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 ...

Farmers Insurance Group, California’s second-largest home insurance company, is seeking a rate hike amid plans to lift a cap ...

Los Angeles area fire victims say Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has let insurers drop coverage, raise rates and delay or deny claims.

Farmers Insurance has applied for a 6.99% rate increase on California homeowner policies and proposes a 22% discount for ...

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 ...

While Farmers has continuously offered homeowners insurance to consumers in the state, prior to today's announcement, Farmers homeowners offerings had been capped at 9,500 new policies per month.

Representatives of the insurance industry called the proposal too speculative and prescriptive, while consumer and ...

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 ...