Consumer Group Challenges Personal Line Contingency Fees

A leading consumer watchdog group said evidence suggests insurers are using contingent commissions to sway independent agent decisions in the placement of personal lines insurance to the detriment of clients, a charge industry groups called absurd.

The Consumer Federation of America said a study it performed found "wide use of troubling contingency fees similar to those being investigated by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer."

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