ACIC Slams Garamendi ?Screwing' Remark
NU Online News Service, May 4, 4:20 p.m. EDT?An insurance industry trade group has responded angrily after a report that California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi used earthy language to describe insurers' treatment of homeowners claiming damage from last year's wildfires.[@@]
The reaction from the Association of California Insurance Companies followed a piece in the San Diego Union Tribune reporting that Mr. Garamendi said there were universal complaints by fire victims against State Farm, Allstate and Farmers, which he called "unconscionable."
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