Sam Dean is a business reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering the technology industry in Southern California. He has previously worked as a feature writer for a number of publications including Newsweek, the Verge, 538 and Lucky Peach.
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Insurers agreed to return to the high-risk fire zones in the hills and canyons of California in exchange for concessions that will make it easier for them to get rate increases approved.
Sept. 22, 2023
The deadline for a deal to address the home insurance market came and went in the California Legislature, but the problem persists.
Sept. 14, 2023
The cuts at the Los Angeles-based insurance company amount to 11% of its workforce. They come as insurers have shown increasing reluctance to write policies for Californians.
Aug. 28, 2023
Los Angeles is sitting at the vanguard of two trends: increasingly expensive housing and an increasing amount of cross-union solidarity.
Aug. 11, 2023
GT’s Living Foods’ kombucha factory subjected workers to ‘deplorable and abusive and disturbing working conditions,’ according to a court ruling.
Aug. 1, 2023
As a Rolling Hills Estates hillside further collapses, homeowners without special coverage are unlikely to get any financial assistance from their home insurers.
July 12, 2023
As State Farm and Allstate hit pause on writing new policies in California, Farmers says it won’t pick up the pace.
July 11, 2023
California’s biggest seller of homeowners insurance says regulations and wildfires make new policies a financial loser. But there are reasons to question that explanation.
June 15, 2023
A startup called Unit of Work is helping workers form independent unions, with backing from an unlikely source. The mission is to reverse the long-term decline of organized labor in the U.S.
Aug. 12, 2022
Climate change, new regulations, drought: It’s getting harder to grow strawberries in California. One robotics startup is betting on a revolutionary change.
July 26, 2022