Consumer Services Guide (CSG)

Consumer Action Edition

The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the ‘Guide’, some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.

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• Maine - Bureau of Insurance
  The Bureau of Insurance is committed to making consumers aware of their rights and assisting them with complaints and questions about their insurance coverage.
  
  
• Maryland - Insurance Administration
  The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) is an independent State agency that regulates Maryland’s insurance industry and protects consumers by ensuring that insurance companies and health plans act in accordance with insurance laws.
  
  
• Massachusetts - Division of Insurance
  The primary mission of the Division of Insurance is to monitor the solvency of its licensees in order to promote a healthy, responsive and willing marketplace for consumers who purchase insurance products.
  
  
• Medicare
  The Federal agency that administers Medicare, the Health Care Financing Administration, provides information on Medicare benefits. Site contains the Medicare Compare database to help Medicare beneficiaries compare the benefits offered by specific Medicare HMOs (health maintenance organizations) in their area.
  
  
• Michigan - Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation
  Each state has its own laws and regulations for securities brokers and for all types of securities, including stocks, mutual funds, commodities, real estate offerings, uninsured investment products sold by banks and others. The officials enforce these laws and regulations. State securities agencies are responsible also for preventing fraud and abuse in the sale of all but the largest securities offerings. If you have a…
  
  
• Mississippi - Department of Insurance
  The Consumer Services Division is responsible for mediating and resolving conflicts between the insurance industry and Mississippi residents. The Division provides information to the public, assisting consumers in all phases of their insurance business. The Division receives complaints from and interviews policyholders who feel they have not received fair consideration by insurance companies or agents, and takes corrective action against such offenders when appropriate.
  
  
• Missouri - Department of Insurance
  The mission of the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration is to efficiently and effectively encourage a fair and open market for consumer service industries. The Consumer Affairs Division: * Helps the public resolve complaints, provides information on insurance policies and investigates insurance fraud. * Provides insurance education and outreach activities to Missouri consumers.
  
  
• Montana - Commissioner of Securities and Insurance
  The Commissioner of Securities and Insurance’s office is a criminal justice agency charged with protecting Montana’s consumers through insurance and securities regulation and also through informing the public about insurance and securities issues.
  
  
• Montana - Department of Insurance
  The Consumer Services Division is responsible for gathering and responding to consumer inquiries regarding insurance company or producer activities.