CRITICAL WEBINAR ANNOUNCMENT: FTC CRUSHES Insurance Lead Generators for $145MM in Penalties and Everyone in the Industry is Impacted—Everything You Need to Know Right Now

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Trump’s FTC just declared war on the lead generation industry.

It has publicly stated reining in lead generators is amongst the agency’s top enforcement priorities. And it demonstrate that reality with two stunning consent decrees against Assurance IQ and Media Alpha.

DEEP DIVE: FTC Hits Insurance Lead Generators with $145MM in Penalty– And there are Two Major Lessons Here

These two companies—represented by #biglaw firms that obviously don’t know how the industry works—just agreed to pay millions of dollars in penalties AND agreed to consent orders that give away control over large amounts of their business operations, accepting unnecessary standards and oversight that will damage operations for years to come.

Crazy these companies didn’t consult with me. I could have saved them tens of millions of dollars AND pushed back on these non-monetary terms (IMO). All with a few hours of work.

But se la vi.

They went with #biglaw and they got their results.

Unfortunately there is going to be backlash on the entire industry now. Some of the provisions of the orders will impact third-party partners, requiring massive shifts in how consent is gathered and data sets are shared.

There is no question this is just the beginning.

While the FCC tried (and failed) to change the industry with one-to-one consent, the FTC looks to be here to finish the job leveraging the TSR. (If you aren’t looking for the safety of R.E.A.C.H. right now you really don’t get it…)

Join the industry’s most trusted attorneys—”Queenie” Puja J. Amin and the “Czar” Eric J. Troutman—as they break down these incredibly important developments and what it means for the industry as a whole in a new FREE (for 500 people) webinar this Thursday.

Find out:

  1. What did Assurance and Media Alpha actually do wrong?
  2. Why did they reach a stunning $145MM in monetary penalties?
  3. Why did the FTC target these companies– and who might be next?
  4. What STUNNING non-monetary terms these companies agreed to; and
  5. How YOUR company might be impacted.

Its going to be a hell of a webinar and one lead generators simply cannot afford to miss.

And, of course, it all leads up to the big show- -Contact.io– where the Troutman Amin, LLP stage will be BACK and the Czar will be providing a critical breakdown on everything you need to know on the TCPA right now!

But for now– attend the big webinar set for Thursday August 14, 2025 at 11 am pacific. 

FREE for the first 500 registrants!

REGISTER RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW! 

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Published by Eric "Czar" Troutman

The Czar of TCPAWorld Eric Troutman is one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers and is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 70 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems. Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multibillion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles – delivering consistently excellent results – while never losing sight of the client experience. While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail. Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small – or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure. Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense. In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.

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  1. So besides the fact they used Floyd (the serial domestic abuser) Maywether as one celebrity endorsement (that in itself is a MASSIVE RED FLAG to anyone that researches before purchasing) See my comments: https://tcpaworld.com/2025/08/11/deep-dive-ftc-hits-insurance-lead-generators-with-145mm-in-penalty-and-there-are-two-major-lessons-here/

    Now lets do some math…

    They paid more than $100 MILLION in commissions/bonuses on a $29/mo sale!?!?!?

    So just how much did their so-called ‘insurance’ plan actually cost??

    This all raises red flags to the MAX but preying on elderly with misrepresentations and outright lies is how they did it…

    https://tcpaworld.com/2025/08/07/whoa-massive-140-million-judgment-against-assurance-iq-ftc-slams-assurance-iq-for-misleading-health-plan-marketing-in-violation-of-the-ftc-act-and-telemarketing-sales-rule/

    I sure hope you build on the facts rather than a ‘oh poor victimized legit small business’ position often seen here…

    Yeah, there really are ‘bad players’ (again my diplomacy for the faint at heart) and while I’m sure there are many valid points you’ll both make in the webinar I’ll be interested to see how you present it…

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