Government Corruption Scandal

The non-profit Consumer Watchdog has filed an appeal in its California Public Records Act (“PRA”) lawsuit against Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California Department of Insurance.

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