Ethan Varian
Staff Reporter at The Mercury News
Staff Reporter at East Bay Times
Staff Reporter at Morning Report Newsletter (The Mercury News)
Covering housing and homelessness for @mercnews/@EastBayTimes | [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
thebrunswicknews.com | Ethan Varian
By Ethan Varian, The Mercury News On May 13, the state's largest insurance company got the OK from regulators to increase rates by an average of 17% starting next month. State Farm secured the expedited rate hike after asserting it was in financial distress and expected $7.6 billion in claims arising from the deadly Los Angeles wildfires in January.
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2 weeks ago |
miamiherald.com | Ethan Varian
A week after winning emergency approval to raise Californians' home insurance premiums, State Farm is seeking to boost that rate hike even higher to 30%. On May 13, the state's largest insurance company got the OK from regulators to increase rates by an average of 17% starting next month. State Farm secured the expedited rate hike after asserting it was in financial distress and expected $7.6 billion in claims arising from the deadly Los Angeles wildfires in January.
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2 weeks ago |
dailygazette.com | Ethan Varian
A week after winning emergency approval to raise Californians’ home insurance premiums, State Farm is seeking to boost that rate hike even higher to 30%. On May 13, the state’s largest insurance company got the OK from regulators to increase rates by an average of 17% starting next month. State Farm secured the expedited rate hike after asserting it was in financial distress and expected $7.6 billion in claims arising from the deadly Los Angeles wildfires in January.
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2 weeks ago |
marinij.com | Ethan Varian
The company last week won emergency approval for a 17% rate increase after the Los Angeles fires
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3 weeks ago |
mercurynews.com | Grant Stringer |Ethan Varian |Paul Rogers |Molly Gibbs
Now, the state is staring down a nearly $12 billion budget shortfall, largely because of market volatility driven by President Donald Trump’s oft-changing tariffs, Newsom said during a news conference Wednesday outlining the annual May revision of the budget proposal. Plus, the cost of Medi-Cal, the state’s health program for low-income and disabled residents, has ballooned.
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