California’s Insurance Market Faces Legal and Financial Turmoil The California insurance market is in the spotlight again. This time, it’s a legal battle that could shake the already fragile system to its core. The California Department of Insurance has filed a demurrer in Los Angeles Superior Court, asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Consumer Watchdog. The stakes? The future of the FAIR Plan, California’s last-resort insurance option for homeowners. What’s the Lawsuit About? Consumer Watchdog’s lawsuit challenges the way the FAIR Plan recovers costs. The group claims…
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Personal Injury Lawsuits, Sky-High Verdicts, and Texas Insurance
Senate Bill 30 Fizzles in Texas Legislature, Raising Questions About Tort Reform’s Future Legislation aimed at limiting payouts in personal injury lawsuits came up short in the Texas Legislature. Senate Bill 30 promised to tackle what some call “nuclear verdicts” in Texas courts, but it didn’t survive to become law. What went wrong? Could it come back in a different form? And why did this bill provoke so much debate? A Look at Senate Bill 30 This was a proposed law designed to rein in those massive jury awards of…
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