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December 20, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces $7.2 Million Settlement, Declares Victory for California Seniors
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December 18, 2007
Commissioner Poizner Convenes First Of Its Kind Summit to Aid Wildfire Survivors
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December 13, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Sentencing of Bel Air Market Store Directors for Workers' Comp Insurance Fraud
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December 13, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Hosts Insurance Recovery Forum to Assist Malibu and Los Angeles County Wildfire Survivors with Recovery Efforts
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December 13, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces $12.6 Million Action Against Blue Shield For Rescissions And Poor Claims Processing
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December 12, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program Now Available to Entire State of California
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December 11, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Releases Reports on Examination of State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF)
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December 7, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Honored by University of Texas School of Engineering as "2007 Distinguished Graduate"
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December 5, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Hosts Insurance Recovery Forum to Assist San Bernardino County Wildfire Survivors with Recovery Efforts
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November

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November 29, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Hosts Insurance Recovery Forum to Assist San Diego Wildfire Survivors with Recovery Efforts
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November 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces a 70% Decrease in Insurers' Workers' Comp Costs
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November 15, 2007
Commissioner Poizner Obtains Benefits for Victims of Race-Based Insurance Policies
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November 14, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces New General Counsel
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November 9, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces the Sentencing and Conviction of Southern California Fraud Perpetrators
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November 8, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces More Than 500 Additional Insurance Adjusters Have Registered To Assist Southern California Fire Victims During Recovery Efforts
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November 8, 2007
Two Southern Californians Arrested for Work-Related Insurance Fraud
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November 7, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Two Former Insurance Agents Brought to Justice for Insurance Fraud Schemes
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November 7, 2007
Two Southern California Insurance Brokers Arrested for Insurance Fraud
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November 1, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Reminds Small Businesses They May Qualify For Business Interruption Coverage Through Their Insurance Policies
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October 31, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Reminds Insurance Companies of their Legal Obligations to Policyholders as Southern California Wildfire Victims Begin Recovery Effort
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October 30, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Joins San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and San Diego Sheriff’s Department to Announce Joint Disaster Fraud Task Force
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October 27, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Tours Orange County Fire Damage Area with Governor Schwarzenegger, Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona and Orange County District Attorney Tony Rau
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October 26, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced his final determination of need for the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program to rest of California
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October 26, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Meets with Governor Schwarzenegger, Announces Action Plan for Rebuilding Southern California
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October 25, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Poizner Tours Southern California Fire Zones with President Bush and Governor Schwarzenegger
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October 24, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Issues Declaration of Insurance Emergency for Southern California Fire Storms
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October 24, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Approves $100 Million Rate Reduction For Northern California AAA Customers, Announces More Than $700 Million In Auto Insurance Savings This Year
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October 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Joins DMHC in Battle Against Rescissions
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October 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Issues Statement on Southern California Wildfires
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October 15, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Partners with CAL FIRE to Prevent and Mitigate Fire Losses for Californians
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October 9, 2007
CA Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Joins CA Land Title Association to Announce TitleWizard 
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October 5, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Senior Issues Task Force, Warns Seniors to Be on the Lookout for Insurance Scams
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October 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Expands Affordable Auto Insurance Option To Twenty Additional California Counties
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September

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September 24, 2007
Fraud Update - Former Insurance Agent Sent to Prison for $1.5 Million Fraud Scheme
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September 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Urges Parents And College Students To Evaluate Insurance Needs As They Head Back To School
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September 14, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces $14.5 Million Savings in Homeowner Insurance Rates
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September 12, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces National Settlement With United Healthcare
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September 11, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Names New Deputy Commissioner of Consumer Services And Market Conduct Branch
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September 5, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Consumer Victory Through Settlement
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August

