Insurance

Insurance Czar’s Aide Under Fire

June 9, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Testimony on mystery checks at Quackenbush foundation</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>Suggestions of criminal wrongdoing surfaced for the first time at an Assembly Insurance Committee hearing yesterday over testimony that checks may have been forged and board minutes falsified for a foundation set up by Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quacken</p>

Checks were forged, minutes falsified, Assembly panel told

June 9, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Quackenbush fund linked to possible crimes</h3><p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Board members of a nonprofit fund created by Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush described possible criminal activity including falsified meeting minutes and checks that may have been forged.</p>

Quackenbush Critic Talks Impeachment

June 8, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Investigation: Committee's first public mention of possibility comes from the commissioner's own party</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>The senior Republican on the state Assembly committee investigating California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush said Wednesday that evidence "points in the direction" of impeachment of the state's chief insurance regulator.</p>

PR Firm’s Funding Scheme for Quackenbush

June 8, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Memo spelled out plan to polish his image</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush's mounting troubles may stem from a public relations firm's scheme to use fines from the insurance industry to polish his political image, a memo revealed yesterday.</p>

Special Foundations Shortchange The Public

June 2, 2000  ·  Jamie Court

<!-- excerpt --><p>Among the most unregulated billion-dollar industries in California are the charitable foundations formed in the 1990s, when the state's largest not-for-profit HMOs became for-profit, investor-owned entities.</p>

Quackenbush investigators issue 20 more subpoenas

June 2, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Insurance officials called to testify next week; request by commissioner for access to related files was denied</h3><p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Lawmakers investigating Insurance Commissioner Charles Quackenbush issued at least 20 subpoenas Thursday forcing witnesses to testify and rejected his request for records linked to the probe.</p>

The Limited Earthquake Coverage Offered by the California Earthquake Authority

June 1, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>Earthquake insurance rates have doubled since the California Earthquake Authority was established. But consumers haven't received better coverage in exchange. In fact, they're receiving far less. And the coverage has large gaps in it.</p>

Consumer advocate wonders why he is on Quackenbush’s request for documents

May 30, 2000  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>A consumer advocate is wondering why Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush is asking for copies of any written communications he's had with the Legislature about Quackenbush's settlement of insurance fines.</p>

Aribitration Squabble Breaks Out At Kaiser

May 30, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>An arbitrator selected to settle a patient's dispute with Kaiser is angry that the HMO's attorney disqualified him after he insisted that the case begin with a face-to-face meeting, leading him to question the fairness of this private dispute resolution p</p>

Subpoena looms for Quackenbush

May 25, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Panel rejects bill to make insurance post appointive</h3><p class="source">Oakland Tribune</p> <p>In a signal top legislative leaders intend to deal directly with claims of misconduct against Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, a Senate committee Wednesday rejected a Bay Area legislator's plan to return the position to an appointed post.</p>

Dump Quack and the Moolah

May 19, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Examiner Editorial</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Examiner</p> <p>Reforming the office of state insurance commissioner doesn't mean turning the elected post back into an appointed one Two things are needed to restore confidence in the state's beleaguered Department of Insurance.</p>

Senate Panel Wants Insurance Chief Appointed, Not Elected

May 18, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>Over the objection of some consumer groups, a plan to return the position of state insurance commissioner to an appointed post was unanimously approved yesterday by a state Senate committee.</p>