Insurance

Assembly panel approves campaign contribution limits to insurance commissioner

August 18, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Inspired by the scandal that engulfed former Insurance Commissioner Charles Quackenbush, an Assembly committee Friday approved drastically limiting campaign donations from the $80 billion insurance industry to the commissioner.</p>

Full slate at Capitol as recess concludes: Bills seek to mop up after Quackenbush

August 7, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>At least five of the proposals are directly inspired by the scandal that has enveloped former state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, and at least two more are expected to be introduced today.</p>

Hundreds of bills, dozens of fund-raisers set for end of session

August 6, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>The scandal surrounding former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush has increased the likelihood that lawmakers will impose new consumer-friendly controls on the Insurance Department and future commissioners</p>

Hundreds of bills, dozens of fund-raisers set for end of session

August 6, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>The legislative equivalent of crunch time starts Monday when lawmakers return from a monthlong recess to decide hundreds of issues ranging from skyrocketing electricity rates to more money for bicycle lanes.</p>

Insurance Crisis: How Insurance Companies Periodically Disrupt the Economy and Why

August 1, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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Retired judge nominated to lead insurance office

August 1, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Jose Mercury News</p> <p>In a bid to restore faith in a scandal-ridden department, Gov. Gray Davis on Monday nominated a low-key former state appeals court judge from San Francisco to replace Insurance Commissioner Charles Quackenbush, who resigned in disgrace three weeks ago.</p>

Insurance Post Goes to S.F. Ex-Judge

August 1, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Davis names Harry Low to succeed Quackenbush</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p>

Insurance Post Goes to S.F. Ex-Judge

August 1, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Davis names Harry Low to succeed Quackenbush</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p>

Davis names retired Judge Harry Low to succeed Quackenbush

July 31, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Gov. Gray Davis on Monday nominated retired Judge Harry W. Low as California's new insurance commissioner, promising that Low's ``unquestioned integrity and absolute independence'' would restore confidence in a scandal-stained department.</p>

HUMAN GENOME

July 25, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">St. Louis Post Dispatch</p> <p>The announcement of the mapping of the human genome should be met with suspicion as well as hope. The corporate bid to own and control information about the human genetic code is an omen of the next great struggle facing humanity.</p>

The “QuackQuake” is Over, Now the Clean-Up Must Begin

July 23, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Opinion Editorial</h3><p class="source">Santa Monica Mirror</p> <p>Over six years after the Northridge quake first traumatized L.A., and five, and a half years under Insurance Commissioner Quackenbush, the shaking finally stopped on June 28 when Quackenbush resigned his post as Commissioner.</p>

Corporations Shuffle Patients

July 21, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>The integrity of insurance coverage must be protected</h3><p class="source">San Diego Union Tribune</p> <p>Individuals who sit down at their kitchen tables to pick their health insurance plan during the one open-enrollment month per year will find their carefully weighed choice meaningless if a new HMO industry policy of selling patients off like commodities i</p>