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Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
1w ago
Proposed Regulation Will Raise Rates but Will Not Stop Home Insurance Companies’ Market Boycott, Says Consumer Watchdog Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s proposal to let insurance companies use private black-box models and AI to predict the risk ..read more
Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
1w ago
Imagine if the IRS were allowed to base your taxes on its own “projections” of your income. And you were not allowed to check the math. That’s the gist of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s long-awaited insurance plan: let insurance ..read more
Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
1w ago
Scant “UNFAIR Plan” Policy is the Most Insurers Would Have to Sell Los Angeles, CA – In a consumer alert video released today Consumer Watchdog warns that a low-benefit, high-cost, FAIR Plan-like policy is the best homeowners can hope to ..read more
Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
1w ago
Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved State Farm’s reduction of the discounts it offers homeowners for wildfire mitigation and freed the company from detailing to consumers in writing the wildfire risk factors that are used to ..read more
Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
1M ago
When California’s insurance regulator operated behind closed doors, the insurance companies always won. Insurance premiums soared, people were denied insurance for no legitimate reason, and insurance companies reaped windfall profits. That’s why, when California voters passed the nation’s ..read more
Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
1M ago
The insurance industry is trying to do away with a law that has saved Californians billions of dollars on our car and home insurance premiums ..read more
Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
1M ago
Sacramento, CA – California must require insurance companies to sell home insurance to homeowners who protect their homes from wildfire in order to restore consumers’ access to affordable coverage, Consumer Watchdog executive director Carmen Balber will testify in comments ..read more
Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
1M ago
Lara Rejected Petition from Over 60 Groups to Require Disclosure in 2019 Los Angeles, CA - Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara must hold insurance companies accountable for their contributions to the climate crisis by mandating disclosure of the fossil fuel projects they ..read more
Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
2M ago
Los Angeles, CA - Consumer Watchdog issued the following statement about the proposed catastrophe modeling rules released by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today. “Black box catastrophe models are notoriously contradictory and unreliable, which is why public review and transparency ..read more
Consumer Watchdog » Insurance
4M ago
Seeking Billions in Premium Increases, Insurance Industry Targets Law that Gives Consumers a Say in Insurance Pricing Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit citizen organization, has saved state consumers $5.5 billion over the last 21 years using a ..read more