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Insurer, which admits no wrongdoing, will pay as much as $120 million to California adjusters.Los Angeles Times Allstate Corp. said Thursday that…
Sep 2, 2005Santa Monica, CA -- The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights applauded the move today by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer to…
Sep 2, 2005Cutting premiums would benefit all sidesThe Desert Sun (Palm Springs, California) The state consumer group Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights endorsed…
Sep 1, 2005Florida Underwriters No-fault has failed to live up to insurers promises of lower insurance rates. Lower premiums can be achieved by repealing…
Sep 1, 2005California's Sales Tax on Gasoline Makes Government Complicit With Oil Companies A study released by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights…
Sep 1, 2005Marketplace Radio Program (NPR) Mr. DOUG HELLER (Executive Director, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights): The governor is supposed to be making…
Aug 31, 2005
Penn Valley couple shocked by big billsSacramento Bee "No other policy sells patients health care coverage that promises so much yet delivers…
Aug 29, 2005Some legislators choose to abstain rather than vote. It's all about power -- or political cover.Los Angeles Times Abstentions so annoy one…
Aug 29, 2005Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) The Service Station Dealers of America agree, saying wholesalers are limiting competition and thus pushing prices higher. "Fuel…
Aug 28, 2005State earthquake authority votes to reduce coverage rates 22.1 percent. Review is in works.The Orange County Register (California) Doug Heller, an insurance…
Aug 26, 2005San Jose Mercury News (California) "This was a key moment for California homeowners, because getting the approval of the earthquake authority was…
Aug 26, 2005Los Angeles Times Jerry Flanagan, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, brought two small pigs…
Aug 26, 2005The cost of residential coverage would drop by an average of 22%. But some areas, including Palm Springs, could see a dramatic…
Aug 26, 2005The Daily News of Los Angeles Groups representing policyholders, including the San Francisco-based United Policyholders and Santa Monica-based The Foundation for Taxpayer…
Aug 26, 2005While the Gov's been spending all of his energy fundraising at a world record clip, what's happened to Californians' energy? Gasoline prices…
Aug 26, 2005Consumer Group Applauds Move; Says Rate Decrease Will Allow More Californians to Get Insured
Aug 26, 2005The Orange County Register "This puts consumers in an unwinnable bind," said Doug Heller, executive director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and…
Aug 25, 2005