Insurance

Assembly Panel Revives Insurance-Discount Bill;

August 29, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Capitol: The measure is backed by Mercury firm, a heavy contributor to lawmakers. Insurance chief opposes it.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Lawmakers have revived legislation that would undermine the authority of the state's insurance commissioner and benefit a company that has contributed generously to lawmakers from both parties.</p>

Labor Day Weekend Gas Prices

August 28, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">KGO-TV (ABC) - San Francisco</p> <p>A long weekend is coming up, does that mean you'll pay more at the pump? Many drivers will argue that gas prices go up during peak travel times. And today a report was released that agrees with them.</p>

Group Has Answer for Gas-Price Volatility;

August 28, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Energy: Restricting sales to a single grade could free up space for reserves to cushion against spikes.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>A consumer group in Santa Monica is proposing a novel solution to chronic gasoline price spikes in California: sell only regular gasoline.</p>

Escutia Business Fraud Bill Advances

August 28, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Gabriel Valley Tribune</p> <p>Legislation that would force corporate executives to report their company's illegal accounting practices or face stiff penalties won approval Tuesday in the state Assembly.</p>

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>

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

August 27, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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

Stillwater Report: California Strategic Fuels Reserve – March 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>