After saying it would run out of funds by March, California's last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special charge of $1 billion on insurance companies — which will in turn pass the costs ...

What's a Berkeley homeowner to do? We spoke with Amy Bach, co-founder and executive director of United Policyholders, a 33-year-old advocacy organization for insurance consumers. We asked her about ...

At a demonstration over contract negotiations Saturday evening, about 40 protesters outside Berkeley’s HS Lordships restaurant demanded provisions for making health insurance more affordable.