Insurance

Prop 33 Legalizes Discriminatory Insurance Pricing

October 20, 2012  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Jamie Court takes on the Prop 33 PR machine to debate how it will raise rates for good drivers and roll back a 24-year-old civil rights protection that prevents insurance companies from discriminating against new drivers and Californians who choose to stop driving for a time .</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/resources/jamie_patthurstonshow102012_prop33.mp3">Listen to the show here.</a></p>

EDITORIAL: Sacramento News & Review Endorsements for Nov 6 2012

October 18, 2012  ·  Mark Reback

<p><a href="http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/vote-with-us/content?oid=8118815">Click here to read the original editorial from the Sacramento News & Review</a>.</p> <p><strong>Proposition 33: No</strong></p>

EDITORIAL: Don’t Let Prop 33 Fool You

October 18, 2012  ·  Mark Reback

<p><a href="http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121018/A_OPINION01/210180312/-1/A_OPINION">Click here to read the original editorial from the Stockton Record</a>.</p> <p><em><strong>Measure would most likely raise rates on auto insurance for everyone</strong></em></p> <p>A red flag should go up when one person, group or company is the sole sponsor and sole underwriter of a ballot measure.</p> <p>That's what we've got with Proposition 33, a measure on the Nov. 6 ballot that we urge voters to reject.</p>

EDITORIAL: Throw Away This Lemon

October 18, 2012  ·  Mark Reback

<p><a href="http://www.newsreview.com/chico/throw-away-this-lemon/content?oid=8118261">Click here to read the origial editorial from the Chico News-Review</a>.</p> <p><strong>Proposition 33 is just a retread of an earlier loser, 2010’s Proposition 17</strong></p>

California’s Billionaire Ballot: The Good, Bad, And Ugly

October 17, 2012  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2466" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/jamiepic-new1.jpg" style="width: 133px; height: 200px; float: right;" width="133" height="200" />Populist governor Hiram Johnson gave Californians the ballot initiative one hundred and one years ago to combat the stranglehold of wealthy scions over the statehouse.

Ad Watch: Prop. 33 Ad Misleads On Discounts, Spokesperson

October 16, 2012  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>Backers of Proposition 33 have run a series of TV ads depicting motorists who support the initiative, which would alter the way auto insurance premiums are regulated in California. Here is a text of one of the ads, and an analysis by Bee staff writer Dale Kasler.</p>

Consumer Watchdog Campaign Releases Top Five Reasons the Insurance Company Behind Prop 33 Can’t Be Trusted

October 16, 2012  ·  Carmen Balber

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2160" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/images_canttrustmercury-pagemasthead.gif" style="width: 300px; height: 99px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="555" height="183" />Santa Monica, CA -- The insurance billionaire behind Prop 33 is asking California voters to believe that he wants to overturn laws that have protected consumers for 24 years to save consumers money.

California’s Portable Persistency Discounts Heat Up Ahead of November Elections

October 16, 2012  ·  Mark Reback

<p>LOS ANGELES, CA -- A consumer advocacy group in California has fired another salvo of public complaints against Mercury Insurance Group, accusing the personal lines insurer of raising automobile insurance rates ahead of an election that will decide the fate of a ballot measure the consumer group said will directly benefit Mercury.<br /> <br />

Funded by Billionaire Auto Insurance Exec, Prop 33 Misleads Voters Over Rate Regulations

October 15, 2012  ·  Mark Reback

<p><a href="http://uprisingradio.org/home/2012/10/16/funded-by-billionaire-auto-insurance-exec-prop-33-misleads-voters-over-rate-regulations/">Click here to listen to the audio of this radio program broadcast</a>.</p>

Live from DMA2012: DMA Launches Institute To Challenge Regulation Of Consumer Data

October 15, 2012  ·  Mark Reback

<p><a href="http://www.dmnews.com/live-from-dma2012-clone-modeling-full-loop-listening-and-program-predicting/article/263761/">The Direct Marketing Association (DMA)</a> announced the launch of the <a href="http://www.the-dma.org/ddmi/">Data-Driven Marketing Institute (DDMI)</a> – an initiative put forth to provide research, consumer education, and advocacy to stand up to data-regulating legislation.</p>

Prop. 33 Revives Fight Over Auto Insurance

October 13, 2012  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>For a dozen years, the 91-year-old founder of a leading Los Angeles insurance company and an early disciple of consumer advocate Ralph Nader have been fighting over the right to offer many motorists a new discount.<br /> <br /> Now these two adversaries are at it again. This time the fight is over Proposition 33 on California's Nov. 6 ballot, and it's all about price breaks that auto insurers offer to longtime customers.<br /> <br />

Prop 33: Auto Insurance Rules

October 11, 2012  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p><em><strong>We continue our look at next month’s California election ballot with Proposition 33. It would change state laws on auto insurance premiums.</strong></em><br /> <br /> If you've been with the same car insurance company for five-straight years or more, you're probably getting some type of "continuous coverage" discount. But let's say you wanted to switch to a different company. Right now in California, you can't take that discount with you.<br /> <br />