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...
State Farm Rate Hike Request Goes To Public Hearing
As urged by Consumer Watchdog, California's Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has called a hearing on State Farm’s unprecedented request for a $900 million "emergency"...
Watchdog to Lara: State Farm Exec’s Startling Admission About Orchestrating Rate Hike Request Through...
Los Angeles, CA - Consumer Watchdog wrote a letter to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara with new information showing why State Farm should not...
Rate Hike Challenge Saves $25 Million for General Ins. Co. Homeowner Policyholders
Los Angeles, CA - Consumer Watchdog reached a settlement this week with General Insurance Company of America and the California Department of Insurance, resolving the...
Consumer Watchdog Opposes State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike Following Meeting with Insurance Commissioner Lara
Los Angeles, CA – Following today’s meeting with California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, State Farm General Insurance (SFG), and the California Department of Insurance...
Consumer Watchdog Calls on Insurance Commissioner to Reject State Farm’s Unjustified Emergency Rate Hike...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog has submitted two letters to Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara objecting to State Farm’s request for an emergency interim rate...
Consumer Watchdog Saves California Policyholders $47 Million in United Financial Auto Insurance Rate Hikes
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog reached a settlement with United Financial Casualty Company and the California Department of Insurance last week, resolving the company’s application...
Consumer Watchdog Saves Policyholders Over $325 Million from State Farm Auto Rate Hike; Dispute...
As a result of Consumer Watchdog’s intervention, State Farm agreed to a lower rate increase of 17.7% compared to its initial 23.4% request
State Farm, Allstate and Insurance Lobbyists Ask Lara to Override Judge’s Decision
Chief Judge Says CA Insurance Regulators Flouted Consumer Protections
Los Angeles, CA - The Chief Administrative Law Judge of the California Department of Insurance has...
Consumer Watchdog Saves Policyholders More Than $53 million with 21st Century, USAA, and Liberty...
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog recently reached settlement in three challenges to double-digit rate hikes requested by 21st Century Insurance Company for its auto...
