Justin Kloczko writes about tech, energy and insurance for Consumer Watchdog. He’s covered privacy issues extensively, including data collection, privacy rights and legislation, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and surveillance pricing.He’s a recovering daily newspaper reporter with experience covering local government, education, and the criminal justice system at the Hartford Advocate, Middletown Press, and Manchester Journal Inquirer. His work has appeared in Vice, Daily Beast, The New Republic, KCRW and Los Angeles Magazine.While covering civil litigation at the Los Angeles Daily Journal he won LA Press Club awards for his stories detailing corruption at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. The stories led to the criminal prosecutions of multiple city officials. Justin also authored The Debaser, an independent newsletter about LA culture and politics that garnered him an appearance on the ABC/Hulu documentary about disgraced plaintiff’s attorney Tom Girardi called “The Housewife and the Hustler.”
Treatment for More Than 13,500 Autistic Children In California Hangs in Balance at Tuesday Court Hearing
Santa Monica, CA– A California Appellate Court in Los Angeles will consider a long-running dispute at a Tuesday afternoon hearing about insurance companies’ obligations to cover a critical treatment for autistic children. The case, brought by the non-profit Consumer Watchdog, will also determine if families previously forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars out-of-pocket for autism treatment should be re
California Can’t Stop Unreasonable 10.6 Percent Health Insurance Rate Hike Imposed By Anthem Blue Cross On Small Businesses
Santa Monica, CA – Anthem Blue Cross plans to go ahead with a 10.6% average annual health insurance rate hike on small business owners, despite the fact that an examination by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones found the rate increase to be unreasonable and unsupportable, the Insurance Commissioner announced today.
California Insurance Reform Law Saves Homeowners $12 Million On Earthquake Insurance
As Californian's look at their finances for 2013, several thousand homeowners will see savings on their earthquake insurance premiums. As a result of California's insurance reform law – Proposition 103 – Californian's who purchase earthquake insurance from Chubb or Chartis will be saving a collective $12 million in 2013 after these insurance companies wer
New survey: Americans don’t want insurance rates tied to prior insurance coverage
The Consumer Federation of America released a new report today assessing consumer views on the factors insurance companies use to set premiums around the country. Not surprisingly, Americans think that insurance rates should be based primarily on motorists' driving safety record (87% and 85% of respondents believe rates should reflect a driver's number of accidents
Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Insurance Industry Funder of Prop 33 Releases StopProp33.org Web Domain To Consumer Group Opposing Initiative
Santa Monica, CA – The insurance industry proponents of Prop 33 have released their hold on the www.StopProp33.org domain name, which now points to Consumer Watchdog Campaign’s site opposing Proposition 33.
Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Insurance Billionaire-Sponsored Proposition 33 Will Raise Premiums On Millions of Responsible Drivers
Santa Monica, CA – The newly numbered Proposition 33, funded by Mercury Insurance's billionaire Chairman George Joseph, is a replay of Mercury's unsuccessful 2010 initiative aimed at raising auto insurance premiums on millions of Californians.