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Associated Press The Assembly approved auto insurance legislation Thursday that would let insurers offer discounts for longtime customers, despite arguments that it…
Jul 17, 2003Author Releases "Corporateering Quotient" A nationally known consumer advocate and Washington state public interest groups today released a scorecard measuring how Seattle…
Jul 16, 2003Consumer Group Calls for Investigation Into Firm's Tactics By Committee on Lobbying Practices
Jul 16, 2003Alameda Times-Star (Alameda, CA) Mirant Corp.'s bankruptcy filing was not expected to affect the operations of its three Bay Area power plants,…
Jul 16, 2003DURING A DAY OF TESTY TALK ON MALPRACTICE INSURANCE, AN EXECUTIVE SAID HIS FIRM STILL WOULD MAKE MONEY.Orlando Sentinel The head of…
Jul 15, 2003Modern Healthcare FTCR, a consumer advocacy group is asking Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn) to recuse himself from any action on…
Jul 14, 2003Electric Utility Week Small consumer advocates, however, said that the bill would favor large customers, which would be free to switch from…
Jul 14, 2003FTCR Says Wesson Must Implement Reforms to Curb Cowardly Abstentions Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson should respond to an "epidemic of not voting"…
Jul 11, 2003The New York Times Now that the Senate has blocked President Bush's plan to cap jury awards in medical malpractice cases, the…
Jul 11, 2003Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA) Consumer advocate Jamie Court attributes California's stable rates to Prop. 103. The measure included a one-time reduction of…
Jul 10, 2003Assembly panel rejects measures sought by consumer activists on the use of credit scores, renewal policies for homeowners coverage.The Los Angeles Times…
Jul 10, 2003BestWire Bills that would have banned the use of credit-based insurance scoring by insurers and granted the California Department of Insurance broad…
Jul 10, 2003Consumer Groups Vow to Continue Fight to End Homeowner Insurers' Arbitrary, Inconsistent and Unfair Use of Credit History
Jul 9, 2003San Jose Mercury News An Assembly committee on Tuesday rejected, for the second time in a month, a long-sought, heavily lobbied bill…
Jul 8, 2003Despite Financial Conflict of Interest, Frist Fails to Address Call to Recuse Himself From Damage Cap Vote
Jul 7, 2003Kaiser's high profits give strong warning yet regulators appear to stand fastAxcess Business News Not only is Kaiser under public scrutiny for…
Jul 7, 2003Modern Healthcare "Molina has a record of diverting patient dollars to profits," said Jerry Flanagan, consumer advocate with the Foundation for Taxpayer…
Jul 7, 2003Wired Magazine "What happens in California tends to be the model for the rest of the country," said Jerry Flanagan of FTCR.…
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