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Johonny

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7. If the lumber has a big tariff, and nails, and pipes

Reply to RJ-MacReady (Original post)

Wed May 14, 2025, 07:28 AM

May 2025

And let's say you insured something built of the lumber, steel, etc . . . Cost is going up at a rate that will include those tariffs. It makes sense to me.

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How could CA approve this???? [View all] RJ-MacReady May 2025 OP

agreed AltairIV May 2025 #1

Expensive insurance is better than no insurance Jose Garcia May 2025 #2

This. I see a time coming and not so long in the future, when self-insurance will be our only option. LiberalLoner May 2025 #3

Par for the course. k_buddy762 May 2025 #4

It was approved by a judge SocialDemocrat61 May 2025 #5

Insurers are not charities. They are corporations. marybourg May 2025 #6

If the lumber has a big tariff, and nails, and pipes Johonny May 2025 #7

How about "California State Insurance Commission approves State Farm's 17% increase in home insurance premiums" usonian May 2025 #8

same here in NJ RJ-MacReady May 2025 #9

At least California has a regulatory agency that exerts some control. bluesbassman May 2025 #10

The 17% increase is only temporary while the state considers a 30% increase later this year, according to the Guardian: HeartachesNhangovers May 2025 #11