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Christina Rehkop of Devon Energy Joins First Responders Children's Foundation Board of Directors

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Responders Children’s Foundation (FRCF) is pleased to announce that Christina Rehkop, Director of Community Relations at Devon Energy, has joined its board of directors. The Oklahoma-City-based company is a leading U.S. producer of energy resources.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Responders Children’s Foundation (FRCF) is pleased to announce that Christina Rehkop, Director of Community Relations at Devon Energy , has joined its board of directors.
  • Ms. Rehkop has a broad background in strategic planning, nonprofit governance, public relations, and event planning.
  • “We are so excited to welcome one of our newest Board members, Christina Rehkop, Director of Community Relations at Devon Energy Corporation.
  • Our emergency responders are a vital part of our communities, and it is important that we take care of them and their families,” said Christina Rehkop.

California Should Build A Public Model to Predict Wildfire Risk, Protect Homeowners from Insurance Price-Gouging, Consumer Watchdog Tells Insurance Commissioner

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At a Department of Insurance hearing today, the non-profit organization Consumer Watchdog will propose that California build a public model to predict the risk of wildfires and prevent insurance price-gouging and bias. Insurance companies are barred from using private black-box computer models to set rates under the Proposition 103 consumer protection law because they prevent public scrutiny and cannot be verified, said the group.

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  • "Insurance companies want to use secret computer models so they can raise rates," said Carmen Balber, Consumer Watchdog's Executive Director.
  • "What California needs is a public model, open to public scrutiny as required by the voters, and subject to public control, to guide the state towards reducing the risks of wildfire caused by climate change."
  • Consumer Watchdog will make its proposal at a remote hearing convened by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in the midst of growing economic pressure by insurance companies that is destabilizing the marketplace.
  • Last Friday, the insurance industry dropped all pretense that the pullouts are about climate change, said Consumer Watchdog.