Insurance

Gasoline Prices Passing $4, Setting New Records Daily

April 25, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>Prices over $3 everywhere -- The question is, will we see $5? -- Gasoline now rivals Iraq as Americans' biggest worry</strong> <br/> <br/> Gasoline price records are being broken throughout California for the third consecutive week,...

California Judge Won’t Let Allstate Delay Cutting Auto Insurance Rates

April 25, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

On the same day a new study dubbed California the nation's leader in holding the line on auto insurance rates, a judge in San Francisco denied Allstate's bid to delay cutting its rates an average of 15.9 percent as the insurer appeals state...

Judge Orders Allstate to Lower Auto Rates

April 24, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Allstate Insurance to comply with a regulatory order to lower annual auto insurance rates by an average of $133 per vehicle.<br/> <br/> The ruling means that Allstate must comply with the...

A new era of campaign finance ethics?

April 22, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> <strong><span><span>Watchdog groups optimistic new state legislative leaders will put policy above money chase</span></span></strong> </p> <p> SACRAMENTO — As the Democrats' two incoming legislative leaders prepare to move into... </p>

Hope for Patients Who Lost Policies

April 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>State to Review Canceled Health Insurance Policies -- The action, which affects thousands of Californians, is the boldest yet in dealing with companies' practice of rescinding coverage of sick policyholders.</strong><br/> <br/> Thousands...

California Orders 26 Health Policies Reinstated, Opens Door to Thousands More

April 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

SACRAMENTO, CA -- The state Department of Managed Health Care ordered the policies of 26 consumers immediately reinstated and opened the door to potentially reversing policy cancellations for thousands of more Californians deemed to have been...

26 to Get Back Health Coverage Taken Away

April 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>State regulators to review thousands of similar cases</strong><br/> <br/> State regulators ordered on Thursday the immediate reinstatement of 26 health insurance policies for consumers who were wrongly stripped of them, marking the...

Patients Get a Victory as State Restores Insurance for Some, Orders Reviews for Thousands

April 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>Insurance reinstated for some -- thousands more get reviews</strong> <p> State regulators Thursday set the stage for the reinstatement of thousands of Californians who may have been wrongfully dropped from health care plans over...</p>

Anthem Blue Cross Sued Over Rescissions

April 17, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo says the health insurer made false promises of coverage and hid a scheme to drop sick policyholders. The company denies the allegations.</strong>

State to Restore Health Coverage to Some Patients Who Were Illegally Canceled

April 16, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

The Schwarzenegger administration will announce tomorrow that it is reinstating health insurance for some patients whose coverage was illegally canceled by health insurance companies.<br/> <br/> Details of the decision will be announced at a...

Allstate Gathers Data for Hearing Next Week to Challenge California Rate-Reduction Order

April 16, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Allstate has been given until an April 24 hearing to prepare arguments in its appeal of a state order to cut its auto insurance rates an average of 15.9 percent.<br/> <br/> The insurer's attorneys will argue for a stay in San Francisco...

Violence In the Union Hall, Will Stern Speak Out?

April 15, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>  Hundreds of Service Employee International Union (SEIU) staff and members stormed a progressive union gathering in Dearborn, Michigan this Saturday -- dispensing injuries, bruises and split heads to conference-goers at a Labor...</p>