LA Fires,
Insurance,
Government
Aug. 28, 2025
State Farm rate hike must be heard in public, administrative judge rules
An administrative judge denied State Farm and the state Department of Insurance's bid for a remote hearing, based on safety concerns, in a $1.19 billion rate case, reinforcing Proposition 103 transparency protections and ordering scrutiny of wildfire claims handling.
An administrative law judge denied requests by State Farm and the California Department of Insurance for virtual pre-hearing proceedings in the insurer's pending rate hike case, rejecting arguments about security.
The department said its legal staff had a heightened safety concern because of "broader expressions of frustration related to claims handling" and "widely publicized incidents of violence in unrelated" contexts, Department of Insurance Administra...
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