Mark Reback

Google’s Tarnished Chrome

The search and advertising company once seemed to do no wrong. Now members of Congress aren’t so sure.

Anthem To Boost Deductibles On Some Individual Plans — Doing A Number On Health Policyholders

You soon may not be able to judge your cost for healthcare by the name on the PPO insurance plan. For example,…

Pressure On To Merge State Agencies — Two Offices Oversee Health Insurance

Debate is heating up over whether California should continue to be the only state with two agencies regulating health insurance. The Department…

Cindy Ehnes: One Of A Kind

Head of nation's only HMO watchdog looks for a change of scenery after seven years of spearheading regulatory action Seven years at…

Why California Drivers Pay More For Gasoline

California appears poised to win a dubious distinction - becoming the first state this year to pay an average of $4 for…

Draft Bill Would Exclude Agent Pay from Health Reform Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Draft legislation being shopped around Congress and considered by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners would remove producer compensation…

‘Archaic’ Agent Commissions Should Die In Health Reform, Group Says

A consumer group is warning that “health insurance salespeople” are attempting to “rewrite the health reform law to guarantee broker income at…

CEO: Progressive Will Extend Pay-as-You-Drive Nationally

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO --  Progressive Corp. will expand its pay-as-you drive program nationally and launch a new advertising campaign to promote the…

Concern Over Newsom’s Shared Office At Founders Den

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to lease office space from a San Francisco company whose managing partner contributed $12,000 to his statewide…

NAIC Circulates Broker Legislation – Consumer Advocates Don’t Like It

California Insurer: Audit Backs 59% Rate Hike

Blue Shield of California said an independent review of its proposed premium hikes -- totaling as high as 59% -- found that…

ConsumerWatch: Blue Shield Customer Gets $5K Bill Reversed

Click here to watch video of this broadcast. PALO ALTO, CA (CBS) – A Palo Alto couple has just won their battle…

Do Not Track Our Online Data

Imagine this. You are at the kitchen table playing Scrabble with your family. Your whiz kid daughter takes all seven of her…

Study Commissioned By Blue Shield Supports Hikes In Health Premiums

STUDY ORDERED BY BLUE SHIELD IS MET WITH CRITICISM A Blue Shield-commissioned study justifying sizable increases in individual insurance rates was released…

Man Says Doctor’s Orders Trumps Insurers’

Stonebridge challenging the medical necessity of paraplegic plaintiff's 90-day hospital stay. LOS ANGELES - Thomas Nickerson, a Marine veteran and construction worker,…

Google Street View Goes Off Road With Tricycle To Capture More Images

Click here to view video. Google Street View has peddled its images around the globe, in every major metropolitan area of the…

Contested Insurance Settlement Gets Judge’s Preliminary Approval

Judge rejects consumer group’s argument that settlement would shortchange class members.         LOS ANGELES – A judge has given his initial thumbs-up…

Blue Shield Says Review Supports CA Rate Hikes

Blue Shield of California officials said Tuesday its most recent rate hikes for health insurance policies were not excessive, but a state…