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Insurance Company Sued for Denying Elderly & Sick The Benefits They Paid For

Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP) is refusing to honor thousands of long-term care insurance policies it sold to Californians, leaving…

Uninsured Cancer Survivor Joins Initiative Launch to Regulate Health Insurance Rates

Susan Braig, a cancer survivor who is uninsured after her health insurance premiums rose too high, was one of the first to…

KTTV-11 FOX LA: Patient Revolt On Ballot Launched At JustifyRates.org

Patients facing unaffordable health insurance premiums join consumer advocates to launch an all-volunteer signature-gathering driver to get health reform on the November…

Billionaire Insurance Baron Buys Way onto November Ballot to Raise Auto Premiums 40%

Mercury Insurance, Awash In Profit, Seeks 8.8% Rate Hike on More Than 300,000 California Homeowners and Renters

New Video: Insurance Billionaire George Joseph Is the Grinch

Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog Campaign has released a new video showing the 375th richest man in America, 90-year old insurance…

Mercury Insurance Demands $89 Million Auto Insurance Increase While Its Chairman Funds Initiative Promising “Discounts”

Blue Cross Sued By Consumer Watchdog for Breach Of Contract

KTVU TV-2 story: Blue Cross Sued By Consumer Watchdog for Breach Of Contract

Mercury Insurance Front Group Buys Way onto November Ballot With Measure to Raise Auto Insurance Premiums 40%

Santa Monica, CA -- A political committee funded by Mercury Insurance Chairman George Joseph is reportedly submitting signatures for a November 2012…

Blue Cross Sued for Illegally Raising “Annual” Deductibles in Middle of the Year

Santa Monica, CA - More than 100,000 California Blue Cross consumers are part of a class action lawsuit brought by the non-profit…

Take from Insurers, Give to State Courts: $455 Million Class Action Settlement Should Benefit Consumers and Courts, Not the Defendant

Los Angeles, CA — Consumers and the courts, not an insurance company defendant, should benefit from a $455 million class action settlement,…

Anti-Consumer Mercury Initiative Adds a Donor: A Mercury Agency

Is Mercury Insurance Chairman’s Big Donation to Republicans Aimed at Helping His Anti-Consumer Ballot Initiative, Group Asks

What Do You Think About Our New Television Advertisement About CA Senator Ed Hernandez?

Consumer Watchdog is running this TV ad in the district of CA State Senator Ed Hernandez after the revelation that he has…

Consumer Watchdog’s “Google Track Team” Visits The Capitol

Consumer Watchdog's "Google Track Team" Visits The Capitol, while Google CEO Eric Schmidt answers questions about the company's apparent monopoly over online…

Consumer Watchdog’s “Google Track Team” Visits The Capitol

Pictures covering Consumer Watchdog Google Track Team in town to drawing attention to Google creepy tracking and anti-trust behavior

“Supercharge”

Google's information monopoly extends from 70% of the search market to 95% of the mobile search market.  But Google refuses to respect…

George Joseph and his PR Brigade: An Imagined Conversation

When a billionaire auto insurance executive personally sponsors a statewide ballot initiative to delete regulations on his industry, would we Consumer Watchdogs…