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August 29, 2007
Commissioner Poizner Urges Californians to Protect Their Vacation Investments with Travel Insurance
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August 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Settlement With Stewart Title Guaranty Company To Halt Illegal Rebate Activity, Pay Over $1 Million In Penalties
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August 27, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Proposes Expansion Of California’s Low Cost Auto Insurance Program To Entire State
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August 27, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Arrest Of Fugitive, Co-Conspirator In $500,000 Auto Insurance Fraud Scam
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August 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Hosts Townhall Meeting in Lake Tahoe, Offers Recovery Assistance to Local Residents
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August 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Conviction of Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Perpetrator
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August 20, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Fugitive Extradited and Arrested After Scamming California Homeowners Out of Almost $100,000
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August 17, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Brothers Arrested for Attempting to Defraud Insurance Companies of Nearly $100,000
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August 16, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to Expand Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program to Eleven Additional Counties
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August 15, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Suspects Arrested for More Than $20,000 in Auto Insurance Fraud Charges
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August 14, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Bel Air Market Store Managers Arraigned on Felony Counts of Workers' Compensation Fraud
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August 8, 2007
Southern Californian Agents and Broker Busted for Fraud
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August 6, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces First-Ever "Healthcare Report Card" for PPO Health Plans
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August 3, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Approves $65.8 Million Rate Reduction for GEICO Customers
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August 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Commands Palos Verdes-based Company to Stop Adjusting Insurance Claims in South Lake Tahoe Fire Zone
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August 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Names New Acting Deputy Commissioner of Consumer Services and Market Conduct Branch
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August 1, 2007
Bellflower Insurance Broker Arrested for Grand Theft
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July 31, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Approves $65.8 Million Rate Reduction for GEICO Customers
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July 27, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Former Insurance Agent Arrested For Stealing $20,000 From Customer
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July 25, 2007
Task Force to Probe Allegations Involving Former SCIF Employees
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July 25, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Warns Seniors to Beware of Aggressive Medicare Marketing Schemes
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July 24, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces New Service to Streamline Insurance Agency Application Process
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July 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges Sacramento Residents to Prepare for Possible Disaster
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July 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Names New Deputy Commissioner of Rate Regulation
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July 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Two Arrested for Vehicle Arson, Insurance Fraud Scam
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July 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges Bay Area Residents to Prepare for Possible Disaster
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July 18, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Orders Stewart Title and E-Title to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Charges that the Firms Used Illegal Methods to Generate More Business
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July 13, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Expansion of State's Low Cost Auto Insurance Program
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July 12, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Names Interim General Counsel and Interim Deputy General Counsel
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July 12, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Insurance Broker Charged, Arrested for Grand Theft
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July 11, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Joint Partnership to Create Youth Education and Mentoring Program
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July 10, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to Expand Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program to Nine Additional Counties
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July 5, 2007
Five Contractors Arrested in South Lake Tahoe for Preying on Angora Fire Survivors
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July 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Provides Consumer Tips to Avoid Getting Burned Twice
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July 2, 2007
California Reaches Settlement on Discretionary Clause in Disability Income Insurance Policies
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June 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Former Insurance Agent Charged for Fraud Scam
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June 26, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Dispatches First Response Teams to Aid in Lake Tahoe Blaze Recovery Efforts
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June 25, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Former insurance Agents, Married Couple Charged for $750,000 Fraud Scheme
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June 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Personnel Change
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June 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces CDI Investigation Uncovers, Helps Prosecute Insurance Agent for Grand Theft
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June 20, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Provides Update on Crop Freeze Insurance Issues
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June 13, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Expansion of State's Low Cost Auto Insurance Program
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June 5, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner Signs Operating Agreement with German Insurance Department
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May 31, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner's Task Force on Insurance Fraud Holds Inaugural Session
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May 31, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Efforts for Rate Reductions and Reforms in Title Insurance
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May 30, 2007
Dozens Arrested Across Five Counties in Regional Insurance Fraud Busts
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May 29, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Unveils Reform Package for Workers' Comp System
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May 29, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges San Diegans to Prepare for Possible Fires, Other Natural Disasters
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May 23, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces He Will Seek Refunds for Allstate Customers
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May 22, 2007
Santa Clarita Husband and Wife Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud
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May 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges Southern Californians to Prepare for Possible Disasters
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May 16, 2007
Three Doctors Arrested in Unity Outpatient Surgery Center Scam for Performing Unnecessary Surgeries and Fraudulent Insurance Billing
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May 10, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Responds to Allstate's Announcement They Will No Longer Write New Homeowners Policies in California
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April 26, 2007
Pre-paid Funeral Scam Targets Elderly; Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges Senior Citizens and their Families to Check Their Policies
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April 25, 2007
Fraud-Fighting Measure Passes Assembly Insurance Committee
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April 20, 2007
U.S. Government Report Shows California Leading the Nation in Enforcement of Title Regulations
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April 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Proudly Announces the Department of Insurance Fraud Division's Participation in this year's 23rd Annual Baker to Vegas Cup Relay
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April 18, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Marks 100th Day in Office, Unveils "100 Day Report" and Strategic Vision for 2007
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April 10, 2007
Long Beach Insurance Broker-Agents to Pay Restitution After Issuing Bogus Insurance Certificates and Pocketing Premiums
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April 2, 2007
Los Angeles Bail Agent Arrested on Grand Theft
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April 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Former Insurance Agent Sentenced for Insurance Fraud and Petty Theft
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March

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March 29, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to Announce Expansion of Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program to Six Additional Counties Effective March 30, 2007
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March 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Orders Audit of State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF)
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March 14, 2007
Bay Area Man Sentenced To Ten Years in Prison for Selling Fake Insurance Policies
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March 14, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Issues Cease and Desist Order Against Richmond Title for Conducting Business in the State Without Proper Insurance License
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March 6, 2007
Department of Insurance Investigators Break Up Auto Fraud Ring
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March 2, 2007
Newhall Man Arranges for "Theft" of His Truck; "Thief" Turns Out to Be Undercover Officer
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March 2, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces $443.5 Million Arbitration Award
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February

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February 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces His Executive Team
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February 23, 2007
Glendale Skin Care and Massage Business Owner Pleads Guilty In Scheme that Bilked Insurance Companies
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February 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Issues Statement Following Decision by OAL on New Regulations
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February 16, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Orange County Insurance Fraud Arrests
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February 15, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Praises Superior Court Decision on Auto Rating Factors
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February 8, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to Expand Low Cost Auto Program to Merced and Tulare Counties
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February 8, 2007
Bakersfield Businesswoman Charged with Insurance Fraud, Workers' Comp Fraud, Money Laundering, Employer Tax Evasion and Conspiracy
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February 7, 2007
Three Senior Citizens Sentenced in Financial Scam Targeting Elderly
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February 1, 2007
Superior Court Upholds California Department of Insurance Protections for Homeowners
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February 1, 2007
High-Tech Era Arrives at California Department of Insurance to Streamline Insurance Agency Requests
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January 25, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner Joins Governor Schwarzenegger for Briefing on Agricultural Crisis
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January 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Takes Next Step In Bringing Low Cost Auto Insurance Program To Merced County
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January 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Takes Next Step in Bringing Low Cost Auto Insurance Program to Tulare County
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January 22, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner Issues Declaration of Insurance Emergency in Agricultural Freeze
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January 17, 2007
La Habra Woman Charged with Fraud and Forgery
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January 17, 2007
Monterey County Contractor Accused of Leaving Employees Without Workers' Comp
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January 10, 2007
Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, California Department of Insurance Discuss "Operation Store Front" As Part of Auto Insurance Fraud Crackdown
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January 8, 2007
Steve Poizner Takes Oath of Office as California’s New Insurance Commissioner Today
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