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 ...

Allegations of coziness between California’s elected state insurance commissioner and the insurance industry led to accusations flying between him, critics in Sacramento and Washington, and frustrated ...

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

AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER RICARDO LARA WILL TESTIFY TOMORROW AT A HEARING ON THE STATE’S INSURANCE CRISIS AT THE STATE CAPITOL. THE HEARING WILL BE IN THE STATE ...

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.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara faces new scrutiny after traveling to Bermuda for an insurance conference last week. His critics echoed their discontentment with his close relationship ...

Farmers Insurance lifts its cap on new California home policies, expanding options for homeowners amid a stabilizing market.