Insurance

Texas Sues Farmers Group;

August 6, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<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>

FTCR Opposes Mercury Insurance Proposal

August 6, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Letter to Legislature regarding SB 689 (formerly AB 1488)</h3>

How to Tame the Insurance Industry Cycle & Make the Legal System More Efficient: A Suggested Legislative Agenda for 1987 – Part 1

August 6, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">NICO - 8/8/86</p>

Insurance Market Loosening in No-Tort-Reform States

August 6, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">NICO - 8/27/86</p>

How to Tame the Insurance Industry Cycle & Make the Legal System More Efficient: A Suggested Legislative Agenda for 1987 – Part 2

August 5, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">NICO - 8/8/86</p>

The blame game; The cause of the malpractice insurance crisis depends on who’s doing the talking

August 1, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Modern Physician</p> <p>As malpractice premiums skyrocket and carriers abandon markets, trial attorneys and insurers are blaming each other for the mess.</p>

Consumer Groups Blame Premium Hikes On Regulatory Inaction

August 1, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">BestWire</p> <p>Faced with steep increases in premium rates across personal and commercial lines, a newly formed coalition of consumer and public interest groups is urging state regulators to rein in insurers from raising rates.</p>

Midsize Firms in Pacific Region Bear Brunt of Rising Health Costs

July 24, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Los Angeles Daily News</p> <p>Double-digit increases in health benefit costs have hurt the state's midsize companies hardest because they lack the power of larger firms to negotiate better coverage or the ability of small businesses to cut benefits according to a new industry survey.</p>

HR 4600 Will Harm Patients & Enrich Only Insurers

July 17, 2002  ·  Jamie Court

<h3>Testimony of Jamie Court</h3> <p>In an age where expanding patients' rights has become a national demand, HR 4600 would dramatically contract patients' rights across the nation. This anti-consumer legislation will shield HMOs and providers they influence from legal accountability</p>

Transcript Re: Corporate Responsibility

July 3, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">CNN TV - LOU DOBBS MONEYLINE</p> <p>The California Senate passed a law that would hold corporate executives personally liable for failing to report suspected accounting fraud at their companies. The law would also prohibit executives from making statements intended to inflate the value...</p>

Editorial – Protect Whistleblowers

July 1, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>The state's energy crisis, the collapse of Enron, Arthur Andersen's document shredding and the resulting scandal that cost investors billions of dollars and ordinary citizens their life savings, should have taught us a lesson about financial fraud and</p>

Consumer Group Becomes Feared Force

July 1, 2002  ·  Doug Heller

<p class="source">Merced Sun-Star</p> <p>Nobody elected Harvey Rosenfield or Doug Heller or Jamie Court. But on pocketbook issues from insurance rates to electricity policy and health care, their Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights has now emerged as one of the most significant players i</p>