The litigation comes amid heated debate over a Department of Labor rule meant to prevent excessive fees on sales of insurance products.

California consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog says the state's insurance regulator went beyond established norms for certifying its right to funding by adding industry comments critical of the organization.

California insurance regulator's changes to "insurer of last resort" plan promises to shore up carriers participation in the state's market, but Consumer Watchdog says it absolves their responsibilities.

Eight other candidates jumped in before filing deadline to challenge frontrunner Patty Kuderer

Challenger Natasha Marcus attacks incumbent Mike Causey's rate increase track record. Causey's campaign calls the critique a "distortion" and explains negotiation process.

Speaking at a June 26 public hearing on California's Sustainable Insurance Strategy, insurers pushed for accelerated wildfire model reviews and called the proposal unsustainable, while consumer advocates and others supported more transparency in its models.

Consumer Watchdog says California wildfire insurance coverage proposal lacks benefits for residents.

Insurance associations sue U.S. DOL and other legal news.

A decision backing the surviving shareholder in a family business could have carried major tax implications to succession plans. Instead, SCOTUS backed the IRS.

Consumer advocates engaged with insurance and climate change issues are asking NAIC, the association of state regulators, to share the data it will be collecting on property risk by mid-June.