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A California state senator has called for officials to escalate its war on State Farm<\/a> by targeting its most lucrative sector \u2014 auto insurance.<\/p>\n Sasha Ren\u00e9e P\u00e9rez, who represents communities devastated by recent wildfires, blasted California\u2019s largest insurer after state investigators found it may have violated the law hundreds of times while handling fire survivor claims.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI think if we\u2019re going to pause State Farm\u2019s ability to be able to operate in this state, we also need to go after their ability to write auto insurance policies because we know that\u2019s where they make the majority of their money,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe still have a whole population of people who desperately need help,\u201d P\u00e9rez said during an interview on California Politics 360.<\/p>\n After months of pressure from P\u00e9rez, California\u2019s Department of Insurance launched an investigation into State Farm\u2019s handling of wildfire-related claims<\/a> \u2014 a move she said was exactly what victims had been demanding.<\/p>\n \u201cThe findings of the report proved what fire survivors had been saying for the past year, which is that State Farm was not treating them fairly, they were continuing to delay claims without justification, continuing to deny requests for smoke and ash remediation, and really causing harm to communities,\u201d P\u00e9rez said.<\/p>\n Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said State Farm broke state law hundreds of times in a review of just 220 cases.<\/p>\n State Sen. Sasha Ren\u00e9e P\u00e9rez, who represents communities devastated by recent wildfires, blasted California\u2019s largest insurer after state investigators found State Farm may have violated the law. <\/p>\n
After months of pressure from P\u00e9rez, California\u2019s Department of Insurance launched an investigation into State Farm\u2019s handling of wildfire-related claims. Getty Images
If regulators determine the violations were willful, the company could face fines of up to $4 million and be barred from writing new policies in California for one year. AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n