Executive Director, Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers
Executive Director of the Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers, a statewide organization representing independent insurance agents and brokers
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Mike D’Arelli
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FROM Mike D’Arelli
Which Way, L.A.?
Prop. 17 and Populist Appeals Supporters say Prop 17 will lower insurance rates for 82% of California drivers. Opponents ask, why would an insurance company sponsor a measure that might cost it money? Proposition 17 in next month’s election. The ballot says, “Allows auto insurance companies to base their prices in part on a driver’s history of insurance coverage.” Mercury General has put up 10 million dollars for Prop 17, and it’s an auto insurance company. Opponents claim that’s all you need to know.
Which Way, L.A.?
The Politics of California Car Insurance State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says the Mercury Insurance Group has illegally denied auto coverage to bartenders, liquor-store owners, cocktail servers and artists by using standards it doesn't apply to people in other professions. He also claims that Mercury has failed to correct other violations going back more than ten years. The company could face millions of dollars in fines if it doesn't correct each violation in ten days.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.