CA Insurance Commissioner’s 1/7/91 Announcement Imposing Rate Freeze on Insurance Companies
<p class="source">CA Dept. of Insurance</p>
Insurance
Insurance news, investigations, and reform — auto, home, and health insurance rates, claims denials, and industry accountability.
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>
CA Insurance Commissioner’s 8/15/91 Announcement of Rollback Regulations Capping Profits, Expenses, etc.
<p class="source">CA Dept. of Insurance</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>
MALPRACTICE: BUSH ANNOUNCES PLAN TO CAP JURY AWARDS, LIMIT LAWSUITS
<p class="source">American Health Line</p>
<p>An analysis conducted by the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights found that malpractice premiums in the state increased 175% between 1975 and 1985, but dropped 8% between 1988 and 2000, after the insurance laws were alter</p>
Editorial – Insurance reform is real answer
<p class="source">The Charleston Gazette</p>
<p>Doctors would have legislators and others believe that this can all be attributed to malpractice tort changes. They conveniently forget that California passed Proposition 103 in 1988. That measure instituted insurance reform, not tort reform.</p>
Bush Enters Fray Over Malpractice
<p class="source">The New York Times</p>
<p>But many experts cite other factors, including poor investment returns and the insurers' own business practices, for making significant contributions to the premium increases.</p>