As Consumer Watchdog's founder, Harvey Rosenfield is one of the nation's foremost consumer advocates. Trained as a public interest lawyer, Rosenfield authored Proposition 103 and organized the campaign that led to its passage by California voters in 1988 despite over $80 million spent in opposition (still a record).
He has co-authored groundbreaking initiatives on HMO reform and utility rate deregulation (Proposition 9, 1998). Rosenfield is the author of the book, Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice.
Rosenfield, who established Consumer Watchdog in 1985, has worked for the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Congress, in private practice, as a staff attorney for Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Congress Watch and as the Program Director for the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG).
Rosenfield graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College and obtained a joint Law and Masters degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
Los Angeles, CA – Transamerica Life Insurance Company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of policyholders across…
Apr 7, 2020
Op-Ed Commentary by Harvey Rosenfield, CALMATTERS August 28, 2019 Ricardo Lara’s troubles aside, reverting to an appointed insurance commissioner would hurt consumers…
Aug 28, 2019
Where the troubling trail of accusations dogging Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will lead is hard to tell. State records show that insurance…
Aug 28, 2019
Los Angeles, CA — Mercury Insurance Company will pay at least $27.6 million in civil penalties for overcharging hundreds of thousands of California…
Aug 15, 2019
Los Angeles, CA — Farmers Insurance systematically overcharged its most loyal, longtime California customers from 2008 to 2018, according to evidence uncovered as…
May 16, 2019
A California court has rejected a request by State Farm, the nation’s largest insurance company, to conceal the financial arrangements between its…
Feb 7, 2019
Los Angeles, CA– Today the Consumer Federation of America reports that Proposition 103, the insurance reform law passed by California voters on…
Oct 17, 2018
Los Angeles, CA – Transamerica Life Insurance Company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of policyholders across…
Oct 4, 2018
SANTA MONICA, CA – The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a challenge brought by Mercury Insurance, State Farm and other insurance companies…
Feb 20, 2018
Santa Monica, CA — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a settlement negotiated by Hyundai and Kia with dozens of…
Jan 25, 2018
After receiving complaints from Hyundai owners across the country, in November, 2011 Consumer Watchdog challenged the US Environmental Protection Agency to audit…
Jan 25, 2018
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog’s challenges filed under Proposition 103 to proposed auto, home and business insurance rate increases saved consumers…
Jan 11, 2018
Santa Monica, CA — Acting in response to an investigative report by journalists at ProPublica, the California Department of Insurance has ordered…
Sep 20, 2017
Self-driving vehicles have become a cultural and political phenomenon. To peruse the breathless headlines is, like a ride in Marty McFly’s DeLorean,…
Jun 13, 2017
Santa Monica, CA – The California Supreme Court has rebuffed an assault by Mercury Casualty Co., State Farm, Allstate, Farmers and other…
May 11, 2017
Santa Monica, CA – An analysis released today by non-profit journalists at ProPublica finds that four auto insurance companies in California mark…
Apr 21, 2017
SANTA MONICA, CA: “Self-driving” vehicles will pose unprecedented safety, security, and privacy risks, and insurance companies and auto makers will try to…
Mar 8, 2017
Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog will be in court tomorrow to oppose a request by State Farm, California’s largest insurance company,…
Dec 15, 2016