Home and Auto Insurance Rates;
Statement from News Conference with Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi
May 25, 2006Harvey Rosenfield
Founder
As Consumer Watchdog's founder, Harvey Rosenfield is one of the nation's foremost consumer advocates. Trained as a public interest lawyer, Rosenfield authored Proposition 103 and organized the campaign that led to its passage by California voters in 1988 despite over $80 million spent in opposition (still a record).
He has co-authored groundbreaking initiatives on HMO reform and utility rate deregulation (Proposition 9, 1998). Rosenfield is the author of the book, Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice.
Rosenfield, who established Consumer Watchdog in 1985, has worked for the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Congress, in private practice, as a staff attorney for Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Congress Watch and as the Program Director for the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG).
Rosenfield graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College and obtained a joint Law and Masters degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
Articles by Harvey Rosenfield
Insurance
The Insurance Showdown
Politicians are blocking a plan to base premiums on motorists' driving records rather than on where they live.The Los Angeles Times By…
May 10, 2006
Insurance
Measure Seeks Curbs on Insurers
A leading consumer advocate presses an initiative that could compete with a ballot proposal offered by an industry executive. The Los Angeles…
Jan 21, 2006
Insurance
City officials decry insurance initiative
The Daily News of Los Angeles "It would undo all that has been done under Proposition 103, taking California from one of…
Jan 18, 2006
Insurance
Insurance Industry Files Ballot Initiatives to Repeal Prop. 103, Raise Auto, Home and Business Rates by Hundreds of Dollars Per Year
Consumer Advocates See Rematch of $80 Million 1988 Battle
Jan 5, 2006
Insurance
Remarks of Harvey Rosenfield On Insurance Reform in California
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, October 24, 2005, New York City Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
Nov 3, 2005
Insurance
Remarks of Harvey Rosenfield On Insurance Reform in California to the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, October 24, 2005, New York City
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
Nov 3, 2005
Energy
Governor assailed over special election;
Critics see today's expected move as a misuse of state's initiative processThe San Francisco Chronicle "Never before, to our knowledge, has a…
Jun 13, 2005
Insurance
LA-BASED ADVOCATE WITH LOCAL TIES PITCHES REPEAL OF NO-FAULT AUTO INSURANCE
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE (Massachusetts) The report, released by the non-profit, non-partisan Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, concludes that repealing the…
Apr 1, 2005
Insurance
CALIF. GROUP URGES REPEAL OF MASS. NO-FAULT AUTO INSURANCE
The Boston Globe Harvey Rosenfield, founder of FTCR in Santa Monica and author of a 1988 auto insurance reform measure in California,…
Mar 30, 2005
Insurance
Report: states with no-fault insurance pay more
Associated Press "The bottom line is that no-fault is a bonanza for insurance companies. It's a disaster for consumers," said Harvey Rosenfield,…
Mar 29, 2005
Insurance
Court Rebuffs Challenge to Corruption Initiative
Los Angeles Daily Journal The Oaks Initiative, which was backed by activist Harvey Rosenfield's Santa Monica-based FTCR, prohibits city officials from taking…
Feb 1, 2005
Insurance
Court Rebuffs Challenge to Corruption Initiative
Los Angeles Daily Journal The Oaks Initiative, which was backed by activist Harvey Rosenfield's Santa Monica-based FTCR, prohibits city officials from taking…
Feb 1, 2005
Healthcare Litigation
CA Taxpayers Sue To Force Wellpoint/Blue Cross To Pay $500 Million In Unpaid Taxes
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights has filed a taxpayer lawsuit on behalf of all California taxpayers calling upon California Controller…
Nov 24, 2004
Privacy
CAL. GROUP ALLEGES ILLEGAL WIRELESS PRACTICES
Communications Daily The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights filed a lawsuit in L.A. Superior Court charging wireless phones sold by T-Mobile,…
Jun 9, 2004
Insurance
Author of measure to discuss regulation
Belleville News-Democrat Rosenfield said California's malpractice insurance premiums dropped 20 percent after passage of Proposition 103, but opponents claimed it was a…
Mar 24, 2004
Insurance
Insurance Reform
City News Service Auto insurance rates in California have fallen 22 percent in the 15 years since voters approved Prop 103, an…
Nov 10, 2003