Article: INSURANCE COMMISSIONER POIZNER ANNOUNCES NEARLY $13 MILLION RECOVERED BY DEPARTMENT FOR 2007 WILDFIRE SURVIVORS ONE YEAR AFTER FIRES BREAK OUT

The California Department of Insurance issued the following press release:

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the October 2007 wildfires, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced that the Department of Insurance has recovered more than $12.7 million from insurance companies by standing up for consumers who had been shortchanged.

"I am pleased that the Department's aggressive action on behalf of consumers has resulted in $12.7 million back in the pockets of wildfire survivors," said Commissioner Poizner. "Insurers understand that I simply will not allow them to give consumers the runaround. I have personally called the CEOs of major insurance companies to make sure that ...

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