Lucia and I went to Mercury Insurance Headquarters today, after we found this “unwritten rule” that Mercury appears to have instructed agents to follow: “If the husband was much younger than the wife, we couldn’t entertain the account.” Mercury is…
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by Naomi Seligman
Mercury Insurance, the sponsor of the deceptive Prop 17, is pushing regulators to allow a $32 million rate increase for California drivers insured by the company and its affiliates. The company is quietly seeking the rate hike even as it is spending $10 million on a deceptive ad campaign trying to fool voters into believing that Prop 17 would lower car insurance costs.
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Today Mercury filed its quarterly report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Here’s what the company has to say about its sponsorship of Proposition 17:
The Company is supporting the Continuous Coverage Auto Insurance Discount Act (“Proposition 17”),…
Anyone who’s been following the sordid story of Mercury Insurance, the sponsor of Proposition 17, will not be surprised that the company’s first salvo of thirty second TV ads is an attempted fraud on the voters. The spectacle of Mercury…
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by Naomi Seligman
Every week, new editorials from newspapers across the state are urging their readers to vote against Prop 17.
San Francisco Bay Guardian: The Dangers of Prop 16 and 17
San Francisco Chronicle: Chronicle Recommends No…
by Naomi Seligman
Jobvent.com is a site that allows employees to post and rate their experiences at their workplace anonymously. As I have posted in the past, Mercury’s ratings are beyond abysmal (and we hear that Mercury blocks the site…
by Naomi Seligman
This Wednesday morning, two legislative committees will hold a joint hearing on Proposition 17, funded by Mercury Insurance. But it looks like Mercury’s Chairman George Joseph is not going to bother showing up for it.
View a copy of the AG’s brief at: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/AGReplyBrief031010.pdf
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by Naomi Seligman
This week, Harvey Rosenfield filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court urging the court to remove false and misleading statements that Mercury Insurance Company has made in its ballot arguments that will appear in the Official…
