Thumbs on the Scale
The Texas Supreme Court has a long history of favoring corporations over families. Our latest report finds that consumers lost an average of 79% of the time during the last decade. Read More »
Junk Policies Defined
Lawmakers are hearing from their constituents who are fed up with junk insurance policies that have slashed coverage and skyrocketing deductibles. Read our letter to a lawmaker who wants answers. Read More »
The Real Impact of the Cap
Limiting patients' rights has a real effect on real Texans. Patricia Whitman shares her personal experience. Read More »
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Consumer Group Seeks Texas Insurance Data to Identify ‘Junk’ Policies
The Dallas Morning News—February 10th, 2012
What Does Your Insurance Policy Cover? We’re Trying to Find Out.
Texas Watch—February 9th, 2012
Port Elevator v. Casados
Court Watch—February 6th, 2012
Drilling’s Dangers: What Might Reduce Worker Deaths
StateImpact Texas—February 6th, 2012
11,000 to Lose Home Insurance
12 News KBMT—February 3rd, 2012
Farmers Given OK to Raise Texas Homeowners Insurance Rates
The Dallas Morning News—February 2nd, 2012
Quietly, U.S. Moves to Block Lawsuits by Military Families
The Atlantic—January 31st, 2012
Auto Insurance Costs More For Poor People, Consumer Group Says
The Huffington Post—January 31st, 2012
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What Does Your Insurance Policy Cover? We’re Trying to Find Out.
Texas Watch—Feb 9th, 2012
The growing number of junk home and auto insurance policies with stripped down coverage and expanding deductibles has become a hot topic at the Capitol with lawmakers expressing frustration that prices keep rising and coverage keeps falling. In an effort to help consumers and lawmakers better understand this issue, Texas Watch submitted a 20-point open records request to the Texas Department of Insurance today seeking information about the coverage available in the market and how TDI makes decisions about insurance policies. Read More »
The Court’s Defenders: Polluters, Big Insurance, Corporate Wrongdoers
Texas Watch—Jan 30th, 2012
The report, “Thumbs on the Scale: A Retrospective of the Texas Supreme Court, 2000-2010,” was released last week by Court Watch, a project of the Texas Watch Foundation. Among the report’s findings was that consumers lost an average of 79% of cases at the high court and that the court overturned 74% of local juries who found in favor of consumers. Read More »
