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Lara

/ ˈlɑːrə /

noun

  1. Brian Charles. born 1969,Trinidadian cricketer: scored 11,953 runs in 131 test matches (1990–2006) for the West Indies; holder of records for highest individual score in first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire, 1994) and for highest test innings (400 not out against England, 2004)

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However, the 2023 rate hike of 15.7% was cut down by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara from the 48.8% initially sought by the plan.

Lara granted the company an emergency 17% rate hike in May despite complaints by Eaton and Palisades policyholders that the company was delaying claims, paying too little and outright denying them.

Carmen Balber, president of Consumer Watchdog, an insurance advocacy group in Los Angeles that regularly intervenes in rate reviews, said that Lara should use his authority to deny any rate hike until the disputes over the smoke-damage claims handing are resolved.

The company is now seeking an additional 11% hike that fire victims and area lawmakers want Lara to halt pending resolution of the complaints.

Michael Soller, a spokesperson for Lara, said the department would “evaluate this rate filing through the data-driven process we use for all rate change applications.”

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