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Donations Flow Before Key Vote

Donations Flow Before Key Vote

<h3>Senate: Mercury Insurance lavishes funds on panel members who will decide firm's bill.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>One of California's largest automobile insurers showered a Senate committee with campaign contributions just days before it was to consider a bill the company is pushing to overturn a decision by Insurance Commissioner Harry Low.</p>
Texas Sues Farmers Group;

Texas Sues Farmers Group;

<h3>The state accuses the firm of charging higher premiums while reducing coverage.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>The state of Texas filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Monday against Farmers Group of Insurance Cos., alleging the Los Angeles company charged Texas policyholders higher premiums to pay for disasters in other states, improperly used credit histories to s</p>