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Daily 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…
Oct 19, 2002Monterey County Herald Influenced by Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush's resignation in disgrace two years ago, Democrat John Garamendi and Republican Gary Mendoza…
Oct 17, 2002Greenwire More than a year removed from the worst part of California's power crisis, the state has the highest power rates in…
Oct 17, 2002The Daily News of Los Angeles Jamie Court, executive director of The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, said HealthNet is creating…
Oct 16, 2002The Associated Press While the leading candidates for insurance commissioner say they don't accept industry campaign contributions, campaign finance and public records…
Oct 16, 2002Insurers' Increasingly Risky Investments in Corporate America Cause Insurance Premiums to Skyrocket Large liability insurance companies are demanding rate increases to offset…
Oct 15, 2002Property and Casualty Insurers Invested Too Heavily in Markets During Late 1990s
Oct 15, 2002Insurers raise rates to cover shrinking returns, consumer group says. Firms blame large claims.The Los Angeles Times Far more than they publicly…
Oct 15, 2002Associated Press The crumbling stock market is hitting people's pocketbooks in a lot of different places, including an increasingly touchy area -…
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