February 20, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Mercury Insurance Co.’s appeal to overturn a February 2017 California Court of Appeal ruling that held Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ 2013 order requiring the insurer to reduce its homeowner insurance rates …
January 29, 2018
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today issued a formal notice to all property/casualty insurers reminding them of their duty to cover damages from the recent mudslide and debris flows if it is determined that the burning of hillsides and vegetation …
January 23, 2018
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is taking issue with a statement from California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones calling for rate reviews following the federal tax legislation passed by Congress. Jones said Monday he wants insurers in his state …
January 23, 2018
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones wants insurers in his state to pass along savings from taxes expected to be generated by the new tax bill passed in Congress recently. “The recent revision to the Federal Tax Schedule for 2018 reduced …
January 18, 2018
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday released the results of the formal notice he issued last month to all residential property insurers requesting they provide up to 100 percent of contents coverage limits for fire survivors who experienced a …
January 16, 2018
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and legislators from wildfire-damaged communities across the state unveiled eight bills and two additional legislative proposals proponents say will strengthen consumer protections for those making insurance claims. Jones and state Senators Mike McGuire and Bill …
January 5, 2018
Former licensed insurance agent Frederick Donald Rollins, 42, of Moreno Valley, Calif., was sentenced today after pleading guilty to one felony count of grand theft, two counts of securities fraud and an aggravated white-collar crime enhancement for stealing more than …
January 5, 2018
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is not happy with U.S. Attorney General Sessions’ recent marijuana enforcement memo rescinding Obama administration guidance that enabled states to legalize marijuana without federal intervention. Recreational marijuana became legal for adults in California on Jan. …
December 21, 2017
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is asking insurers to help California wildfire survivors by providing relief from detailed home inventories and to provide up to 100 percent of contents coverage limits without a detailed inventory. “These families have endured unimaginable …
December 18, 2017
California homeowners and regulators have a new fear about wildfires ravaging the state: that insurers will drop coverage. Massive, out-of-season fires in northern and southern California are causing billions of dollars in claims and challenging expectations of when and where …