NO PRIOR INSURANCE RULE
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Insurance
Regulation, proposed by the California Department of Insurance in response to FTCR’s 5/4/01 petition
<h3>To prohibit insurers from using evidence of prior insurance coverage for Good Driver "accident verification" purposes (12/21/01)</h3><p class="source">CA Dept. of Insurance</p>
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>
ROLLBACKS AND REFUNDS
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Garamendi appeals approval of quake deals; Up Front.
<p class="source">Los Angeles Business Journal</p>
<p>Consumer advocates and trial lawyers question whether there were only a few property owners disgruntled by how their claims were handled.</p>
Medical Malpractice Caps Proposed by Bush
<p class="source">CNN; LOU DOBBS MONEYLINE</p>
<p>JAMIE COURT, FOUNDATION FOR TAXPAYER & CONSUMER RIGHTS: It's not frivolous lawsuits that are driving this crisis. It's frivolous business practices by unregulated insurance companies and if we had better regulation, we'd take care of this problem.</p>
California caps or Proposition 103? Lawyers, doctors debate what really brought malpractice insurance rates down
<p class="source">Charleston Gazette</p>
<p>A California consumer group says insurance reform, not lawsuit caps, is responsible for a decline in the total amount state doctors paid in malpractice premiums.</p>
Op-ed: In defense of defensive medicine
<p class="source">The San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
<p>Let's lower auto insurance premiums by stopping lawsuits against drunk drivers, not by preventing drunk driving. This is the logic by which President Bush proposes to lower the medical malpractice premiums that doctors pay.</p>