Mark Reback

Money Isn’t Everything

The following editorial was published on Sunday, November 7, 2010 in the Los Angeles Times: As Whitman's loss proved, campaign spending can…

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner to Resign After Dust-Ups with Advocacy, Auto Body Groups

HARTFORD, CT -- Just days after a consumer advocacy group called for Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan to step down for…

Insurance ‘Death Spirals’ Remain Full Of Life

State seems at a loss to keep companies from closing plans, which drives up premiums Nicholas Peppler, Fort Wayne, was healthy and…

State Insurance Commissioner Race Unusually Heated

The governor's race is getting more attention, but the campaign for state insurance commissioner might have higher stakes, as federal health care…

Controversy In Insurance Commissioner Race

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The races for governor and senator have been getting most of the attention this election cycle. But there's…

Critics Call For Congressional Hearings On Google’s Wi-Fi Data Harvesting

Critics are calling for Congressional hearings into why the Federal Trade Commission yesterday dropped its inquiry into the search giant's global Wi-Fi…

A Reassured F.T.C. Ends Google Street View Inquiry

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that it had ended its investigation of Google’s collection of Internet users’…

Insurers Contribute To PAC Favoring GOP Candidate

Seven of the state’s leading insurance companies have contributed more than $3.6 million over the past month to a political action committee…

Insurers Quietly Advertise For Villines

The following op-ed commentary by Jamie Court was published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday, October 27, 2010:  

Some Cry Foul Over Farmers Settlement

Days after a $545 million settlement was announced that would resolve a long-standing nationwide class action against Farmers Group Inc. for alleged…

Farmers Group Agrees to Pay $455 Million to Settle Policyholder Suit

Class action had accused the L.A.-based insurance management firm of charging excessive fees to customers. Farmers says plaintiffs' claims are without basis…

Advertising Week Hints At Better Times

On Tuesday, Google revealed its seven predictions about online display advertising in 2015 at the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Mixx conference. The next…

Consumer Watchdog Group Goes After Google

White House staff finally sees malpractice victims

I just got off the phone with Consumer Watchdog Boardmember Kathy Olsen, who is in Washington, D.C. today along with her family,…

Arnold should give Prop 11 money back to Ponzi schemer

Oh, this is rich... The Sacramento Bee reports that Arnold collected $250K last year to finance his political reform ballot measure, Prop…

FPPC should axe Arnold’s illegal budget ads

We sent a letter of complaint Wednesday to the FPPC alerting them that the gov has improperly used funds from his California…

Health insurer rescinds policy because of chronic gravititis

Is evil a pre-existing condition?

Arnold’s unpaid furloughs cost California $10 million

The San Jose Mercury News reported this week that when Gov. Schwarzenegger recently began sending state workers home on unpaid leave one…