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The Department of Insurance Obstructs Access to Public Records Regarding “Connected Cars” in Wake of Industry Lobbying

May 17, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA – The Department of Insurance has engaged in a “pattern and practice of obstructing access to public records,” according to Consumer Watchdog.    ...

California Climate Insurance Disclosure Bill Stalls

April 18, 2022  ·  Carmen Balber

PUBLIC CITIZEN AND CONSUMER WATCHDOG RELEASED THE FOLLOWING TODAY – The California Assembly Insurance Committee has declined to hold a hearing on a bill that...

Consumer Groups Back Wildfire Mitigation Insurance Discounts, Call for Protection From Non-Renewals

April 13, 2022  ·  Pam Pressley

Insurance Commissioner Lara Must Close Loophole in Regulation Allowing Insurers to Ignore WIldfire Mitigation for Denial or Non-Renewal Decisions Los Angeles, CA – A regulation proposed...

Case Update: Allstate Price Optimization

March 23, 2022  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

Case Update: Allstate Price Optimization Allstate Faces a California Hearing in May on an Estimated $1 Billion in Auto Insurance Overcharges Evidence Shows Allstate Penalized...

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Insurance Commissioner Lara To Issue Refund Rules In Response to CA Supreme Court

February 16, 2022  ·  Pam Pressley

Los Angeles, CA — The California Supreme Court has refused to review a lower court ruling that stripped the Insurance Commissioner of critical powers granted...

Department of Insurance Changes Course on Email Deletion Policy that Threatened Records of Pay-to-Play Scandal Days After Consumer Watchdog Threatened to Go to Court

January 31, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

The Department of Insurance pulled back a policy to delete agency email databases days after Consumer Watchdog warned it would go to court to stop...

New Evidence Reveals That Commissioner Lara and Top Staff Hid Communications About Meetings With Workers’ Compensation Insurer At Heart of Pay-to-Play Scandal

January 18, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA – Despite attempting to conceal it, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and top lieutenant Bryant Henley communicated with two former lawmakers representing a workers’...

Groups Commend CVS’s Withdrawal of U.S. Supreme Court Challenge To HIV Rights

November 11, 2021  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Los Angeles, CA — CVS Health Corporation’s dismissal today of an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court of a health care civil rights lawsuit involving...

“But I Didn’t Mean To Do It” HIV Discrimination Case Goes to U.S. Supreme Court…

October 25, 2021  ·  Consumer Watchdog

In a case to be heard by the United States Supreme Court this December, CVS Health corporation is attempting to severely limit the reach of...

KGTV ABC TV-10 San Diego, CA: USAA Sued For Charging Enlisted Members More For Auto Insurance Than Officers

February 9, 2021  ·  Mark Reback

USAA Accused Of Discrimination Against Enlisted Personnel

February 5, 2021  ·  Consumer Watchdog

By Daniel Wilson, LAW360 February 5, 2021 A pair of veterans have hit USAA with a putative class action in California federal court alleging the...

Ninth Circuit Reinstates HIV Discrimination Claims Against CVS Prescription Drug Mail-Order Program

December 9, 2020  ·  Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA — Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision holding that five “John Doe” HIV patients could pursue a...