Insurance
Answers On IOUs And Quake Insurance
Doug Heller, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, says he is not worried about the CEA's ability to pay claims or its independence…
Sep 4, 2009Consumer Watchdog
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“You Can’t Trust Mercury Insurance” – Mercury Insurance Blocks Billboard Warning Consumers About the Company
Consumer Group Releases Smoking Gun Documents, In Wake of Fires Warns Homeowners Insured By Mercury to Take Special Care Santa Monica, CA…
Sep 3, 2009
Healthcare
Bad day for health insurers, great day for consumers!
The health insurance industry took it on the chin today. A new study exposed their denials of up to 40% of doctor-requested…
Sep 3, 2009
Healthcare
WellPoint, United Healthcare Accused Of Illegal Actions
The insurers pressured employees to lobby against healthcare reform, Consumer Watchdog alleges. The nation's two largest health insurers have been pressuring employees…
Sep 3, 2009
Privacy
Privacy Groups Put Proposals To Congress
As Congress considers new privacy legislation, consumer and privacy groups have put forward their proposals for limiting online data collection. A coalition…
Sep 3, 2009
Healthcare
Consumer Group Says UnitedHealthcare, Wellpoint Violated Calif. Law
A Santa Monica group has urged California Attorney General Jerry Brown to probe whether the nation’s two largest health insurers have asked…
Sep 3, 2009
Privacy
Group: Insurers Urged Workers To Fight Reform
NEW YORK, NY -- A consumer group says health insurers UnitedHealth and WellPoint pressured their employees to contact members of Congress and…
Sep 2, 2009
Healthcare
PacifiCare kill rate 40%, CIGNA’s 33%, according to gov’t data
New data from California unearthed by the California Nurses Association reveals top health insurers deny claims with rates that make Vegas gambling…
Sep 2, 2009
Healthcare
Did Health Insurers Lean On Their Employees To Lobby Congress — On Work Time?
It's one thing to see a rowdy health care town hall meeting on TV. It's another to have your boss tell you…
Sep 2, 2009
Privacy
Consumer Groups Slam Behavioral Tracking
A group of ten consumer groups on Tuesday called on Congress to enact meaningful privacy legislation, and slammed industry efforts as totally…
Sep 2, 2009
Energy
Oil Speculators On The Run
Government may clamp down on banks, funds and others that don't actually use crude. But will new rules bring down prices? …
Sep 2, 2009Consumer Watchdog Asks California Attorney General To Investigate Possible Employee Abuse By United HealthCare, Wellpoint
Insurers Telling Employees To Lobby Lawmakers For Weaker Health Reform, In Likely Violation Of California Labor Code Santa Monica, CA --…
Sep 2, 2009
Privacy
Consumer Advocates Ask For FTC’s Help in Curbing Behavioral Targeting Tactics
Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft employ behavioral targeting, in which cookies collect information on users' Web browsing habits, to…
Sep 2, 2009
Privacy
Privacy Groups Press US Congress For Online Safeguards
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of consumer advocate and privacy groups on Tuesday urged the US Congress to protect the public from…
Sep 2, 2009
Privacy
Privacy Group Coalition Urges Data Regulation
Ten consumer and privacy groups are urging Congress to limit the way online information can be used for advertising and profiling. A…
Sep 2, 2009
Privacy
T-Mobile To Start Charging Customers For Receiving Bill In The Mail
Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog and lead attorney in several lawsuits against the mobile industry, says Conner and other complainers may…
Sep 1, 2009
Insurance
Nullifying Anti-Steering Law A “Hard Sell”
Consumer advocates are concerned about a bill that could ostensibly undo a current Calif. law preventing insurers from "steering" customers to auto…
Sep 1, 2009
Insurance
Medicare private plan marketing’s a miracle–for insurer profits
I was surprised to find out recently that nearly one-fourth of Medicare patients are enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans, which are…
Sep 1, 2009