Insurance

Massachusetts hikes premiums, co-pays for low-income consumers

March 20, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<br /> It's official - the poorest Massachusetts consumers will pick up the slack for cost increases under the state's mandatory health insurance program. The state approved a ... <p>   </p>

A campaign fine fit for the Guinness book

March 19, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

There’s a slew of stories today about the <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/796609.html">biggest campaign fine in FPPC history</a>: a $350K fine issued to State Senator Carole Migden (they’ll be meeting tomorrow afternoon to...

Auto Insurers’ Rate Cuts a Result of Prop. 103

March 19, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Two of the state's biggest auto insurance companies have reduced their charges to customers under provisions of Proposition 103, a voter initiative that turns 20 years old this year.<br/> <br/> On Friday, the Auto Club of Southern California...

Insurance Rates to Drop in April

March 19, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Nearly 2 million Allstate Auto Insurance customers will see their rates drop nearly 16 percent in April under a recent order by California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.<br/> <br/> The order is expected to result in average savings of...

Poizner Orders Allstate to Cut Auto Rates 15.9%

March 19, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> SACRAMENTO, CA -- California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said Allstate must slash its automobile insurance rates nearly 16%, an average savings per auto of about $124.<br/> <br/> "California's consumers deserve a...</p>

Allstate Must Cut Car Rates in State

March 19, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Allstate Corp., which covers about 1 of every 10 insured cars in California, has been ordered to cut its automobile rates by 15.9% -- an average savings of $124 per car, state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said Tuesday.<br/> <br/> The...

Quarter Billion Price Cut for Allstate Customers in California

March 19, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> Here's good financial news for folks at a time when it seems like the economic sky is falling: Allstate has to lower its auto insurance rates by about $250 million in California, in order to comply with the 1988 insurance reform... </p>

Insurers Urge Independent Panel for Appeals of Rescission

March 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> LOS ANGELES, CA -- Reeling from public outrage and lawsuits over the practice of canceling policyholders' medical coverage after they fall ill, health plans are pushing aggressively for legislation that would let dropped patients appeal...</p>

State Orders Allstate to Lower Auto Rates

March 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Allstate Insurance auto insurance policyholders could see their yearly premiums cut by an average of $133 a year per vehicle as a result of a ruling from the state Department of Insurance requiring the company to lower its rates next month. ...

Health Care Quake Looms for 2010 Ballot

March 14, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<div class="mainarticle"> When a Senate committee killed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ambitious health care proposal, it was the culmination of months of debate, hearings and political arm-twisting in a myriad of backroom meetings...</div>

AAA to Issue Refunds to Settle Suit Over New Policy Surcharges

March 14, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Refunds averaging $187 are in store for 120,000 policyholders of the Automobile Club of Southern California who were charged higher rates on new policies from 1999 to 2004 because they could not prove that they were previously insured.<br/> <br/>...

Lawyers for Farmers Insurance defend overcharges in the Court of Appeal

March 13, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> <img class=" size-full wp-image-556" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/farmerslogo_2.gif" style="width: 120px; height: 90px; " width="120" height="90" />I spent the morning down at the Court of Appeal in Los Angeles listening to lawyers for Farmers Insurance try to convince the justices that California voters did not mean what they said when they passed insurance reform Proposition 103.<br /> <br />