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The San Francisco Chronicle (California) "It is an absolutely outrageous, high-handed abuse of the public's right to know what is going on…
Jan 16, 2008Associated Press "This wouldn't matter if we were talking about shoes," said Judy Dugan, research director at the Foundation for Taxpayer and…
Jan 16, 2008Sacramento Bee (California) January 15, 2008 by Gilbert Chan, The Sacramento Bee, Allst...
Jan 15, 2008Sacramento Bee (California) From 1997 to 2004, Allstate said it ranked second among home insurers with $82.5 million in investments. That represents…
Jan 15, 2008A year after homeowners suffering with sky-high insurance bills were promised "help is on the way," they're still waiting. Now, Florida's lawmakers,…
Jan 15, 2008Associated Press January 14, 2008 by Associated Press State & Local Wires ...
Jan 14, 2008Associated Press A 2006 study by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights found corporate markups and profiteering were responsible for price…
Jan 14, 2008BestWeek That's what makes Douglas Heller, executive director of the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, nervous. His organization favors a…
Jan 14, 2008Perata Roadblock to CA Mandate Weakens After SEIU Contributes $450K to Prop 93
Jan 11, 2008BestWire (A.M. Best) January 10, 2008 by Sean P. Carr, Senior Associate Editor, BestWeek ...
Jan 10, 2008Allstate Battle Arrives As National Report Shows Insurance Industry Profits Remain At Record Levels Santa Monica, CA -- Allstate will try to…
Jan 10, 2008BestWire (A.M. Best) A California-based consumer organization that is currently challenging several companies' insurance rates urged legislators to reject what it called…
Jan 10, 2008A $100,000 contribution from Mercury Insurance was just reported to one of the political committees supporting Prop 93 -- the effort to…
Jan 10, 2008When I first heard (yesterday) about Schwarzenegger's plan to tax homeowners on their insurance policies as a way to fill some of…
Jan 10, 2008Insurance Interests Have Donated $3.8 Million To Schwarzenegger's Political Funds, Would Reap Benefit of Plan Santa Monica, CA -- Governor Schwarzenegger's proposal…
Jan 9, 2008Los Angeles Times January 9, 2008 by Marc Lifsher & Evan Halper, Times Staff Writers ...
Jan 9, 2008The 1.25% fee, added to property insurance bills, would boost firefighting and aid overall budget. Critics call it a tax.Los Angeles Times…
Jan 9, 2008For several years Mercury Insurance and lobbyists for insurance brokers have desperately tried to change California's insurance rules governing who is an…
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