LA Fires,
Insurance,
Government
Aug. 28, 2025
Judge rejects secrecy bid by State Farm, state agency in $1.19B rate case
An administrative judge denied State Farm and the state Department of Insurance's bid for secrecy in a $1.19 billion rate case, reinforcing Proposition 103 transparency protections and ordering scrutiny of wildfire claims handling.
An Administrative Law Judge has denied requests by State Farm and the California Department of Insurance to move pre-hearing proceedings in the insurer's pending rate case out of public view.
"This is a victory for consumers and open government," said Harvey Rosenfield, founder of advocacy group Consumer Watchdog and author of Proposition 103, in a news release on Wednesday. "Proposition 103 was designed so that rate hikes happen in public, not behind closed do...
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