Insurance
“Tort Reform” A Fraud, Insurers Admit (includes filings made by insurance companies)
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Jan 15, 2002Consumer Watchdog
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The Prop 103 Enforcement Project Brings Lawsuits to Stop Insurers From Illegally Overcharging Previously Uninsured Drivers
Should Reduce Premiums, Number of Uninsured Motorists on the Road
Jan 15, 2002
Healthcare
A Shift to Quality by Health Plans
Newest approach would reward better care--but give consumers more responsibility.Los Angeles Times Six California health plans are expected to announce Tuesday what…
Jan 14, 2002The Prop 103 Enforcement Project Brings Lawsuits to Stop Insurers From Illegally Overcharging Previously Uninsured Drivers
Should Reduce Premiums, Number of Uninsured Motorists on the Road
Jan 14, 2002Consumer Group Introduces the QUACK-O-METER
Campaign Funding Updates Will Track Insurance Industry's Attempt to Corrupt the Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Jan 14, 2002
Insurance
Business Blues; Health Care; attitudes toward a universal health care system
Los Angeles Business Journal There's no doubt that businesses are fed up with rapidly escalating health care premiums, but so much so…
Jan 14, 2002
Energy
State seeks $4 billion from PG&E
Suit says firm's actions led utility to bankruptcyThe San Diego Union-Tribune State Attorney General Bill Lockyer yesterday charged that Pacific Gas and…
Jan 11, 2002AG’s Lawsuit Shows That PG&E Can Bail Itself Out
Bankruptcy Court, PUC Should Require PG&E Parent Company -- Not Customers - To Pay Off Corporate Debt
Jan 10, 2002
Insurance
CONSUMER GROUP ASKS CALIF. TO DELAY HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE RATE HIKES
BestWire While the three biggest homeowner insurers in California raise rates, a consumer group is asking the California Department of Insurance to…
Jan 10, 2002
Insurance
State Blocks Effort to Curtail Terror Coverage
Proposal to restrict homeowners' claims--an about-face by firms--is arbitrary, commissioner says.Los Angeles Times State regulators Tuesday blocked a move by insurers to…
Jan 9, 2002
Energy
REGULATORS SEEK VOICE IN PG&E FATE
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION SAYS IT HAS A PLAN TO PAY OFF DEBTS AND RESTORE THE UTILITY'S FINANCIAL HEALTHContra Costa Times California regulators, intent…
Jan 9, 2002
Energy
PUC Seeks OK to File New PG&E Reorganization Plan
Agency aims to keep the utility under its thumb, halting effort to transfer transmission and generation facilities to new corporate entities.Los Angeles…
Jan 9, 2002
Insurance
Farmers Insurance Seeks Another State Rate Hike
Financial services: Firm says aging housing stock justifies fifth increase in California homeowners' premiums in two years. Consumer advocates express outrage.Los Angeles…
Jan 9, 2002California PUC Proposes Bailout of PG&E
State Plan Would Be Offered as Alternative to PG&E's Maligned Re-organization Plan
Jan 8, 2002
Energy
State power regulators protest PG&E bankruptcy plan
The Associated Press California's largest utility has amassed $4.9 billion in cash and should use that money to pay its debts and…
Jan 8, 2002
Energy
Power initiative off for now
The Associated Press A consumer rights group has scrapped plans for a ballot initiative to overturn the proposed government bailout of troubled…
Jan 8, 2002
Energy
Assembly’s next leader enjoys the game
San Jose Mercury News Herb Wesson has tried his hand at a series of colorful jobs: He's donned a gold smock to…
Jan 8, 2002
Healthcare
ADVERTISING SUIT THAT TARGETS KAISER IS SET FOR TRIAL
BestWire A consumer group's 1999 lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente, which accuses the health system of false advertising, is set for trial this…
Jan 8, 2002