The public advocacy group Consumer Watchdog is calling for a criminal investigation of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. Of interest are Lara’s interactions with Applied Underwriters CEO Steve Menzies and …
Ties between embattled Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the industry he is charged with regulating go back farther than previously reported – or than reported by any other media. Internal …
In what is becoming a pattern of continuing crookery there is yet another story in the Ricardo Lara chronicles of corruption. He directed Funds to a Charity when he was CEO. …
A second administrative law judge at the California Department of Insurance has stood up to California Commissioner Ricardo Lara. The commissioner, directly and through his senior staff, has been accused …
The ongoing controversy surrounding California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara raises many troubling issues. As more facts come to light, however, we must distinguish between questions that demand answers from the …
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara interceded in another dispute between Applied Underwriters and a California insured and again issued his own amended decision that is viewed as beneficial to the carrier. …
By now, thanks to the general media, everyone knows that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara took money into his 2020 campaign – some $53k – from individuals related to Applied …
The California Department of Insurance says in a precedential decision that the State Compensation Insurance Fund has been using an illegal rating plan modifier that unfairly increased an insured’s premium …