Calif. Judge Grants Commissioner’s Demurrer As To 2 Claims In Pass-Through Row

( July 25, 2025, 2:06 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Holding that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara acted within his authority to issue property insurance pass-throughs but determining that exhausting administrative remedies was not necessary for judicial review, a California judge partially sustained and partially overruled Lara’s demurrer in response to a consumer research and advocacy organization’s complaint that accused Lara of issuing two unlawful insurance bulletins that authorize member insurers of the California FAIR Plan to recoup assessments from policyholders....