Latest Insurance Releases

Consumer Watchdog Petitions Commissioner to Stop Travelers from Overcharging Small Business Owners

Carmen Balber - June 21, 2017

Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog has filed a petition challenging the insurance rates that two companies in the Travelers Group want to charge...

Consumers Win $246 Million in Savings From Prop 103 Rate Challenges in 2016

Carmen Balber - January 19, 2017

Santa Monica, CA – California consumers and small business owners saved $246 million dollars on their insurance in 2016 thanks to public rate challenges brought by Consumer Watchdog under insurance reform initiative Proposition 103.

Consumer Watchdog Opposes Delay in $256 Million in Refunds and Rate Savings for State Farm Customers

Harvey Rosenfield - December 15, 2016

Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog will be in court tomorrow to oppose a request by State Farm, California’s largest insurance company, to postpone refunds of more than $100 million in overcharges on home, condo and renters insurance, and delay a 7% rate cut that would save customers $156 million per year (including the savings from denying the 6.9% rate increase sought by State Farm).

Consumer Watchdog Challenges $210 Million Excessive State Farm Rate Hike on 1.7 Million California Renters and Homeowners

Carmen Balber - October 20, 2015

Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog has challenged a rate increase proposed by State Farm, the state’s largest homeowners insurance company, that would overcharge...

Top 10 Reasons You Can’t Trust Mercury Insurance

Consumer Watchdog - August 4, 2010

For years, Mercury Insurance illegally overcharged hundreds of thousands of California drivers hundreds of dollars per year, until they were forced to stop in the wake of a Court of Appeal decision in 2005.