Insurance

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  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

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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  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

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Comparing Consumer-Backed Reforms to “Tort Reform”

August 15, 2002  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<!-- 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>

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: Insurer has no plan to lower costs

August 10, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Obstetricians say decision renews crisis</h3><p class="source">Las Vegas Review-Journal</p> <p>Just one day after Clark County obstetricians announced they would reopen their practices to new patients, their primary insurer said sky-high malpractice premiums would not change anytime soon. Without lowered premiums, one doctor said Southern Nevada ob</p>

AB 1488 — the “Portable Persistency Discount” — Violates State Law

August 7, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>AB 1488 discriminates against the poor and uninsured and violates state law.</p>

Lawsuits – Insurance Industry Tall Tales & The Truth

August 7, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">NICO - 1986</p>