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Three Bills to Reform Insurance Claims Abuses and Help Homeowners Keep Their Insurance Pass Final Committee, Head to CA Assembly Floor – Consumer Watchdog
1+ week, 3+ day ago (401+ words) Sacramento, CA – Three bills to help families prevent home insurance nonrenewals and require fair and timely payouts of a claim after a disaster were advanced out of the Assembly Appropriations committee today. Every Fire Survivor’s Network and Consumer Watchdog, the…...
Lara’s New Rules Threaten Voter-Enacted Rights to Challenge Insurance Rates, Consumer Watchdog Warns – Consumer Watchdog
1+ week, 5+ day ago (149+ words) Rules could drive consumer advocates from rate proceedings despite producing more than $6 billion in documented policyholder savings at a cost of less than 25 cents for every $100 saved. “Proposition 103 gives Californians rights to participate in insurance ratemaking, and those rights do…...
KNX-AM (Radio): A New State Senate Bill Aims To Guarantee Insurance For People With Fire Hardened Homes
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (48+ words) By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM (Radio): Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Help us fight for consumer rights Consumer Watchdog is a nationally recognized public interest group that has been fighting corrupt corporations and politicians…...
KFBK-AM (Radio): A New Bill In The State Would Make It Tougher For Insurance Companies To Drop Customers
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (47+ words) By Staff Reporters, KFBK-AM (Radio): Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Help us fight for consumer rights Consumer Watchdog is a nationally recognized public interest group that has been fighting corrupt corporations and politicians…...
Consumer Alert: State Farm: 4 in 5 Fire Survivors Say They’re Livin’ On A Prayer
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (610+ words) Survivors Respond to State Farm Ad with Testimony of Insurance Struggles Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog and Eaton Fire Survivors Network released a new Consumer Alert video showing the ongoing struggles of L.A. fire survivors to get their insurance benefits…...
New California Legislation Would Give Consumers New Paths to Keep Home Insurance Coverage
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (665+ words) Sacramento, CA – New legislation, SB 1301 by Senator Ben Allen, was introduced today to help homeowners and renters avoid nonrenewal and keep their home insurance. The bill is cosponsored by Consumer Watchdog and the Eaton Fire Survivors Network to strengthen transparency…...
New Bill Requires Insurance Companies to Offer and Renew Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (656+ words) Sacramento, CA – New legislation introduced by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez – the Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes Act, SB 1076 – will ensure homeowners who make their homes fire-safe can obtain and keep home insurance. The bill is co-sponsored by the Eaton Fire…...
State-run Wildfire Insurance Fund Won’t Work, There’s A Better Way
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (863+ words) Following last year’s wildfire losses, California policymakers are searching for structural fixes. One idea is to create a state-backed wildfire insurance fund, often justified by reference to New Zealand’s natural-hazard insurance system. Such a proposal would let insurance companies sell…...
Los Angeles Times - L.A. County opens probe into State Farm’s handling of January wildfire claims
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (197+ words) By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES Los Angeles County announced Thursday it is opening an investigation into how State Farm General has treated January wildfire victims after complaints that their claims have been delayed, denied and underpaid. The state’s largest…...
Smoke & Mirrors Podcast Exposes Troubling Tactics of Insurance Subcontractors in Wildfire Recovery
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (274+ words) Los Angeles, CA — The second episode of Smoke & Mirrors, the investigative podcast by Consumer Watchdog, uncovers a troubling system of subcontractors hired by insurance companies, who often prioritize minimizing payouts over restoring fire survivors’ homes to safe and livable conditions....