Insurance

FOOD COSTS POISED TO RISE

March 29, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Serving of Energy Price Woes Expected at the Dinner Table</h3><p class="source">Omaha World-Herald</p> <p>There's an axiom in the food business that no matter how trying the economic times, people still have to eat.</p>

Consumer Activist Blasts Car Insurance Rates Ruling

March 29, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>State high court thwarted will of people, he says</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>A California Supreme Court decision permitting the auto insurance industry to continue setting rates based on a driver's ZIP code rather than his driving record is a triumph of politics and power over the rule of law</p>

CALIFORNIA COURT ALLOWS INSURERS TO BASE AUTO RATES ON ZIP CODES

March 29, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">BestWire</p> <p>Insurers will be able to continue considering a driver's location when setting premium rates, after the California Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to the law.</p>

Auto insurers may use customer’s address to calculate premiums

March 29, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Associated Press</p> <p>In a major victory for the insurance industry, the California Supreme Court declined Wednesday to review a lower court's ruling that auto insurers can calculate the bulk of premiums based on where a customer lives.</p>

Regulators prescribe biggest rate increase in state history

March 28, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Diego Union Tribune</p> <p>State regulators Tuesday approved the biggest rate increase in California history for the customers of Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison, but Gov. Gray Davis said the increase is premature.</p>

Council seeks court’s opinion on Measure A

March 28, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Inland Valley Daily Bulletin</p> <p>The City Council voted late Tuesday to seek a court's opinion on the constitutionality of Measure A, the conflict-of-interest measure approved by voters March 6.</p>

CALIFORNIA INSURERS FIGHT FOR USE OF ZIP CODES AS UNDERWRITING CRITERIA

March 22, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">BestWire</p> <p>Insurance companies have asked the California Supreme Court not to review the use of ZIP codes in underwriting auto insurance policies.</p>

Read Announcement by Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi (1/1/91), imposing a rate freeze on insurance companies.

March 21, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">CA Dept. of Insurance</p>

Los Angeles District Attorney on how Proposition 103 has forced insurance companies to fight fraud for the first time.

March 21, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Los Angeles Times (10/18/90)</p>

Oakland Automobile Premium Comparison

March 20, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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Cash and Carry

March 16, 2001  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<h3>A Court Decision Eviscerates Proposition 103, Reversing the Result of the Ballot Box</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Daily Journal</p> <p>Pending before the California Supreme Court is the urgent plea of the state's consumers to resolve a matter the court first addressed 14 years ago. At issue is the insurance industry's pernicious practice of "territorial rating"</p>

Rates tied to ZIPs blasted

March 14, 2001  ·  Doug Heller

<p class="source">Long Beach Press Telegram</p> <p>SACRAMENTO - It's not fair that an East Long Beach resident should pay less for auto insurance than a comparable driver one mile to the west, said consumer advocates and lawmakers who called on the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop insurers from bas</p>