Affordable Car & Home Insurance

Schwarzenegger Administration Should Reject Phony Emergency Declared by Insurance Commissioner Poizner to Help Insurers

Consumer Advocates Call On Office of Administrative Law To Resist Politics, Protect Public
 
Santa Monica, CA – The Schwarzenegger administration should reject the "emergency" changes to the...

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Examining 'Emergency' Insurance Regulations

“Socialized car insurance.”

That's what insurers said would happen if California's Proposition 103 passed in November 1988. Advertisements said the referendum would put “big government into the car insurance...

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Consumer Advocates Warn Against Auto Insurance Proposals

SACRAMENTO, CA -- The cost of purchasing auto insurance in California -- strictly regulated since 1989 -- is poised to increase, consumer advocates are warning this week, under two proposals working their way through legislative and...

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New State Rules on Insurance Criticized

An activist says the regulations will lead to higher rates. Officials say he's wrong.

New rules for setting rates on car, home and other insurance policies in California will result in higher premiums for businesses...

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Consumer Group Warns of Higher Insurance Rates in Calif.

SACRAMENTO, CA -- A consumer group on Wednesday accused state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner of adopting emergency regulations that would lead to higher rates for auto, homeowner and most other types of insurance coverage.

In a...

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Poizner Capitulates to Insurance Industry, Weakens Prop 103 Insurance Rate Regulations, Author of 103 Says in Letter

Industry-Drafted Proposals Will Lead to Higher Insurance Rates
 
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has quietly adopted insurance industry proposals to weaken the rate regulations that led to last week’s...

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Allstate Ordered to Implement 15.9% Rate Cut for California Drivers

SACRAMENTO, CA -- A California Superior Court judge denied an Allstate petition to halt a state order to slice its automobile insurance rates by 15.9%, or approximately $124 per vehicle per year.

Judge Peter Busch...

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California Judge Won't Let Allstate Delay Cutting Auto Insurance Rates

On the same day a new study dubbed California the nation's leader in holding the line on auto insurance rates, a judge in San Francisco denied Allstate's bid to delay cutting its rates an average of 15.9 percent as the insurer appeals state...

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Consumer Victory: Judge Refuses to Block Allstate's $250 Million Rate Reduction

A San Francisco judge refused auto insurance giant Allstate’s request to block a $250 million auto insurance rate decrease set to go into effect next Monday.
 
Last month, California Insurance Commissioner Steve...

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Judge Orders Allstate to Lower Auto Rates

A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Allstate Insurance to comply with a regulatory order to lower annual auto insurance rates by an average of $133 per vehicle.

The ruling means that Allstate must comply with the...

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Schwarzenegger Administration Should Reject Phony Emergency Declared by Insurance Commissioner Poizner to Help Insurers

CONTACT: Doug Heller ,(310) 392-0522 ext. 309; or Harvey Rosenfield, ext. 304
May 13, 2008

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Examining 'Emergency' Insurance Regulations

By Dean Calbreath, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
May 4, 2008

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Consumer Advocates Warn Against Auto Insurance Proposals

By Edwin Garcia, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS (CA)
May 1, 2008

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New State Rules on Insurance Criticized

By Martin Zimmerman, LOS ANGELES TIMES
May 1, 2008

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Consumer Group Warns of Higher Insurance Rates in Calif.

By Steve Lawrence, ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 1, 2008

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