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The insurance industry-backed Prop 33 will hurt real drivers, like Alexis. It unfairly surcharges almost anyone who had a legitimate lapse in…
Oct 14, 2012For a dozen years, the 91-year-old founder of a leading Los Angeles insurance company and an early disciple of consumer advocate Ralph…
Oct 13, 2012Long-running industry negotiations over meaningful online privacy rules may be on the verge of collapse. After months of occasionally constructive discussions to…
Oct 12, 2012The following Op-Ed Commentary was published on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2012, in the Los Angeles Times.
Oct 12, 2012But big drops won't come until station owners sell out costly fuel
Oct 11, 2012We continue our look at next month’s California election ballot with Proposition 33. It would change state laws on auto insurance premiums.…
Oct 11, 2012
Santa Monica, CA – Mercury General is raising auto insurance rates by $63 million on its customers, an average 4% rate hike…
Oct 10, 2012Consumer groups gear up to fight the sale of Arco and its Carson refinery to Tesoro, saying it would reduce competition and…
Oct 10, 2012
California’s drivers and the state economy will pay the price for this merger at the pump. We ask you to halt it…
Oct 10, 2012Proposition 33 on the November ballot asks votes to change the way car insurance rates are calculated in California. The measure proposes…
Oct 9, 2012Prop 33's tv ads are a fraud on voters, down to their "real drivers" who are actually paid campaign employees. Please share…
Oct 2, 2012
Sacramento, CA -- Consumer advocates and civil rights leaders testified today before a joint hearing of the California Assembly and Senate Insurance…
Sep 25, 2012A California insurance company billionaire has launched a deceptive radio campaign that lies about the military and those serving abroad under his…
Sep 14, 2012Do Americans care about their privacy online or is Consumer Watchdog making it up? The latter is a claim by a business…
Aug 21, 2012
We’ve been sued by an insurance company billionaire. He wants to stop the public from knowing how deceptive insurance-backed Proposition 33 really…
Aug 3, 2012
Consumer Watchdog is investigating Blue Shield’s outrageous practice of forcing consumers to pay 100% of the charge for tests, treatments, and services…
Jul 19, 2012A Hyundai Elantra owner has sued the car maker over claims that the car gets 40 miles per gallon.
Jul 11, 2012Consumer Watchdog has sued the automaker Hyundai over its '40 MPG' claims on the Elantra model. The lawsuit alleges that Hyundai utilized…
Jul 9, 2012