A consumer group said it had e-mail evidence that a lawyer in the California State Insurance Department worked secretly to help the insurance industry with a legal action against his own agency.
As a result, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said they have written Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner asking him to fire attorney William Gausewitz, whose background they said included 10 years working as an insurance industry lobbyist.
The FTCR said e-mails showed Mr. Gausewitz, who holds the post of senior counsel, had "covertly assisted insurance companies" in legal action related to a lawsuit the industry brought against the commissioner seeking to block regulations limiting the use of ZIP codes to rate customers.
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