Internet consumers continue to express high concerns about online threats such as viruses, spam, and identity theft, according to a survey by the American Consumer Institute (ACI), though the level of concern was somewhat lower than expressed in last year’s survey.
Topping the list, 63% of consumers saying they were “very concerned” with identity theft, followed [...]

The New York Times discusses our latest Consumer Calculator in its recent personal technology article.  The calculator allows consumers to rank computer printers based on their lifetime printing cost, and shows that ink costs far outweigh the cost of the printer itself.  However, printer manufacturers rarely disclose information on the cost of printing on either their [...]

This article discusses a new plan to reform telecommunications regulations and provide additional support to low-income consumers. Click here.

The very organization entrusted to protect consumers against involvency, the Florida Insurance Commission, is leading the industry to solvency and leaving consumers wondering “who will pay their claims?”  The Tampa Bay Tribune quotes Steve Pociask of the Institute on Florida’s solvency problems, click here for the news.

Today, the Washington Times reported on the District of Columbia Bar Association’s attempt to prevent AVVO’s online service from giving consumer’s better information on its members — DC lawyers.  The article quotes Steve Pociask, president of the American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research.  Read the Times article here. 

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Economic Stimulus Plan is Not a Panacea
 
As 2009 begins, I reflect back on how the last bailout performed and reminisce about how all the money that was already wasted bailing out corporations at the expense of American taxpayers, and now it looks like more waste could be coming under the heading of an “economic [...]

The latest move by State Farm to leave Florida is yet another sign that insurers are getting pushed out of the state, leaving an unprofitable state-owned insurance company on track to take 50% of the homeowners insurance market, and putting consumers just one or two storms away bailing the government-run operation.  To read about this, see this piece in the Orlando [...]

If one thing stands out from recent news reports on auto insurance in Georgia, it’s that economic regulation and rate review are not needed to protect the state’s consumers from rate gouging.
With nearly 90 auto insurance providers in the state, Georgia consumers enjoy more competition and choice of auto insurance plans than [...]