REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL COSTS
<!-- excerpt --><p>You can get your attorneys fees and expenses paid by the insurance companies, the Department of Insurance and/or the courts under certain circumstances.</p>
Insurance
Intervenor Compensation: Section 1861.10(a) of Proposition 103
<h3>Requires insurance companies to pay consumers' legal fees & expenses under certain circumstances. Insurers are attacking this provision of the law. (Feb.'98)</h3>
<p>The Insurance Industry and Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush have recently leveled a series of attacks on the right of citizens and non-profit consumer protection organizations to defend Proposition 103 in the courts and to make sure that the initi</p>
STATE OF THE UNION: AHL ROUNDS UP REACTIONS
<p class="source">American Health Line</p>
<p>Bush's anticipated proposal to privatize Medicare by "driving seniors to low-quality HMOs" in order to receive a prescription drug benefit will undermine access to basic health care services, says FTCR.</p>
Petition by FTCR asking the CA Insurance Commissioner to write regulations
<h3>preventing insurers from surcharging previously uninsured motorists in violation of Sec.1861.02 of Prop.103 ("no prior insurance")(5/4/01)</h3>
Testimony of FTCR Attorney Pam Pressley before CA Department of Insurance
<h3>concerning violations of "no prior" law and proposed regulations governing "persistency" discounts (2/28/02)</h3>
Regulation, proposed by the California Department of Insurance in response to FTCR’s 5/4/01 petition
<h3>Prohibiting "no prior insurance" surcharges (12/21/01)</h3><p class="source">CA Dept. of Insurance</p>
Prior Approval Regulations — California Department of Insurance notice of workshop and proposed “generic factors” (6/5/02)
<p class="source">CA Dept. of Insurance</p>
Dr. Hunter’s Response to the Insurance Industry’s Critique of “Why Not The Best” (8/10/01)
<p class="source">Consumer Federation of America - CFA</p>
4/1/01 Study by Russell & Jaffee concluding Prop. 103 benefited consumers by lowering rates, etc.
<p class="source">Russell & Jaffee</p>
CA Insurance Commissioner’s 1/7/91 Announcement Imposing Rate Freeze on Insurance Companies
<p class="source">CA Dept. of Insurance</p>
LA Times Article 10/18/90 Quoting LA Dist. Atty. on how Prop. 103 has forced Insurance Companies to fight fraud for the first time.
<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
CA Insurance Commissioner’s 10/16/91 Announcement Ordering the 14 Largest Insurance Companies in CA to Pay Rollbacks totaling $1.57 Billion
<p class="source">CA Dept. of Insurance</p>