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KMPH-FRES (FOX) – Fresno, CA: State Farm Rate Increase Request
KTTV-LA (FOX) – Los Angeles, CA: Prices Are being Adjusted Based On Your Shopping Habits
Screen grabs of lyft rides being ordered at the exact same time, at the same location, but from different phones belonging to different people. One was charged $5 more.
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KTLA-LA (CW) – Los Angeles, CA: Public Safety Power Shutoffs
Consumer Watchdog says what's needed are statewide standards so that individual utilities aren't making up policy as they go along we should have a statewide governmental assessed.
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KNTV-SF (NBC) – San Francisco, CA: State Farm Requests Increase After L.A. Wildfires
State Farm says its surplus has gone down in California, and that's true, but the question is why the company's surplus went down. In fact, the company has profited on the homeowner's line of insurance…
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KPIX-SF (CBS) – San Francisco, CA: State Farm Rate Hike Request
State Farm is trying to take advantage of this tragedy to say they need an immediate emergency rate increase of 22%, which could be three quarters of a billion dollars.
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Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) – Los Angeles, CA: Home Insurance Rates Rising After Fires
Consumer Watchdog president Jamie Court, says the timing is inappropriate, especially so soon after the wildfires.
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KTTV-LA (FOX) – Los Angeles, CA: State Farm Wants a 22% Hike On Homeowners Insurance
It's outrageous for the company now to come to the department asking for an emergency rate hike and it's nothing less than blackmail. State Farm needs to tap its parent company's $134 billion reserve.
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KTVU-SF (FOX) – San Francisco, CA: Cost of Wildfires
For those who are in the fire areas, the most important thing at this stage is just to document everything because it will be a long road going forward getting full compensation from insurance companies.…
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KFMB-SD (CBS) – San Diego, CA: State Farm Requesting 22% Rate Increase
State Farm's latest urgent request to the state for a 22% rate hike comes six months after another request for a 30% rate increase, a request that is still pending.
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) – Sacramento, CA: State Farm Seeks Emergency 22% Rate Hike
Consumer Watchdog says State Farm has yet to provide adequate proof that it needs the emergency rate increase. In fact, they argue the numbers simply don't add up.
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KCAL-LA – Los Angeles, CA: Insurance Rate Hike Request
Carmen Balber says if State Farm in California is in financial distress they should be looking for the parent company to bail them out, not California homeowners.
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