Lara, Newsom appear bent on enriching insurance companies
From the way they’re acting, it’s clear Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara believe they have no choice other than caving in...
Ricardo Lara
Elias: Deception a new part of insurance crisis
Blackmail has been the rule for the last year as insurance companies terrified California’s insurance commissioner into giving them their way on almost everything they...
Elias: What blackmail won for insurance
The insurance industry apparently gained a lot by blackmailing millions of Californians last summer and fall....
Elias: Insurance company fires a warning shot
Last month, State Farm said it had stopped taking applications for new property and casualty insurance in California because of wildfires....
State appeals court tries to gut tough consumer law
No other state has a similar law, and the judges moved to overturn a big part of it in a dispute over delayed car insurance...