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Cross-posted from California Department of Insurance: Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced a substantial decrease in homeowner insurance rates by USAA. The recent approval…
Jun 1, 2011
At a hearing on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, DIRECTV customers who were charged cancellation fees of as much as $480 – even…
Apr 12, 2011California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones discusses the need for regulating health insurance premiums, and how Prop 103 - which regulates car and…
Apr 5, 2011Revolutions in America start in the streets and end with changes in corporate boardrooms, in Capitol hearing rooms and at the ballot…
Mar 9, 2011Blue Shield of California is going to raise their rates by an outrageous 59% in less than three months. KABC-TV reports that…
Feb 7, 2011
Over the objections of the insurance companies and attorneys for the plaintiffs, Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger granted a Farmers customer’s…
Feb 5, 2011Coverage of the February 1st rally at Blue Shield headquarters in San Francisco by the local ABC station. As KGO reported:
Feb 2, 2011Coverage from DC of our mobile advertising van making its way across the city showing the animated satire "Mr. Schmidt Goes To…
Jan 27, 2011
This new animated satire, “Mr. Schmidt Goes to Washington,” -- the sequel to Consumer Watchdog’s popular “Don’t Be Evil?” video -- will…
Jan 25, 2011KGO-TV covers Consumer Watchdog's report on the inappropriate relationship between Google and the executive branch, including how a Northern California NASA airfield,…
Jan 25, 2011Patients are stunned at Blue Shield's 59% rate hike and Consumer Watchdog calls for new powers in California to rein in the…
Jan 10, 2011The defeat of Texas-oil-backed Prop 23, insurance-industry-backed Mike Villines for insurance commissioner, and corporate candidates Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina has shown…
Nov 9, 2010NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is scolding Google Inc. without punishing the Internet search leader for collecting e-mails, passwords…
Oct 27, 2010Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog asked President Obama to force BP Fund Administrator Kenneth Feinberg to withdraw from a keynote address Wednesday…
Oct 26, 2010Maybe Google CEO Eric Schmidt thought he was making a joke, but you'd think by now -- if he is at all…
Oct 26, 2010You've probably heard the description of ways to mislead people that was attributed to British Prime Minister Benjamin Disreali and popularized in…
Oct 26, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog welcomed three new steps Google said it is implementing to protect consumers’ privacy in response to…
Oct 22, 2010SEC records suggest that the contributions to his attorney general's campaign played no role in how prosecutors have handled the case against…
Oct 22, 2010