Insurance

Study: Massachusetts no-fault insurance system hurts drivers

March 30, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Lowell Sun (Lowell, MA)</p> <p>Harvey Rosenfield contended that no-fault premiums are higher because twice the number of people are covered as both parties involved in an accident are paid, and that there are incentives for people without health insurance to commit fraud.</p>

Group says no-fault more costly system;

March 30, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Mass. drivers pay extra $50 on average per policy, it says</h3><p class="source">The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA)</p> <p>Carmen Balber, a spokeswoman for the group FTCR, said it highlighted Massachusetts because a task force of regulators and elected officials is meeting to review insurance laws in the Bay State.</p>

Faulting ‘no-fault’ insurance;

March 30, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Drivers taken for a $200M ride?</h3><p class="source">The Boston Herald</p> <p>Insurance premiums on average are 19 percent higher in states that have no-fault insurance, said Harvey Rosenfeld, whose group FTCR, was a leader in pushing auto-insurance reform in California in the late 1980s.</p>

CALIF. GROUP URGES REPEAL OF MASS. NO-FAULT AUTO INSURANCE

March 30, 2005  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<p class="source">The Boston Globe</p> <p>Harvey Rosenfield, founder of FTCR in Santa Monica and author of a 1988 auto insurance reform measure in California, said no-fault, where lawsuits are restricted and drivers settle claims with their own insurer regardless of who is at fault, is a recipe f</p>

The Cost Of No-Fault Auto Insurance

March 29, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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Report: states with no-fault insurance pay more

March 29, 2005  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>"The bottom line is that no-fault is a bonanza for insurance companies. It's a disaster for consumers," said Harvey Rosenfield, an attorney with the nonprofit consumer group sponsoring the report, the California-based FTCR.</p>

Campaign Finance Reform Hypocrisy

March 24, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<!-- excerpt --><p>A Sacramento judge issued a preliminary ruling that allows Governor Schwarzenegger to control a group that is raising unlimited funds to push his ballot measures. Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, says Governor Schwarzenegger has turned into a traitor in the war for campaign finance reform.</p>

New Documentary Film Reveals Inside Story Behind Enron Debacle;

March 24, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3><i>ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room</i></h3><p class="source">Special Ops Media</p> <p>The film comes to a harrowing dénouement as we hear Enron traders' own voices as they wring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits out of the California energy crisis. As a result, we come to understand how the avarice of Enron's traders and their bo</p>

Money Talks to Arnold

March 24, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">Arnold's first legal victory after a series of defeats was winning the ability to bust all fundraising limits for his ballot measure committees. Probably not the kind of fight voters thought...</font>

State to weigh Safeco quake-insurance rate hike;

March 23, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>The insurer wants to increase its typical premiums by 30 percent, to $762 annually.</h3><p class="source">The Orange County Register</p> <p>No date is set for Safeco's hearing. It's a response to a challenge by the nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said Lawrence Markey Jr., a lawyer for the group. Safeco submitted the request to the Insurance Department in August.</p>

Schwarzenegger Criticized for Fund-Raising

March 22, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>"This (Arnold) is Gray Davis on steroids," said Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica consumer group.</p>

California Blue Cross offers different approach to health insurance coverage to young people

March 20, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">CBS-TV Evening News</p> <p>Mr. JAMIE COURT: The insurance company has you going and coming. If you're healthy, they'll keep taking your money and never pay a benefit, and if you get very, very sick and they don't want you, all they have to do is raise your premiums 1000%.</p>