Laura Antonini

Are Insurance Companies Picking Your Pocket with Installment Fees?

Lately, California’s auto insurers have been slipping unjustified service fees onto bills – even when policyholders don’t use the service.

The Year’s Best Break-Up

We’ve seen this before. A massive telecom giant plans to take over a slightly less massive telecom giant with promises that all customers will benefit. And then suddenly the fees rise and service quality degrades. Several years back Consumer Watchdog sued AT&T for failing to live up to its promises when it merged with Cingular.

AT&T’s False Promises Fail to Convince Regulators of Merger Benefits

Consumers can claim another victory in the AT&T/T-Mobile merger battle. Regulators listened to our warnings about the wireless giant’s false promises to consumers and are now blocking the deal.

AT&T Execs and Shareholders Should Pay $3 Billion “Merger Termination Fee”

Did AT&T really think we’d fall for its broken record promises that the AT&T/T-Mobile merger would help consumers?

Long Term Insurance Scams: Hung Out to Dry, Unable to Fight Back

Everyone knows that insurance companies don’t like to pay claims when we get sick or injured, and long-term care insurance companies are no different. However, abuses including unjust denials of care are more disturbing when they harm the elderly and disabled.

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