The survivors of the Eaton fire gathered Thorsday Morning in Pasadena to condemn the alleged state lover of a series of claims by the calls of policies that suffered losses in the fire.
Speaking in front of State Farm’s Catastrophe Claim Tent On Colorado Boulevard ,, The Group URged California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to Lunch A Formal Research into the Insurance Giant, Alleging That a Series of Delayed and denied’s you have reads and denieims and denied’s you Has’s and Lephs and Lephs and Lephs and Lephes and Lephes and Lephes and Lfts Lephes and The Return to Contamination Homes.
The demonstration occurs a week after State Farm presented its case for an emergency rate increase of 17%, below An initial application of 22% to state officials In February, at an administrative hearing in Oakland.
State Farm said that the walk is necessary to “help stabilize the financial position of State Farm General” and prevent the carrier from having to “avoid” its ability to provide home insurance in California.
Last month, Lara Approved the “provisional” rate applicationPending signature of an administrative judge.
Fire victims in Thorsday described the tariff walking application as the last one in the State Farm Begrayals series.
“The disaster begged with Eaton’s fire, but for us, the real trauma groaned when we filed a smoke damage to the state farm,” said speaker Wendy Davis. Davis’s five bedroom house in Altadena is still covered with toxic soot and ashes, 100 days after the forest fire broke out for the first time.
Davis said that during the last three months, State Farm has “delayed, stopped and denied us the help to which we are entitled”, deploying an inexperienced adjuster after another for the value of his low property.
Davis said the company also everything that its policy covered only the ashes that blew in its home, not the asbestos contained in it.
“Are we supposed to eliminate asbestos by Odelves with danger costumes and respirators?” Davis said, a 35 -year -old policy headline. “It would be ridiculous if it hinders it so cruel.”
State Farm said in a statement on Thursday that his approach “continues to support our clients in their recovery of the largest fire event that we have experienced in the state.”
“We are here to help our clients recover and empathize with those who are rebuilding their lives,” said the company.
According to California proposal, insurance companies seeking to increase rates Must demonstrate that these walks are necessary Before they can be approved.
According to Carmen Balber, executive director of the consumer non -profit consumer control body, State Farm does not have the legal standard for an increase in rates.
Balber said in a press release that if State Farm’s request is approved, it would establish a “dangerous precedent, allowing insurers to avoid consumer protections and change the costs to families with difficulties.”
In an interview, Balber said that Lara has not done enough to “face insurance companies that have threatened with Exit the State due to the increase in costs.
State Far has reportedly He filmed more than 12,500 fires of fires and cars related to the fires of January 7 and paid more than $ 3 billion to customers. The company projects total payments related to forest fires of $ 7.9 billion, thought its net losses are Estimated at $ 600 million after reinsurance payments.
But Balber argued that the company is still benefiting too much from the High Risk Policy of California Holland to leave the State.
In a statement, Lara said that “State Farm’s actions raise serious Conerns about their financial stability,” but disputed statements that are not heroes than the company and other insurers questioning.
“From the fires, we have a bone activity dedicated to the affected communities, ensuring that insurance companies fulfill their claims immediately and in their entirety,” Lara said. We are working with the urgency to expand insertion and stabilize the ally of the Marketos market. ”
The victims of the Eaton fire said Thorsday who are in Limbo, maximizing their credit cards and jumping from a rent while waiting for their claims to resolve.
Before Kelsey Szamet and his family moved to their current rent in Pasadena, they had periods in three hotels and with two series of friends. Being constantly in motion, he said, has been “destabilizing” for two young daughters.
“There are many great feelings, a great emotional response that is not typical for them,” said Szamet, adding that she is fighting daily with “exhaustion at the cellular level.”
Szamet said he believes that the delays and denials of State Farm are part of a deliberate effort to wear out people until they seek relief completely.
But Shawna Dawson Beer, 10000 members founder Beautiful Altadena Facebook groupHe said that Altadena residents are still committed to holding the state farm holding the victims of the fire the relief owed to them.
“We will continually talk for our neighbors, for Perursas, for our community,” said Beers. “And we will not go silent.”
