LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, California Environmental Voters (EnviroVoters) released the following statement in response to the United Services Automobile Association’s (USAA), one of California’s major home insurance companies, request for a rate hike. USAA increased rates by 26% less than a year ago. This follows State Farm’s first-ever emergency rate hike approval in May, Mercury Insurance and the California State Automobile Association (CSAA) requesting rate hikes in August, and the FAIR Plan requesting a hike earlier this month.
Statement from Matt Abularach-Macias, Political & Organizing Director, California Environmental Voters:
“California families will be hit again as yet another insurance company asks to hike rates. Every time insurers raise prices, working people are the ones who pay more to keep a roof over their heads. USAA is citing ‘severe weather’ for this hike request when the truth is that extreme wildfires and worsening heat are the direct result of decades of Big Oil’s greed and pollution.
It’s time to stop forcing ratepayers to shoulder the costs of the climate crisis while corporate polluters rake in record profits. California needs leaders who will hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the destruction they’ve caused and ensure consumers are protected from skyrocketing premiums. The solution isn’t endless rate hikes, it’s making the biggest polluters pay their fair share.”
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CONTACT:
Erika Guzman Cornejo
(310) 755-1615
erika@envirovoters.org
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