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10/26/2012
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog Founder Harvey Rosenfield Announces A Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against The Auto Club For Illegal Business Practices In California.
Video
10/26/2012
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog's Founder, Harvey Rosenfield, Announces Class-Action Suit Against AAA for engaging in illegal business practices in California.
Video
10/26/2012
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog founder, Harvey Rosenfield, discusses the reason for the class action lawsuit against AAA, namely instituting a practice of "redlining" against potential customers who did not have prior insurance coverage - even those with legitimate reasons not to, like not owning a car.
News Release
10/25/2012
Posted by Harvey Rosenfield
Santa Monica, CA - A former Automobile Club of Southern California insurance agent filed a class action lawsuit yesterday against the Auto Club over an illegal commission scheme designed to penalize employees who sell policies to people who previously did not have insurance. Auto Club agents can lose hundreds of dollars if they sell an insurance...
News Story
10/25/2012
Posted by Mark Reback
Ex-employee says firm penalizes workers for signing up previously uninsured drivers. A former insurance agent at the Auto Club of Southern California has sued the company, accusing it of violating state law by penalizing agents for selling policies to previously uninsured consumers, four years after the company settled similar allegations....
News Story
10/25/2012
Posted by Mark Reback
Click here to view the TV news segment. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- AAA is being sued after an ex-agent claimed the Auto Club discriminates against potential customers using a commission scheme. Jill Rogers of San Clemente is a former insurance agent with the Auto Club of Southern California. At a news conference Thursday, Rogers alleged while an Auto...
News Story
8/10/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
That wise-cracking Geico gecko has just been served a heaping slice of humble pie, courtesy of the state of California. Recently, Geico asked the California Department of Insurance (CDI) for permission to raise rates on drivers by 4 percent. But the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog got a whiff of the proposal and barked. Using a state law known...
News Release
6/1/2011
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Cross-posted from California Department of Insurance: Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced a substantial decrease in homeowner insurance rates by USAA. The recent approval of the company's rate filing reduces rates for most of its California policyholders by an average of 14.9 percent. "Today, I am pleased to...
News Story
1/14/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
Allstate Corp. will no longer issue new "Your Choice Auto" policies in California. Consumer education and advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog said that comes in response to a challenge by the group, which said it considers the policies to be "deceptive and overpriced." Allstate spokesman Bill Mellander, however, said...
News Story
1/13/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
In a victory for insurance companies, the state Supreme Court left intact Wednesday a ruling barring consumers in California from suing automobile insurers over their rates. Consumer and civil rights groups, joined by the city of San Francisco, state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and his predecessor, Steve Poizner, had urged the court...