California has some of the nation’s strongest consumer laws. The insurance commissioner simply hasn’t enforced them.

The latest episode of Consumer Watchdog's podcast series Smoke & Mirrors explores how a backdoor agreement between California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and major insurance companies led to a ...

Their request comes on the heels of a new report that found a 2023 plan struck between the commissioner and insurers resulted in more policyholders being dropped ahead of January's emergency.

Gov. Newsom is also facing pressure to oust the commissioner as insurance policyholders struggle with delayed and denied ...

Survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to urge California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to resign following a New York Times investigation into the new ...

“California’s insurance market is in crisis. As insurers scale back or exit the state’s insurance market, access to coverage ...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's proposal to change the rules that govern consumers' right to scrutinize and challenge unjustified rates would derail the public participation process set up by ...

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.

Victims of the Eaton and Palisades fires are calling for the resignation of California's insurance commissioner following a report that found loopholes that favored insurance companies. They gathered ...

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.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is weighing an emergency 22% rate hike request by State Farm, the state’s largest insurer, following the Los Angeles fires. After first hitting pause on the request ...