Poizner Accused of Inflating His Accomplishments In Office

By Greg Griggs, Editorgreg@workcompcentral.comCalifornia Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, who last week rejected an industry request to raise workers' compensation insurance pure premium rates by 22.8%, was accused by a consumer group over the weekend of exaggerating his accomplishments as top insurance regulator.Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog alleged that nearly half of the $1.81 billion in savings that the department said has occurred with automobile and homeowner policies actually resulted from the work of Poizner's predecessor, Democrat John Garamendi in late 2006. The g...