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CONSUMER WATCHDOG - Consumer Watchdog Executive Director Carmen Balber
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Requested Action(s)
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a) INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION - Regarding Homeowners Insurance concerns throughout California
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Financial Impact:
None.
Background Information:
Consumer Watchdog, founded in 1985, as a California-based organization to conduct research and public education around issues of consumer protection and political reform. Consumer Watchdog Executive Director Carmen Balber has been with the organization for nearly two decades. She spent four years directing the group’s Washington D.C. office where she advocated for key health insurance market reforms that were ultimately enacted into law as part of the Affordable Care Act. Balber is recognized as a leading expert on a wide range of personal insurance issues and has authored or co-authored numerous reports on the auto, health and medical malpractice insurance industries and insurance rate regulation.
Chief Administrator Gabriel Hydrick invited Ms. Balber to provide a presentation to the Board based on previous Board input and a desire for more information on the topic.