A POLITICAL SOLUTION

"Politics is a business," Romaniello says. "They're in the business to keep you coming back and back and back. After seeing the language in legislation watered down and changed, we've tired of it. Insurers are going to stretch things out to wear us down. Legislators aren...

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Published in:Automotive Body Repair News 2011-05, Vol.50 (5), p.56
Main Author: Sramcik, Tim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Associations
Automobile insurance
Automotive repair services
Class action lawsuits
Insurance commissioners
Law enforcement
Legislation
Legislators
Legislatures
Lobbyists
Politics
State laws
Tax increases
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Summary:"Politics is a business," Romaniello says. "They're in the business to keep you coming back and back and back. After seeing the language in legislation watered down and changed, we've tired of it. Insurers are going to stretch things out to wear us down. Legislators aren't going to stick their necks out for us." "What has worked for us is the courts," he says. "It's better to spend our dollars in class action lawsuits where they've proven to do more for us." "You don't want to waste time pursuing legislation that won't pass," [Judell Anderson] says. "You need to pick your battles carefully." "We need to speak under one banner," he says. "We need one organization, not 200. The auto dealers figured this out a long time ago, as did the insurers. The model we're using as an industry isn't as effective as it could be if we all worked together. No one has more resources than the insurance industry. Look what happens when we divide our resources in 50 different places and at the federal level."
ISSN:2166-0751
2166-2533