Insurers Warn California’s Inaction Threatens Auto Policies September 27, 2022 By Don Thompson Top U.S. insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the nation’s largest automobile insurance market by...
Report from California Watchdog Group Calls for Privacy Protections from Connected Cars March 30, 2022 A new report from a consumer group calls out what it says are privacy problems posed for consumers from connected...
Court Rules California Insurance Commissioner Cannot Make State Farm Pay Refunds for Overcharges November 2, 2021 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara cannot force insurers to repay consumers when they charge excessive rates, the California Court of...
Consumer Report Claims Insurers Overcharged California Motorists $5.5B During First Year of Pandemic June 29, 2021 Most California insurance companies continued to charge pre-pandemic auto insurance rates despite a vast majority of Californians driving far less...
California Consumer and Insurer Groups Square Off Over Homeowner Insurance Bill June 9, 2020 A consumer group is warning that homeowners could pay billions more for their home insurance under what it calls an...
Watchdog Asks California Attorney General to Investigate Insurance Commissioner September 23, 2019 Consumer Watchdog has written California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the District Attorneys of Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles...
Consumer Group Wants AG to Probe California Insurance Regulator Over 2nd Home September 10, 2019 Consumer Watchdog is calling on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the district attorneys for Sacramento, Los Angeles and San...
California Commissioner Sorry for Accepting Insurance Industry Contributions September 4, 2019 Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has offered an apology for accepting campaign contributions from the insurance industry. Lara in a letter...
California Insurance Commissioner Rejects Petition to Require Fossil Fuel Underwriting Disclosure April 23, 2019 By Don Jergler California’s new insurance commissioner wasn’t getting along so well on Earth Day with groups of climate change and consumer activists....
Consumer Groups Accuse Tesla of Deceptive Marketing of Autopilot May 23, 2018 By Ryan Beene A pair of consumer advocacy groups want the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Tesla Inc., charging that the company’s...