Insurance

Legislature Boils with Bills

August 27, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>End of the Session Is When Lawmakers and Lobbyists Do Some Arm-Twisting</h3><p class="source">San Jose Mercury News</p> <p>With months of policy debate dwindling to mere hours, state lawmakers and lobbyists are furiously wheeling and dealing behind the scenes on last-minute special-interest bills being pushed by everyone from insurance companies to car dealers.</p>

Lawmakers OK Smog Check II, others in rush of session’s last week

August 27, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>The Assembly passed a bill requiring business executives to reveal corporate fraud or face possible fines of up to $100,000. The measure would fill some holes left in federal anti-fraud legislation passed in response to the collapse of Enron Corp...</p>

Is State Senator Don Perata on the Take?

August 27, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Is State Senator Behind High Insurance Rates?</h3><p class="source">KRON TV4 - San Francisco</p> <p>Consumer advocates say that Mercury Insurance of Southern California paid Senator Don Perata $25,000 in donations so he'd push its bill, SB 689 through.</p>

Assembly OKs Bill Requiring Execs to Report Corporate Fraud

August 27, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Business executives would have to reveal corporate fraud or face the possibility of being hit with fines of up to $100,000 under a bill approved Tuesday by the California Assembly.</p>

CA Energy Commission – Revised Strategic Fuels Reserve Report – July 2002

August 27, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Tim Hamilton - AUTO</p>

VIOLATION OF YOUR RIGHTS

August 19, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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‘Pressure Building’ to Fix Malpractice

August 18, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Palm Beach Post</p> <p>Now, with premiums soaring 50 percent over the past three years, doctors are crying crisis again. And again, they're pushing the state for relief. How it ends this time might depend on their ability to find common ground....</p>

Cheating Bosses May Face Snitching

August 17, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Legislation: A bill to make employees report illegal corporate fiscal practices wins panel's approval. Business and oil interests oppose it.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Over the objections of businesses and oil interests, an Assembly committee on Friday endorsed a bill requiring employees to report cases of fraud by their corporate bosses and imposing severe fines on executives for falsifying financial reports.</p>

How Proposition 103 Changed Insurance Law in California.

August 16, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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Comparing Consumer-Backed Reforms to “Tort Reform”

August 15, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --> <p> This section explains how consumer reform of the insurance industry differs from the insurance industry's version of reform. Reform of the insurance industry's rates and practices, and so-called "tort reform"...</p>

1987 Insurance Industry Study on Tort “Reform”: Restrictions on Legal Rights Do Not Lower Insurance Rates

August 15, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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California’s Malpractice Damage Caps Still Debated

August 14, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>California's cap on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is being recommended by President Bush as a model for the nation. But his claim that such caps will drive down soaring health care costs is hotly debated by consumer and medical groups.</p>