California | Local | Zanto Peabody | October 3, 2000
Thousands of homeowners who suffered property damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake will be able to file revised claims with their insurance companies under legislation signed by Gov.
News | Virginia Ellis | July 27, 2000
Former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush acted without legal authority when he made settlements after the Northridge earthquake that required insurers to contribute to foundations whose activities were not related to the disaster, an opinion by state Atty.
Business | Tom Petruno | May 16, 2000
Who says history doesn't repeat? The Federal Reserve today is expected to raise the target for its benchmark short-term interest rate by half a percentage point--six years to the day of the first half-point hike in the Fed's last major credit-tightening round.
News | Anna Gorman | May 12, 2000
Former Simi Valley Councilwoman Sandi Webb has launched a campaign to recall state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, saying his handling of disputed insurance claims has made him unfit for office.
News | George Skelton | May 11, 2000
The most puzzling piece of the Chuck Quackenbush scandal--Quackquake--is simply this: What was the insurance commissioner thinking when he blew off his natural political base in the earthquake-devastated L.
News | Jenifer Warren | May 11, 2000
It's such a simple word, a modest, wholesome-sounding little thing. "Outreach." As in reach out. As in help. Picture armies of heroic souls in the trenches, outreaching away.
News | Virginia Ellis | May 6, 2000
A Superior Court judge on Friday froze the assets of a foundation created by Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush after hearing it described as a "sham" operation whose monies were improperly diverted by one of the commissioner's key deputies.