In the News Archive

2012

• Exposing the Lie of Tort Reform, Huffington Post, October 18, 2012

• Missouri Tort Reformers Flunk History Test As Court Strikes Down Damage Caps, Media Matters, August 2, 2012

2011

• Report: Insurers create crises to raise rates, Sun Sentinel, December 20, 2011
  
• Study: Insurers often cry wolf to boost profits, The News & Observer, December 19, 2011

• Insurance Companies Ready Push for 'Devastating' Rate Hikes on Businesses, The Huffington Post, December 15, 2011

• N.Y. Consumer Report Accuses Insurers of Needlessly Raising Rates, Insurance Journal, December 15, 2011

2010

• No’ on Initiative 1082: Changing state’s workers comp system would hurt employers, reduce benefits, The Columbian, October 13, 2010

• State delays setting workers' comp rates, The Olympian, September 16, 2010

• Report Backs State-Run Comp Over Privatization, WorkCompCentral, September 15, 2010

• Liability Labs, Hospitals & Health Networks, May 2010 Issue

• It's insurance that needs to be reformed, Athens Banner-Herald, February 21, 2010

• Consumer group says tort cost estimates are ‘highly exaggerated’, Insurance & Financial Advisor, February 8, 2010

2008

• Proposed malpractice bill stirs support, opposition, Denver Business Journal, February 4, 2008

2007

• Wall Street vs. Main Street; Restructuring insurance companies abandoning their customers, Mobile Register, August 26, 2007

• Taking the pulse of 'health courts', Lawyers USA, July 16, 2007

• Consumer Groups Say Market Forces, Not Claims, Caused Med Mal Crisis, Insurance Journal, March 29 , 2007

• New Study in Illinois Malpractice Debate, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 29 , 2007

2006

• Activism Provides Strength to Battle Insurers, Miami Herald, November 26 , 2006

• On Insurance, Will State get Fooled Again? Palm Beach Post, October 10 , 2006

• Medical Liability Market Looking Up, The State Journal (WV), September 28, 2006

• Appeal Court Says Louisiana's $500,000 Malpractice Cap Too Low, Associated Press, September 28, 2006

• End Private Involvement, By J. Robert Hunter and Joanne Doroshow, Miami Herald, August 23, 2006

• Consumer Group Favors Expansion of Citizens Property Coverage,Tallahassee Democrat , April 28, 2006

• The Crisis at Hand: Covering Florida Homes, Miami Herald, April 16, 2006

• Plan Shifts Wind Risk to State, St. Petersburg Times, April 11, 2006

• Battered Homes, Battered Insurers, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 9, 2006

• Nothing Like It; Insurance Claims After Katrina are Reaching Unseen Sights in Louisiana, With About $18 Billion Paid out so far and Much More to Come,Times-Picayune (New Orleans), February 5, 2006

• Insurers Blew Katrina Response, Report Claims, NU Online News Service, January 13, 2006

• Insurers Take Hurricane Beating, Chicago Tribune, January 13, 2006

• Group Criticizes Insurers Over Hurricane Response, Bloomberg News, January 12, 2006

• Advocacy Group Calls for Reform; Report Based on Insurance Policyholders' Complaints, Biloxi Sun Herald (Mississippi), January 12, 2006

• Katrina Insurers Flayed; Consumer Coalition Says Industry Was Slow, Callous After Storm, Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota), January 12, 2006

2005

• Louisiana "Last Resort" Insurer Target of Numerous Complaints, Associated Press, October 20, 2005

• Malpractice Premiums Begin to Level off, Hartford Courant , September 19, 2005

• Katrina: The Aftermath: 'You've Got to Make Them Feel Good About Something', Atlanta Constitution Journal , September 18, 2005

• Tillinghast Tort System Cost Study Under Fire, Insurance Journal, January 18, 2005

2004

• Physician, Heel Thyself: Docs' Moving Claims Don't Ad Up, Cleveland Scene , June 2, 2004

• Consumers’ Guide to Homeowners Insurance Protective Step: Know Policy, Palm Beach Post, September 20, 2004

• Physician, Heel Thyself: Docs' Moving Claims Don't Ad Up, Cleveland Scene , June 2, 2004

