Consumer Watchdog Saves Stillwater Homeowners’ Policyholders $13 Million in Rate Hike Challenge
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog executed a settlement this week with Stillwater Insurance Company and the California Department of Insurance, resolving the company’s application...
Consumer Advocates Urge Court to End Marital-Status Discrimination in Auto Insurance; Data Proves Overcharges
Los Angeles, CA — Basing auto insurance premiums on whether a motorist is unmarried, divorced or widowed is a violation of the state’s civil rights...
Consumer Advocates Sue Insurance Commissioner Lara For Punishing Public Participation In Prop 103 Rulemakings
Lawsuit Alleges Improper Denial of Compensation, Hostility Toward Consumer Advocacy Groups, and Biased Process
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog and the Consumer Federation of...
Consumer Watchdog Responds to Commissioner Lara Fake News: Case That Lara Rules Violate the...
Los Angeles, CA - Today, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge adopted a ruling allowing Consumer Watchdog’s lawsuit to move forward against Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara,...
Court Greenlights Consumer Lawsuit Challenging Insurance Commissioner’s Unlawful Pass-Through Surcharges Under FAIR Plan
Los Angeles, CA — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge today finalized a ruling that allows Consumer Watchdog’s lawsuit to proceed against Insurance Commissioner Lara...
State Farm Cites Newly Announced CDI Market Conduct Exam to Oppose Consumer Participation in...
Los Angeles, CA — At a hearing today before the California Department of Insurance, State Farm opposed Pacific Palisades homeowner Merritt David Farren’s petition...
Consumer Watchdog Sues to Stop Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Unjustified Surcharges from...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog sued the California Department of Insurance and Commissioner Ricardo Lara to protect California homeowners from hundreds of millions in...
Consumer Watchdog Urges Denial of State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike at Conclusion of Department...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog delivers its closing argument today in a high-stakes hearing before the California Department of Insurance, urging the Insurance Commissioner...
Consumer Watchdog: “State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike is Not Justified”
Consumer group urges regulators to reject rate hike as unsupported and unfair
Los Angeles, CA – In the first day of hearings, Consumer Watchdog made its...
Insurers Can’t Avoid Offering Premium Discounts to Good Drivers by Creating Bogus Club Memberships
An auto insurance company must offer its lowest rate to all good drivers, and can’t hide behind so-called club memberships in order to overcharge...














