California Insurance coverage Commissioner Ricardo Lara stole away to Bermuda for a junket final week, selecting to attend a convention of insurance coverage executives as a substitute of testifying at a state legislative listening to, with fireplace victims nonetheless in limbo.
Sacramento’s NBC affiliate, KCRA-3, reported:
California Insurance coverage Commissioner Ricardo Lara was in Bermuda when he determined to skip an oversight listening to with state lawmakers on the capitol earlier this week.
Lara attended the Bermuda Threat Summit, an occasion within the Caribbean that’s held by members of the insurance coverage and reinsurance business.
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It’s not clear if Lara is again but from the Caribbean. The California Division of Insurance coverage has not responded to a number of requests for remark as of Friday night time. Earlier Friday, Lara introduced he could approve State Farm’s request for an emergency charge hike with circumstances.
Lara “provisionally” granted State Farm the power to hike insurance coverage charges by 22% on Friday.
He was not too long ago criticized — by Democrats — for being too near the insurance coverage business. Hie responded that he was bored with being “white mansplained” about do his job.
Lara gave a lecture on the convention in Bermuda wherein he confused the significance of “management” by regulators.
“That is an opportune second for regulators and insurers to step up and supply the required management to deal with the challenges we face,” he stated.
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