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The Los Angeles Times As the election nears, the Republican Party has dropped $1.2 million into the campaign of insurance commissioner candidate…
Oct 30, 2002Associated Press State & Local Wire This year's insurance commissioner race looks like a flashback to 1990 - with consumers fretting about…
Oct 29, 2002Associated Press State & Local Wire The California Republican party has transferred nearly $1.2 million to Gary Mendoza's campaign for insurance commissioner…
Oct 29, 2002Party Gives Ins. Commissioner Candidate Double Amount It Gives Simon, And More Than All "Down-Ticket" Candidates Combined
Oct 29, 2002Hospitals: Staff won't immediately face penalty. UC program first assumes that the system is at fault.The Orange County Register University of California…
Oct 28, 2002Los Angeles Business Journal Once in office in 1991, Garamendi sparred with the industry over implementation of Prop. 103, which tightened regulations,…
Oct 28, 2002Activist Criticized By Some As An OpportunistSan Jose Mercury News If there's a march, a rally or a sleep-in -- whether it's…
Oct 28, 2002The San Diego Union-Tribune For many people, construction firms, landlords and, increasingly, home buyers the sky-high rates and rapid-fire cancellations of insurance…
Oct 25, 2002Metropolitan News-Enterprise An unfair competition suit charging the State Farm insurance companies with mishandling claims for property damage resulting from the Northridge…
Oct 23, 2002Daily News of Los Angeles A lawsuit accusing State Farm Insurance Co. of mishandling claims from the devastating 1994 Northridge Earthquake may…
Oct 23, 2002New Law Against Influence-Peddling Creates Legal TangleThe Los Angeles Daily Journal In 1999, a political reform group looked around California and saw…
Oct 23, 2002Associated Press State & Local Wire A lawsuit accusing State Farm Insurance Co. of mishandling claims from the devastating 1994 Northridge earthquake…
Oct 23, 2002Bill Vetoed By Governor Davis Would Have Protected Consumers From State Farm's Delay Tactics
Oct 22, 2002Sacramento Bee So why does Garamendi, 57, want to return to a position he held a decade ago, state insurance commissioner, an…
Oct 21, 2002Los Angeles Business Journal The company has seen its ratings downgraded in the face of continuing underwriting losses. It has pulled out…
Oct 21, 2002Despite high premiums, Texas home insurers continue to lose money as changes in state regulations are urgedFort Worth Star Telegram Industry leaders,…
Oct 20, 2002New Commissioner Inherits Agency in Need of LeaderThe San Jose Mercury News The six candidates who want to run the state's insurance…
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