Insurance

Bill seeks voter OK for appointed insurance chief

May 18, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>With scandals swirling around state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, California moved a step closer Wednesday to changing his powerful post from an elected job to a governor's appointment.</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>

Special Foundations Shortchange The Public

May 17, 2000  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle Commentary</p> <p>THE RESULTS of the scandal engulfing Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush should be to penalize any misconduct by the insurers and Quackenbush. However, "Insurancegate" should also teach Californians that public money and resources reserved for govern</p>

QUACKENBUSH’S QUAGMIRE

May 15, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Times Editorial</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Amid still more evidence of dereliction, it's clearer that the state insurance commissioner has but one reasonable choice: resignation.</p>

Resign, Mr. Quackenbush

May 7, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Los Angeles Times Editorial</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>State Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush still insists that he had the consumer's interests at heart. How could that be, when he cut a deal that let insurance companies "donate" $12.8 million to private foundations he established rather than pay fin</p>

Human vs. Corporate Rights To Genetic Information

May 3, 2000  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>LAST MONTH, a private corporation announced that it was winning the race with the public scientific team, the Human Genome Project, to decipher a human volunteer's genome.</p>

Freeze proposed on fund created by Quackenbush

May 2, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Lawmaker wants Northridge quake victims to benefit</h3><p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>A lawmaker wants to freeze $6 million in a fund created by state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush. The legislator said he wants to make sure the money reaches Northridge earthquake victims.</p>

Bill seeks to seize Quackenbush fund for quake victims

May 2, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Two state legislators want to seize $6 million from a nonprofit foundation Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush created through insurance settlements and give the money to victims of the 1994 Northridge earthquake.</p>

FTCR Allstate Earthquake Case

May 1, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Policyholders To Be Paid in Full, New Foundation Established</h3> <p>On September 30, 1997, FTCR filed suit against Allstate Insurance Company.</p>

Arbitration Increasingly Under Fire

April 30, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Francisco Examiner</p> <p>Unhappy with her treatment in a 1997 medical examination and not wanting to sue the doctor and just quietly seek a settlement, Maureen Alexander and her husband went up against Blue Cross of California in arbitration.</p>

Insurers Made Campaign Contributions to Quackenbush Which He Used to Pay Off Personal Campaign Debts

April 27, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>A detailed analysis of the campaign finance records of Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush and his wife Chris Quackenbush, who made a failed bid for State Senate in 1998, provide further evidence of inappropriate behavior.</p>

CA. Dept. of Insurance Investigation Reveals Massive Wrongdoing by Insurers in Northridge

April 27, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>The Market Conduct Exams of three companies - State Farm, Allstate and 20th Century - found that these companies had committed massive violations of §790.03. The companies were found to have routinely delayed, denied, low-balled and misled their customer</p>