By Staff Reporters, CAP Radio – Sacramento, CA: Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. The post Capital Public Radio: Consumer Watchdog Opposes A Governor Newsom Just Signed Making It Easier To Drill Oil In Kern County appeared first on Consumer Watchdog.| Consumer Watchdog
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Sacramento, CA – A bipartisan group of governors are threatening to leave the East Coast grid operator PJM unless they get the right to appoint board members and the right to file tariffs with FERC. The bill that Governor Newsom signed last week to have California participate in a Western grid, AB 825, denies California the […] The post Bipartisan Governors Shapiro and Youngkin Threaten To Leave East Coast Grid Unless They Get Governance Rights That AB 825’s Western Grid Law Denies T...| Consumer Watchdog
By Staff Reporters, KPCC-FM – Los Angeles, CA: Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. The post KPCC-FM (Radio): Carmen Balber Discusses The New Insurance Ballot Measure appeared first on Consumer Watchdog.| Consumer Watchdog
By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is proposing more new insurance rules that critics are calling “vindictive,” and which they say will only make it easier for insurers to raise rates. Home insurance costs in California are certain to rise in the near future because of Lara’s recent changes to the state’s insurance […] The post CalMatters – Ricardo Lara proposes insurance rule that critics call ‘revenge’ appeared first on Consumer Wa...| Consumer Watchdog
By Staff Reporters, KFBK-AM – Sacramento, CA: Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. The post KFBK-AM (Radio): Lara’s New Insurance Rule Is An Act Of Retaliation appeared first on Consumer Watchdog.| Consumer Watchdog
By Staff Reporters, CAP Radio – Sacramento, CA: Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. The post Capital Public Radio – Sacramento, CA: The Proposal From Consumer Watchdog Would Prevent Insurance Companies From Denying Coverage For Policy Holders Who File Claims appeared first on Consumer Watchdog.| Consumer Watchdog
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Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog executed a settlement this week with Stillwater Insurance Company and the California Department of Insurance, resolving the company’s application with the Department for a rate increase of 12.4% to its homeowners lines of insurance, saving over 73,000 policyholders a total of $13 million. Stillwater originally sought a rate increase of […] The post Consumer Watchdog Saves Stillwater Homeowners’ Policyholders $13 Million in Rate Hike Challenge appea...| Consumer Watchdog
By Camille von Kaenel and Will McCarthy, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/09/22/newsoms-climate-whisperer-takes-the-mic-00575922?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000 FIRE AWAY: The fight over the future of property insurance in wildfire-prone areas is spilling over to the ballot trail. Consumer Watchdog filed a new initiative Friday to temporarily ban insurers from selling insurance...| Consumer Watchdog
E&E News – As insurers leave California, one vows to cover additional risky homes| Consumer Watchdog
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By Saqib Rahim, E&E NEWS https://www.eenews.net/articles/as-insurers-leave-california-one-vows-to-cover-additional-risky-homes Mercury Insurance is the state’s first to use a process that allows climate modeling to expand coverage in wildfire-prone areas. One of California’s largest property insurers pledged to sell additional policies in wildfire-threatened areas, becoming the first company to use a new state order aimed at resolving the state’s […]| Consumer Watchdog
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Consumers should expect large rate hikes but not more insurance policies sold under new rules issued by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara| Consumer Watchdog
By Stephanie Sierra, ABC7 https://abc7.com/post/100k-trip-er-left-antioch-california-family-burned-infant-tangled-billing-mess/17514842 ANTIOCH, Calif. — A newborn baby was rushed to the emergency room with severe burns, but there was no burn unit, nor any ambulances available. A California family tried to drive, but the doctor wouldn’t let them. Instead, they were forced to take a $90,000 air ambulance for a 15-minute ride […]| Consumer Watchdog
Los Angeles, CA — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is breaking his promise to Californians by guaranteeing rate hikes without guaranteeing more coverage, said Consumer Watchdog today, following his approval of another black-box wildfire model for use in pricing home insurance. The confidential closed-door review of a model owned by insurance ratings agency Moody’s, and two […]| Consumer Watchdog
By Pat Maio, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Mercury Insurance is preparing to file updated home policy rates in California using a new catastrophic modeling system designed to give property owners a lifeline to more affordable coverage in wildfire-prone areas. The company said it is looking to offer homeowners an alternative to the California Fair Access to […]| Consumer Watchdog
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Nicole Anderson lost everything after the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in 2020: her home, a couple of beloved animals, and nearly all her possessions. It was the third time she had evacuated her property since moving to the mountains in 2007, but the first time she wouldn’t return. “We’ve been evacuated twice before. They put […]| Consumer Watchdog
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By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-07-18/jan-7-fires-claims-complaints-mediation After receiving more than 1,000 complaints from Jan. 7 fire victims about how insurers are handling their claims, state regulators are considering referring hundreds of the cases to mediation — a little used practice that some consumer advocates fear could hurt policyholders. The Department of Insurance has been bombarded […]| Consumer Watchdog
By THOMAS FRANK, E&E NEWS POLITICO https://www.eenews.net/articles/california-leapfrogs-florida-in-us-insurance-risk California appears to have supplanted Florida as the state with the weakest property insurance market, with newly released data showing unprecedented numbers of Californians cannot find coverage. California’s property insurance crisis has grown increasingly dire in recent months while Florida has staged a stunning turnaround. In Florida, the insurance […]| Consumer Watchdog
By Tom Vacar, KTVU https://www.ktvu.com/news/secret-insurance-rate-setting-documents-should-not-be-secret SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – The huge but conditional homeowner insurance rate increases granted to State Farm last month had its first of many days before the legal system, and KTVU forced its way in. On Wednesday, State Farm asked a judge for permission to keep secret from the public certain documents to be used to […]| Consumer Watchdog
Sacramento, CA – A bill that would have put patients at risk from doctors who practice medicine while abusing drugs or alcohol will not move forward this year. AB 408 by Assemblymember Berman and sponsored by the Medical Board of California was removed from today’s agenda for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Tina Minasian, an advocate for […]| Consumer Watchdog
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A Charlotte-based startup says e-commerce king Amazon (AMZN) jacked up their suggested retail price during the company’s annual discount event—Prime Day—to deceive consumers into thinking that they were getting a deal, when in reality, they weren’t. Jason Jacobs, founder of Remodeez, a small company that specializes in non-toxic foot deodorizers and other odor stoppers, says […]| Consumer Watchdog
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today warned consumers about Amazon’s deceptive pricing practices and said its dubious behavior means its big promotion on Tuesday should be called ‘Slime Day,” not “Prime Day.” The nonprofit nonpartisan public interest group also called on antitrust authorities to block Amazon’s proposed $14 billion purchase of Whole Foods “until […]| Consumer Watchdog