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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>The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) 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.

Faulting ‘no-fault’ insurance;

March 30, 2005 · Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Drivers taken for a $200M ride?</h3>The Boston Herald 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.

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

March 30, 2005 · Harvey Rosenfield

The Boston Globe 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

The Cost Of No-Fault Auto Insurance

March 29, 2005 · Consumer Watchdog

Report: states with no-fault insurance pay more

March 29, 2005 · Harvey Rosenfield

Associated Press "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.

Campaign Finance Reform Hypocrisy

March 24, 2005 · Jamie Court

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.

New Documentary Film Reveals Inside Story Behind Enron Debacle;

March 24, 2005 · Consumer Watchdog

<h3>ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room</h3>Special Ops Media 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

Money Talks to Arnold

March 24, 2005 · Jamie Court

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...

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>The Orange County Register 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.

Schwarzenegger Criticized for Fund-Raising

March 22, 2005 · Consumer Watchdog

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

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

March 20, 2005 · Consumer Watchdog

CBS-TV Evening News 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%.

Sit-In at the Governor’s Table

March 18, 2005 · Jerry Flanagan

As thousands protested outside Arnold's fundraiser last night at the Century Plaza hotel, a small group of firefighters, nurses, teachers and consumer advocates took a seat at the governor's...