Rebuild:LA Episode 076: State Farm Fined “A Drop in the Bucket” for Illegal Actions in the Palisades and Eaton Fire Recovery with Joy Chen from Every Fire Survivors’ Network

About this episode

The episode discusses the $2 million fine imposed on State Farm for illegal practices related to fire survivor claims following the Eaton and Palisades Fires.

Send us Fan Mail $2 million dollars. That’s what the California Board of Insurance (CBI) fined State Farm after spending 11 months looking into its illegal practices after the Eaton and Palisades Fires. They only had to investigate a fraction of the complaints against the insurance giant to see a clear practice of illegal delay and denial of claims made by fire survivors. And while $2 million dollars might seem like a lot to someone trying to recover from a wildfire, it’s what State Farm make...

People in this episode

Guest: Joy Chen

Topics covered

• insurance practices
• fire recovery
• legal actions
• wildfire survivors
• California regulations

Keywords

• State Farm
• California Board of Insurance
• Eaton Fire
• Palisades Fire
• insurance claims
• fire survivors
• legal fine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: State Farm, California Board of Insurance, Every Fire Survivors’ Network

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