Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara should reject GEICO’s proposed $268 million auto insurance rate hike and its job- and education-based discriminatory rating system, wrote Consumer Watchdog...

Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara should reject the Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club’s (“Auto Club”) proposed $202 million auto insurance rate hike and its job-...

By Marisa Endicott, SANTA ROSA PRESS DEMOCRAT July 24, 2022 https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/your-job-and-education-could-be-determining-your-car-insurance-rate/ I went online last week to get a car insurance quote from Mercury Insurance. I went through the process twice, once...

Sacramento, CA – Insurance companies’ illegal use of job and education level to price auto insurance discriminates against lower income drivers and communities of color and must end, Consumer Watchdog...

Sacramento, CA -- Draft regulations released by the Department of Insurance Thursday move California one step closer to stopping auto insurance discrimination that has allowed insurers to overcharge lower income...

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 insurer, which only insures military members,...

Sacramento, CA -- The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has launched a deceptive website, at http://www.protectourdiscounts.org, and advertising campaign to protect insurers’ ability to continue overcharging lower income...

In comments submitted on proposed regulations Consumer Watchdog said rule could ban discrimination based on drivers’ occupation and education level; called for key amendments to ensure discrimination based on...

By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE January 29, 2020 http://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=223140 Mercury Insurance Co. subsidiary California Auto Insurance Co. is seeking a 5% rate hike for drivers in the state, which has a consumer group...

Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog said in a letter today that Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara should reject a proposed 5% auto insurance rate increase by Mercury Insurance Company...