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29
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VOL. 28 ISSUE 10 OCTOBER 2010
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JOB DESCRIPTION—
● Run California’s largest consumer protection agency ● Oversee more than 1,500 insurers with 300,000 workers ● Control a tenth of our largest state’s economy
TASKS REQUIRED—
● Manage 1300 employees with a $200 million budget ● Field 300,000 consumer assistance calls annually ● Handle more than 35,000 consumer complaints ● Issue 170,000 agents and brokers licenses ● Investigate 24,000 suspected fraudulent referrals ● Initiate about 1,000 arrests annually ● Recover more than $48 million per year for consumers
FULL TIME POSITION, LONG HOURS—
● Requires election by voters of California ● Need to know about insurance and collision repair
Who is Assemblyman DAVE JONES and why does he want to be California’s next Insurance Commissioner? INTERVIEW by Ed Attanasio
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
see page 18 for interview
The Collision associations ask the Governor for a veto on two bills: CRA on SB 427 (Crash Parts bill redefines Aftermarket parts)
p. 42
CAA on AB 519 (Unscrupulous towing)
p. 3
A Profile of the Evolving Collision Repair Marketplace
p. 37
CAA opposes Proposed Sales Tax on Services
A Preview of the Keynote Address at NACE/CARS
p. 13
p. 12
Change Service Requested
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