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Southwest Gas, California Edison offering discounts based on inability to payThe Daily Press - Victorville (California) Douglas Heller, executive director for the…
Jan 18, 2006Los Angeles City Council
Jan 17, 2006A driver's address or gender can be more important in the state than experience. But a Prop 103 compliance push may change…
Jan 16, 2006Giving your biggest donors access to your chief of staff (as the LA Times...
Jan 12, 2006The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) Medical malpractice insurance companies consistently inflated the amount they estimated they would pay out in claims between…
Jan 9, 2006The Los Angeles Times It's safe to say that the industry is not much better loved today than it was in 1988.…
Jan 9, 2006Los Angeles Business Journal Two recent mergers, PacifiCare with United Health and Anthem with WellPoint, reveal that getting bigger is, in fact,…
Jan 9, 2006INITIATIVE AIMS TO UNDO ORDER TO HALT THE PRACTICE San Jose Mercury News (California) "Anybody that believes that the insurance industry is…
Jan 7, 2006The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica said the petroleum industry…
Jan 7, 2006Mercury Insurance's chief is pushing a measure to rewrite the 1988 initiative that governs auto insurance premiums in the state.Los Angeles Times…
Jan 5, 2006CNNMoney.com According to the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, some rebate companies will reject the rebate if the form is torn,…
Jan 5, 2006Associated Press "California motorists, homeowners and businesses can expect to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars more every year for insurance if…
Jan 5, 2006The Sacramento Bee reported another shady Schwarzenegger business deal yesterday: One of the gov's companies...
Jan 4, 2006L.A.'s supplier of tap water accounts for more than a third of the city money spent on the bottled variety.Los Angeles Times…
Jan 4, 2006California Bulk Purchasing is the Solution
Jan 4, 2006Everyday, FTCR attorneys battle insurance companies in the courts and before the California Department of Insurance to stop illegal overcharges, excessive rate…
Jan 2, 2006Big bonuses alleged for top executivesBelleville News-Democrat (Illinois) Goyal's charges foreshadowed conclusions reached in a report issued Friday by the Foundation for…
Jan 2, 2006Health insurance premiums are increasing 250% faster...
Jan 2, 2006