CALIF. GROUP URGES REPEAL OF MASS. NO-FAULT AUTO INSURANCE

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: March 30, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

A California consumer group yesterday waded into the debate over how to change the Massachusetts auto insurance system, saying repeal of the state's no-fault system could theoretically save every driver about $50 a year in premiums.

Harvey Rosenfield, founder of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica and author of a 1988 auto insurance reform measure in California, said no-fault, where lawsuits are restricted and drivers settle claims with their own insurer regardless of who is at fault, is a recipe for fraud and waste.

"No-fault is a bonanza for insurance companies," ...

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