Insurance

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>

The Quackenbush Foundations

April 27, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>According to news reports, Mr. Quackenbush has set up three non-profit foundations. The foundations are apparently controlled by Quackenbush or other CDI officials, though Mr. Quackenbush has denied that he controls the foundations. The Board of Directors</p>

Quackenbush Lets the Insurance Companies Off the Hook

April 27, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>In Exchange for Donations to Non-profits He Controls And Campaign Contributions</h3> <p>News releases and other records previously issued by Commissioner Quackenbush indicate that major insurers agreed to make relatively modest donations to one or more non-profit foundations as "settlement" of the agency's confidential Market Conduct investi</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>

AIDES ISSUE 25-PAGE DEFENSE OF QUACKENBUSH’S ACTIONS;

April 27, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>INSURANCE: DOCUMENT ACCUSES DEMOCRATS OF HYPOCRISY. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL CRITICIZESCOMMISSIONER.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>As the California Assembly prepared for its first public hearing today probing state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush's activities, his political aides issued a 25-page defense of the commissioner's handling of Northridge earthquake penalties.</p>

Insurance Companies Should Not Compromise Impartiality of Judicial Process to Save Money

April 24, 2000  ·  Pam Pressley

<h3>Opinion Editorial by Pam Pressley, FTCR</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Daily Journal</p> <p>Our civil justice system has come under attack on many fronts-from the usurpation of our right to a trial by jury by banks, insurance companies and HMOs that foist mandatory arbitration upon us to the corporate financing of judges' campaigns that stack th</p>

Quackenbush Overstepped, Counsel Says

April 22, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Government: Lawyers For Legislature Say The Commissioner Lacked Authority To Have Insurers Fund Foundations Instead Of Paying Fines After Northridge Quake</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush did not have legal authority to compel insurance companies to give money to nonprofit foundations instead of paying fines or other penalties in the wake of the Northridge earthquake, lawyers for the California Legi</p>

Insurers Striking Deals With Court Reporters;

April 17, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Preferential treatment for companies weakens justice system</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p>

OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE APPROVES PATIENTS’ RIGHT TO SUE HMOS

April 11, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">BestWire</p> <p>OKLAHOMA CITY (BestWire) - The Oklahoma Legislature has approved a bill that gives patients the right to sue their health maintenance organizations for punitive damages. If signed by the governor, Oklahoma will join Texas, Georgia, California and most re</p>