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Feature
11/17/2009
Litigation Team
California Department of Insurance Notice of Noncompliance v. Mercury Insurance Company
No. NC-03027545
Consumer Watchdog Joins Insurance Commissioner's Complaint Against Overcharges by Mercury Insurance Company
UPDATE: Mercury Tries to Keep Agency Report from Public
California Department of Insurance, Consumer Watchdog Prosecuting Mercury...
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Feature
11/17/2009
Posted by Litigation Team
Donabedian v. Mercury Insurance Company
Los Angeles Superior Court No. BC249019
Court of Appeal: Donabedian v. Mercury Insurance Company (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th 968
Consumer Watchdog Protects Public and Voters in Decade-Long Battle Against Overcharges by Mercury Insurance Company
UPDATE: Victims of Mercury's overcharges must redeem coupons...
News Release
11/10/2009
CONTACT CONTACT: Doug Heller, (310) 392-0522, ext. 309
Office Taped A Call About Handling of Mercury Insurance Initiative; AG Angry, Demeaning When Questioned By Reporters
Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog has posted the transcripts of secretly taped conversations between journalists and Attorney General Jerry Brown or members of his staff. One transcript involves the attempt by the Attorney...
Blog Post
11/5/2009
Posted by Harvey Rosenfield
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“Tapegate” – that’s how the news media is describing the
scandal that arose last week after Attorney General Jerry Brown decided to
change the Title and Summary of Mercury Insurance Company’s ballot initiative
so it no longer discloses that the initiative will...
Blog Post
11/3/2009
Posted by Doug Heller
The San Francisco Chronicle urged Cal. Attorney General Jerry Brown to "clear the air" today in an editorial about his now-resigned spokesman's secret tape recording of conversations with reporters. The issue came to light when Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci realized the AG's office had secretly taped her interview with some of...
Blog Post
10/30/2009
Posted by Harvey Rosenfield
I can't believe this! Two days ago, I told you about how Attorney General Jerry Brown rewrote the official summary of a ballot measure sponsored by Mercury Insurance Company to omit the fact that it will raise auto insurance premiums. This morning The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Brown's spokesman secretly taped a conversation with...
Blog Post
10/28/2009
Posted by Harvey Rosenfield
Our Attorney General is charged with telling the truth when he prepares the official title and summary for proposed ballot initiatives. Jerry Brown did that two months ago when, in accordance with previous legal rulings, he described a measure backed by Mercury Insurance as allowing insurers to raise or lower premiums based on whether a driver had...
News Release
10/27/2009
CONTACT CONTACT: Doug Heller, 310-392-0522, ext. 309
Santa Monica, CA — Mercury Insurance has begun its campaign to allow insurers to hike auto insurance rates for Californians who have had a lapse in their auto insurance for any reason. The initiative is a repackaging of Mercury-sponsored legislation invalidated by a California Court of Appeal in 2005, after the court determined the...
News Release
10/27/2009
CONTACT CONTACT: Carmen Balber, cell: 310-403-0284 or 202-629-3043
Washington, D.C. --- Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Geithner, House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank, and Financial Services Subcommittee Chair Paul Kanjorski today, arguing that legislation intended to undermine state insurance protections (H.R. 2609) is inconsistent with the re-regulatory promise of the...
News Release
10/13/2009
CONTACT CONTACT: Jerry Flanagan, 310-889-4912; or Carmen Balber, 202-629-3043
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The White House and Congress should embrace "prior approval" regulation of health care rates in response to the health insurance industry's threat that costs will increase under a reform plan being considered by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee today.
Consumer Watchdog, which pioneered the most successful insurance...
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