Today is Deadline for New Auto Insurance Pricing System Based on Driving Record Not ZIP Code
20 Years After Vote, Insurers Must Show They are Complying With Prop 103 Rules Santa Monica, CA -- Today is the…
Jul 14, 2008Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Buying Private Health Insurance
Think shopping home and auto policies is fun? Try buying your own health insurance. As companies cut corners and more entrepreneurs strike…
Jul 14, 2008
Healthcare
Health Insurance Caps Leave Patients Stranded
Serious Illness Quickly Exhausts Lifetime Limits of $1 Million or More Mary Wusterbarth thought her toddler was struggling with an ear infection…
Jul 13, 2008
Insurance
State Weighs ‘Pay As You Drive’ Insurance
Would you cut back on driving if your insurance company charged by the mile, and maybe by the way you handle your…
Jul 12, 2008
Healthcare
State Needs to Enforce Its Actions Against Blue Cross
California health insurance regulators now say they are back in pursuit of Anthem Blue Cross as they examine 1,770 patient policies canceled…
Jul 12, 2008
Insurance
Allstate Must Slash Homeowner Rates
Allstate Insurance Corp., the state's third-largest home insurer, was ordered yesterday to slash its homeowner's rates by 28.5 percent in one of…
Jul 11, 2008Allstate Must Lower Homeowners’ Insurance Rates $242 Million a Year As A Result Of Proposition 103’s Consumer Protection Rules
Consumer Advocates Applaud Commissioner Poizner's Ruling, Shift Focus To Investigation of Possible Refunds for Past Allstate Overcharges Santa Monica, CA…
Jul 10, 2008
Insurance
Allstate to Slash Homeowner Insurance Rates 28.5%
The state-ordered reduction will save more than 850,000 customers about $250 each. SACRAMENTO, CA -- The rate reduction, to be announced this…
Jul 10, 2008Consumer Watchdog to CA Supreme Court: Key Consumer Protection Law Applies to Insurance Companies
Court to Decide Whether Insurance is a “Service” Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today urged the California Supreme Court to…
Jul 9, 2008
Insurance
Calif to Seek Fines Against Blue Cross, Shield
LOS ANGELES, CA -- California health insurance regulators are scrutinizing 1,770 patient policies canceled by Anthem Blue Cross to see if they…
Jul 7, 2008
Healthcare
Stem Cell Grant Review Upsets Some Applicants
The state's stem cell institute, which so far has approved $554 million in taxpayer-funded research grants, is basing its funding decisions on…
Jul 6, 2008
Privacy
The Evidence Gap — Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma
It took only an instant for 58-year-old Gailanne Reeh to go from the picture of health to death’s door. By chance, her…
Jul 6, 2008
Energy
Lobbying Increases with Oil Prices
Industry spent nearly 62 percent more between 2004 and 2007 THE OIL LOBBY Expenditures for federal lobbying by the oil and gas…
Jul 4, 2008
Insurance
Calif Didn’t Try to Collect Anthem Blue Cross Fine
Los Angeles, CA -- California regulators admitted Thursday that for more than a year they didn't even try to enforce a million-dollar…
Jul 3, 2008
Insurance
Insurer to Cut Rates for Homeowner Coverage
Californians with Fireman's Fund will be paying 17.9% less California customers of Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. can expect to save an average…
Jul 2, 2008
Healthcare
Bad Medicine, Under the Guise of Helpfulness, Big Pharma is After Your Confidential Medical Records
Let's say you were recently diagnosed with a serious medical condition -- depression, for instance. Your doctor thinks medication is the way…
Jul 2, 2008$5 Diesel Fuel, the Economy-Killer
Report Shows How Oil Companies Shorted the Market and Made It Happen Santa Monica, CA -- Oil companies put the brakes…
Jul 2, 2008Assemblyman Collaborates with Insurance Industry to Raise Auto Insurance Rates, Invade Drivers’ Privacy
Santa Monica, CA -- Insurance companies will be allowed to install spyware in Californians' cars, and charge higher auto insurance premiums to…
Jul 1, 2008