Mercury Insurance Company Losing Its War Against Consumers
Mercury Insurance – the company that California regulators say “has a deserved reputation for abusing its customers and intentionally violating the law with arrogance and indifference” – is infamous...
View ArticleState Orders Mercury To Cut Homeowners Insurance Rates 8.2%
Tuesday, March 5, 2013By Marc Lifsher, LOS ANGELES TIMESLOS ANGELES TIMESMercury, which had sought a 7.3% increase, responds by filing a lawsuit seeking to block Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones'...
View ArticleInsurance Giant Mercury Sues to Block $16 Million Decrease For Homeowners...
Extensive Hearing Found Mercury Tried To Pass Through Political Expenditures and Tennis Tournament Sponsorship Costs, Among Other Illegal PracticesContact Info Name:Carmen Balber, Harvey Rosenfield...
View ArticleMercury, Calif. Department, Consumer Group Spar over Insurer's Homeowners Rates
Wednesday, March 6, 2013By Arthur D. Postal, PROPERTYCASUALTY360.COMPROPERTYCASUALTY360.COMThe California insurance commissioner Tuesday said he would defend in court his decision to require Mercury...
View ArticleBlue Shield Imposes 19.9% Unreasonable Rate Hike in California
Sen. Feinstein, Rep. Schakowsky Introduce Legislation Giving HHS Power to Deny Unreasonable Health Insurance Rate Hikes When States Can’tContact Info Name:Carmen Balber Phone Number:(202)...
View ArticleJust Say 'No' To Rate Hikes
Sunday, March 24, 2013By Larry N. Gerston, SACRAMENTO BEESACRAMENTO BEE"There you go again." That famous phrase was uttered in a debate by presidential candidate Ronald Reagan in response to his...
View ArticleInsurers Keen On Retaining Power Over Premiums
Wednesday, March 27, 2013By Michael Hiltzik, LOS ANGELES TIMESLOS ANGELES TIMESWhile most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been...
View ArticleAuto Club of SoCal Agrees to Cut Car Insurance Rates By $70 Million, After...
Consumer Watchdog’s Rate Challenge Leads to 4.1% Average Decrease For Company’s California PolicyholdersContact Info Name:Doug Heller Phone Number:310-392-0708Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Related Focus...
View ArticleAuto Club To Cut Automobile Insurance Rates For 1 Million Customers
Thursday, May 23, 2013By Marc Lifsher, LOS ANGELES TIMESLOS ANGELES TIMESThe average policyholder will see a $65 reduction in his or her annual bill. It's the Auto Club of Southern California's fourth...
View ArticleOnly In California -- Auto Insurance Costs Less Than It Did 25 Years Ago,...
1988 Insurance Reform Ballot Measure Proposition 103 A “Pocketbook Victory for California Consumers”Contact Info Name:Harvey Rosenfield & Carmen Balber Phone Number:Harvey, (310) 392-0522 x323; or...
View ArticleWellPoint's 2Q Profits Jump 24% & Stock At All-Time High Due To Excessive...
Contact Info Name:Mark Reback Phone Number:310-392-0522 x326Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Related Focus Areas: Holding Health Insurers AccountableImplementing Federal Health ReformLowering Insurance...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal Rejects Insurance Industry Challenge to Prop 103 Insurance...
Upholds 2013 Order By Insurance Commissioner Requiring Mercury Casualty Co. To Lower Its Overall Homeowner's Rates By 5.4%Contact Info Name:Pam PressleyMonday, February 13, 2017 Related Focus Areas:...
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