re california insurance commissioner endorses federal legislation to protect consumers from scam insurance companies johne vcd hp com john eaton writes nigel allen ndallen r node hub org wrote here is a press release from the california department of insurance california insurance commissioner endorses federal legislation to protect consumers from scam insurance companies i may be a little dense but i would have thought that protecting consumers from scam insurance companies would be the prime objective of something called the cal insurance commission if they aren t accomplishing that now then why do we need them very simple an insurance commissioner is a bureaucrat a regulator it is his her duties to make rules to enforce laws he she cannot make laws if there is no law that covers a specific subject say scam insurance companies a regulator cannot create one so they have to go to a proper legislative body to get such a law enacted for the california insurance commissioner there are two possible legislative bodies the california state legislature and the u s congress we all know how little the california state legislature accomplishes esp along the lines of insurance reform legislation negative movement so garamendi wants the feds to do it because a he has a better chance of getting a federal law through and b since many of the scam companies work across state lines national borders it is better to have a law that reach out into other jurisdictions john eaton hp vcd johne