• Consumer Groups Clash With NAIC President, National Underwriter, March 8, 2004

• Attorneys Say SB 1 Won’t Help; Legislation is Designed to Open Door for Lower Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates, Bowling Green Daily News (KY), February 27, 2004

• Despite New Law, Doctors’ Insurance Costs Up, Columbus Dispatch February 16, 2004

• Economy Blamed for High Malpractice Rates, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, February 7, 2004
  
  
• Study: Economy, Not Legal System, Causes Malpractice Rate Rise, Associated Press, February 6, 2004
  
• Right Problem, Wrong Solution for Malpractice, Roanoke Times & World, February 4,2004
  
  
• Oklahoma Senator Calls for Reform of Insurance Industry, Journal Record Legislative Report (OK), January 29, 2004

2003

• Insurers Need to be Reined in, Boston Herald, September 21, 2003

• Bad Medicine: Why Bush's Malpractice Policy Will Only Help Insurers, American Prospect, July 2003

• Malpractice Reform: A Bitter Pill for Victims, Portland Press Herald (ME), June 1, 2003

• Lobby Day for Doctors Won't Resolve Insurance 'Crisis', Post-Standard (NY), May 5, 2003

• Physician, Heal Thy Regulatory System, Albany Times - Union, March 24, 2003

• Malpractice Crisis Coming to Light, The Courier - Tribune (Asheboro, NC), March 23, 2003
  
• State Looks at Caps on Malpractice, Greenville News (Greenville, SC), March 8, 2003
  
  
• Bad Market Blamed for Workers' Comp Crisis, Sarasota Herald -Tribune, March 3, 2003
  
• Our Opinion: Girl's Death May Dim View of Tort Reform, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 2, 2003
  
• Group Says Juries Not to Blame For Cost Surge, Chicago Tribune, February 27, 2003

• Doctors Take to Streets to Win Malpractice Reforms, Amid Disputes Over What Will Work, Associated Press, February 3, 2003
  
• Report Opposes Cap on Jury Awards, The Record, February 3, 2003
  
  
• Insurance Expert Disputes Doctors; Says Cap on Awards is Not Solution, The Record, February 1, 2003
  
  
• Solution to Malpractice Costs Elusive; Many Doctors Want Award Caps to Curb Insurance Costs, but Opponents Say it Won't Solve Problem, Associated Press, January 27, 2003
  
  
• Bush Renews Push for Medical-Malpractice Caps, Associated Press, January 17, 2003
  
  
• Reforming Insurance Rates Has Just Begun, Dayton Daily News, January 10, 2003
  
  
• Doctors Seek GOP Push on Bill to Rein in Malpractice Awards, Congressional Quarterly Daily Monitor, January 10, 2003
  
  
• Tort Changes Unlikely to Benefit Unhappy Physicians, Charleston Gazette, January 10, 2003

2002

• Medical Malpractice: Lawmakers Need to Start With Insurance Reform, Charleston Gazette, Op-Ed, December 31, 2002


• Reports Support A Cautious Wise Amid Medical Malpractice Debate, Associated Press, October 18, 2002
  

• Malpractice Impact Challenged; Premiums Inflated, Group Claims, Denver Post, October 11, 2002
  
  
• Premiums Dictated by Economy, Charleston Gazette, October 11, 2002
  
  
• Consumer Groups Warn NAIC On Health Scams, Rising Property Rates, Bestwire, September 10, 2002
  
  
• A Move to Halt the Premium Seesaw, Washington Post, September 8, 2002

• Insurance Companies May Be Over-Reacting With Unjustified Rate Hikes After September 11th, Marketplace Morning Report, September 6, 2002

• State Insurance Regulators to Study Rising Rates, Impact of Terrorism, Associated Press, September 5, 2002

• Texas Sues Farmers Group; Insurance: The state accuses the firm of charging higher premiums while reducing coverage, Los Angeles Times, August 6, 2002

• New Watchdog Group Barks at Industry, Insurance Chronicle, August 5, 2002
  
  
• Consumer Groups Unite to Track Insurance Prices, New York Times, July 30, 2002