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Pennsylvania consumers who were charged the full price for prescription drugs to treat injuries sustained in automobile accidents will be getting refunds from CVS pharmacies.

Do you know exactly what your dental plan covers, and more important, doesn't cover? The state of Massachusetts has settled charges against Delta Dental Plan of Massachusetts, saying its advertising and marketing materials were misleading. The company was also fined $5,000.

Think all bumpers are created equal? Think again.

With literally millions of college students headed to campus, it might be time to think about renters and health insurance policies, something parents too often overlook.

As a consumer, what bugs you the most? Faulty appliances, hidden charges on phone bills, extended warranties?

A national consumer group charges Colorado homeowners are at a distinct disadvantage when they try to settle disputes over defects in their houses.

Smoking is hazardous to your health in more ways than one. They're the leading cause of fatal fires in the U.S., causing one of every four fire deaths, and while the overall incidence of house fires is falling, the number of fires started by cigarettes is rising.

Consumers' Right to Know vs. Private Business Interests

A consumer searching online for information about an insurance company should not be barred from seeing ads from that company's competitors, Public Citizen said today in a "friend of the court" brief involving a lawsuit filed by Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO).

Does your credit affect your driving? On the surface, it doesn't seem logical but the insurance industry has argued for years that consumers with poor credit tend to have more traffic accidents and file more claims for damage under their homeowners' policies.

A class action suit claims various insurance companies failed to deliver the promised benefits to thousands of East Coast homeowners after Hurricane Isabel.

A class action lawsuit charges pharmacy benefits management firm Caremark Rx Inc. violated the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act with its mail order service policy. The suit accuses Caremark of �unfairly and deceptively representing to consumers� that they must use the company�s mail order pharmacy system rather than retail pharmacies.

About 50 of the largest U.S. employers will form a health insurance pool for about four million part-time, temporary and contract employees who lack coverage, as well as early retirees, former employees who have exhausted their COBRA coverage and children of employees who are students but no longer qualify for coverage.

Reverse mortgages have the potential to pay for long-term care at home, according to a study released by the National Council on the Aging (NCOA).

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's final settlement with two auto insurers will result in estimated refunds of more than $700,000 to Texas policyholders who paid more on their claims for auto repairs than their policies required.

Florida officials say hundreds of senior citizens were victimized by an organized scheme that netted more than $2 million in fraudulent insurance sales commissions. Attorney General Charlie Crist said five people were arested and charged with racketeering and multiple counts of insurance fraud, money laundering and grand theft.

Americans have been responding to warnings that without long-term care insurance, they may be plunged into poverty if chronic disease incapacitates them. But now many of the 6 million policyholders are hearing the part of the story their agent didn't tell them.

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says health plans in New York State are failing to disclose required information that could help consumers obtain coverage for medically necessary treatments.

Profits of the nation�s life and health insurers fell $1.7 billion, or 37.8 percent, to $2.8 billion in the first three months of 2003, according to Weiss Ratings. Industry profitability for the three-month period reached its lowest level in 10 years.

U.S. property and casualty insurers' net claims resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks reached $9.3 billion by December 31, 2002, compared to $8.5 billion reported through December 31, 2001, Weiss Ratings reported.

Pennsylvania's Insurance Commissioner, Diane Koken, accepted a $9.2 million check from Patrick Meehan, United States Attorney for the Eastern District, representing assets forfeited in the fraud case involving Allen W. Stewart's leveraged buy-out of Summit National Life Insurance Company and Equitable Beneficial Life Insurance Company.