This is only the beginning of reforms needed to protect the public from misconduct by insurers.
Policyholders deserve to know about state evidence of insurer abuses.
The package passed today will help prevent the malfeasance of Mr. Quackenbush's tenure from being revisited on Californians, but more reforms will be needed to ward against future corruption of the insurance commissioner's post and low-balling by the industry. Today's laws are a good beginning and Governor Davis deserves praise for doing what was right for the public rather than what is best for the insurance industry. All Rights Reserved. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy .