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1 week ago |
consumerwatchdog.org | Megan Munce
By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-insurance-rates-20335120.php#State Farm’s rates for homeowners are set to rise 17% starting next month, and potentially even more in 2026. Are other insurers going to raise rates too? The short answer is almost certainly yes — but not immediately. Prices already have been rising rapidly. Over the past year, nearly every major insurer has implemented a double-digit rate increase — and more is expected.
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2 weeks ago |
consumerwatchdog.org | Megan Munce
By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/state-farm-insurance-rates-20335755.phpA week after securing approval to raise home insurance rates by an average of 17%, State Farm General revealed plans to ask regulators for an additional 11% increase, as well as considerably higher rates for condo owners and renters.
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2 weeks ago |
consumerwatchdog.org | Thomas D. Elias |SoCal Gas |politics. Non-partisan
By Thomas Elias, ENTERPRISE RECORDAcademics have known for many years the potential for conflicts of interest when they conduct studies or write reports on products or companies for which they have consulted. That’s why they almost always disclose conflicts.
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3 weeks ago |
consumerwatchdog.org | David Gelles
By David Gelles, NEW YORK TIMESIn California, a home insurance rate increase by State Farm is yet another sign of growing crisis driven by climate change. Just months after fires devastated parts of Los Angeles, one of the leading home insurers in California, State Farm, is temporarily raising rates 17 percent. The sharp jump, after a 20 percent rate increase last year, is sure to strain family finances in what is already one of the nation’s most expensive states for home insurance.
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3 weeks ago |
consumerwatchdog.org | Laurence Darmiento
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMEShttps://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-05-13/administrative-law-judge-approves-denies-revises-state-farms-request-for-a-17-emergency-rate-hike-la-wildfiresInsurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara adopted an administrative law judge’s ruling Tuesday and granted State Farm General an emergency 17% hike in its homeowner rates.
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