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The San Diego Union-Tribune The total $5.4 billion in crisis-related costs next year is "a shocking reminder of how devastating the crisis…
Sep 20, 2003A lack of resolution to the campaign could distract lawmakers and influence policy.The Los Angeles Times "We'll see Davis supporters use the…
Sep 20, 2003Group Cites Secret Hurricane Andrew Memo Re: Insurance Industry "Opportunities" As a Result of Storm
Sep 19, 2003The San Diego Union-Tribune "It is clearly giving hospitals some fudge room to cut back on taking people in, keeping them there…
Sep 19, 2003Minnesota Public Radio - Marketplace Mr. DOUG HELLER (FTCR): Insurance companies are risk assessors. That's what the industry is about, that's what…
Sep 19, 2003
California's strong regulations in danger of being pre-emptedSan Mateo County Times "What the banks and the GOP really want is the ability…
Sep 18, 2003Northern Cal. AAA Agrees to Keep Homeowner Premiums Unchanged After Consumer Group Challenge
Sep 17, 2003Northern Cal. AAA Agrees to Keep Homeowner Premiums Unchanged After Consumer Group Challenge
Sep 17, 2003United Press International "The plan's fatal flaw is the absence of cost controls," the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said in…
Sep 17, 2003American Health Line - Although the bill is "good in theory," its "fatal flaw is the absence of price controls," Jamie Court,…
Sep 17, 2003BestWire FTCR supports the goal of expanding health coverage, Court said, but insists that without controls on costs, the measure would simply…
Sep 17, 2003Measure may violate federal regulationsThe San Francisco Chronicle "States are allowed to regulate insurance, but this mandates benefits for a whole class…
Sep 16, 2003San Mateo County Times Jamie Court of the advocacy group Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights, which has been critical of insurance…
Sep 16, 2003Four insurers serving 15 million Californians seek to convert their members from costlier brand-name medicines.The Los Angeles Times Jamie Court, executive director…
Sep 15, 2003California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi seeks workers' compensation reformLos Angeles Business Journal "The truth is Garamendi has stared the insurance industry in…
Sep 15, 2003Investigation prompts commissioner's denial of 15.6% proposed increaseBusiness Insurance "We challenged this proposed rate hike because we believe SCPIE was trying to…
Sep 15, 2003American Health Line Jamie Court, executive director of the Santa Monica, Calif.-based consumer advocacy group Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, added,…
Sep 15, 2003