Mark Reback
Articles by Mark Reback
Will Farmers Insurance Settlement Turn Into A Good Deal For Customers?
The class-action settlement will result in rebates for Farmers Insurance Group policyholders who were allegedly overcharged. But the insurer's own business units…
Mar 30, 2011Google, FTC Reach Google Buzz Privacy Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with Google on Wednesday over Google Buzz, the social networking tool rolled…
Mar 30, 2011Gauntlet Thrown Down In Google Settlement
Memo from Washington to Web companies: Take note of the Google Buzz settlement. Sure, the consent decree proposed Wednesday by the Federal…
Mar 30, 2011Google Settles Buzz Case With US Government
Google has settled legal matters with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over privacy issues surrounding its Buzz social networking service. The…
Mar 30, 2011Privacy Groups Cheer FTC’s Action Over Google Buzz
Privacy advocates cheered on Wednesday in response to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's crackdown on Google over privacy violations it called deceptive…
Mar 30, 2011Google Introduces New Social Tool and Settles Privacy Charge
Google is trying social networking again, even as it pays a price for earlier privacy blunders. Google introduced its latest social tool…
Mar 30, 2011Drive Less, Save More
Nancy Bell figures she will be driving less now that she's retired. So, the Oakland resident opted for a new kind of…
Mar 30, 2011Insurance Brokers Battle For Commissions Under Health Reform Law
WASHINGTON, DC -- In another flashpoint over implementation of federal health reform, insurance brokers are trying to undo a regulation that, they…
Mar 29, 2011Caltrain Board Unanimously Approves Everything, Despite Historic Crisis
The group of local politicians in charge of Caltrain unanimously approves every item that comes before it, seldom debating or asking questions…
Mar 29, 2011Connecticut Is Among States Praised By A Consumer Group For Opposing Bill That “Would Raise Health Insurance Premiums”
A national consumer group says a bill before Congress would increase the price of health insurance by allowing insurers to exclude broker commissions when calculating…
Mar 28, 2011Insurance Task Force Punts Brokers’ Fee Exemption
Lawmakers pushing to exempt insurance brokers’ fees from a new regulation in the health care law suffered a setback this weekend when…
Mar 28, 2011NAIC Panel Seeks More Info Before Backing Agent MLR Exemption
State insurance regulators delayed for at least four weeks action on a resolution that would support the demand by insurance agents for…
Mar 28, 2011NH Groups Urge HHS To Block State’s Waiver Request
New Hampshire’s hospital industry and consumer groups are urging the Obama administration to reject the state’s request for temporary relief from a…
Mar 28, 2011Controversial Mini-Med Plans To Live On Through Waivers
Consumer advocates condemn them as the worst form of health insurance: “mini-med” plans that limit payouts to as low as $2,000 a…
Mar 27, 2011NAIC To Collect More Data On Effect Of Medical Loss Ratios On Agent/Broker Commissions
Austin, Texas -- It took more than three hours, for the National Association of Insurance Commissioner's Professional Health Insurance Advisers Task Force…
Mar 27, 2011S.F. MAYOR’S RACE: Funding Tactics Raise Concern
Is lavish spending at state level padding the profiles of major players? Democratic state Sen. Leland Yee wasn't officially running to be…
Mar 27, 2011