SF Politics Latest Proposed California Ballot Measure Named After Luigi Mangione Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione could be immortalized in California law even if Trump sends him to the electric chair, as a ballot effort is underway to create an insurance measure called the “Luigi Mangione Access to Health Care Act.”
SF News Oakland Hills Firestorm Survivor Fights to Protect California Homes From Rising Risks U.C. Berkeley professor and 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm survivor is tackling California’s insurance crisis, using data-driven models to address climate risks and protect homeowners in fire-prone areas.
SF News Scandal-Plagued SF Towing Company Hit With Federal Indictment for Faking Car Accidents, Collecting Insurance Money New federal indictments lay out a slew of insurance fraud charges against the co-owner of the Bayview’s notorious Specialty Towing, among them a charge that he loaded a tow truck full of four clunkers, faked an accident, and tried to collect full insurance.
SF News Atherton Buried Car Mystery Appears Solved: The Car Was Buried To Collect the Insurance Money Investigators in the bizarre buried Mercedes-Benz case in Atherton have concluded the whole thing was a case of insurance fraud, and lo and behold, the car’s late owner Johnny Bocktune Lew collected a cool $87,000 after reporting the car stolen in 1992.
SF News Wildfire-Related Insurance Claims Total More Than $3.3 Billion With the Northern California wildfires now 100% contained as of Tuesday, the investigation into how it began and how much damage it's caused has begun in earnest. According to a report from the
SF News California Approves Lyft-Specific Car Insurance Drivers for Lyft and Uber must (theoretically, and yeah, legally) be insured at all times on the road. The ride-hailing process, however, is a unique one. There's driving around as a private citizen
SF News Geico's Leaked Stance On Coverage for Rideshare Drivers An internal sales-training document from Geico suggests an answer to the question of whether policyholders can give paid rides through Uber and Lyft while maintaining their personal coverage: Nope. "If a customer advises
Arts & Entertainment Godzilla's Destruction Of The Golden Gate Bridge By The Numbers $1.55 billion: The cost to rebuild the Golden Gate Bridge, which Godzilla destroyed in the 2014 version of his (?) tale $45 million: The amount of money the Golden Gate Bridge used to
misc SFist Asks: What Renters Insurance Do You Use? In light of this morning's fire that displaced 72 people, we're always reminded that we still need to get that renters insurance (along with putting together that emergency preparedness kit and folding our
SF News Jerry Brown Subpoenas Health Insurers California Attorney General Jerry Brown (and perhaps your next Governor?) subpoenaed the financial records from several health insurance companies yesterday. Why? Because he's he's worried that seven of the state's largest health insurance
SF News Another Day, Another Multi-Billion Dollar Loan The Federal Reserve just agreed to hand over $37.8 billion to vile insurance giant American International Group. You know, to go along with the $85 billion loan bestowed to the troubled insurance
misc Shady St. Luke's? (By Anonymous) [No, not them, but a well-respected writer who choose SFist in which to rant about their woeful experience at St. Luke's, using a veil of anonymity. -- SFist] The billing department
