Action Coincides With Insurer Effort In Legislature to Legalize Coverage Cancellations Santa Monica, CA -- The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) announced today that it would begin to send notices to cancelled...
Driving Data Could Be Used By Insurers to Discriminate By ZIP-Code Santa Monica, CA – Legislation that would allow insurance companies to track when, where and how Californians drive passed the...
Sacramento, CA -- Nurses, consumers, and seniors called on the legislature and the governor today to include a key provision to protect innocent patients in any health insurance cancellation legislation forthcoming in the closing days...
Santa Monica, CA -- Devices to track a driver’s every move, as allowed by a bill under consideration by the California legislature, aren’t necessary to encourage people to drive less, said Consumer Watchdog in a…
Chevron Data Shows Industry Lag in Producing New Oil from U.S. Source -- Lower Production Shows Failure of Investment, Not Lack of Oil, Says Watchdog Santa Monica, CA -- Chevron Corp. reaped another record...
Exxon’s ‘Biggest Profit in the World’ Is Actually Bigger -- $8 Billion in Unproductive Share Buybacks Should be Counted, Says Group Shell, No. 2 Oil Co., Also Hits New...
New Quarterly Records Show Oil Companies 'Spiting the Future For the Sake of Cash in Hand' Santa Monica, CA -- BP, the third-largest of the major private oil companies, saw its profits leap by…
Proposed Regulations Would Curtail Abusive Behavior By Patent Applicants WASHINGTON, DC -- A coalition of consumer advocacy and public interest groups today filed legal papers supporting new U.S. Patent...
2nd Quarter Report Shows Industry Still Buying Its Own Stock, Not Investing Record Profits in New Oil or Renewables, Says Consumer Watchdog; Congress Must Act Santa Monica, CA -- ConocoPhillips is...
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Two consumer groups today filed an appeal in their challenge of a controversial patent on human embryonic stem cells held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). Consumer Watchdog, formerly The...
Santa Monica, CA -- Governor Schwarzenegger and regulators announced a company-friendly settlement with Blue Shield today on the heels of a new lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles City Attorney that could cost the company…
20 Years After Vote, Insurers Must Show They are Complying With Prop 103 Rules Santa Monica, CA -- Today is the deadline for every auto insurer in the state to submit new plans to…
