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California Commissioner Names New Deputy Commissioner Of Enforcement
Sep 24 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones named Eric Weirich deputy commissioner of the enforcement branch of the California Department of Insurance. Weirich began with CDI as a detective with the fraud division in...
Confie Seguros Taps Chief Revenue Officer in California
Sep 24 2013 // California-based Confie Seguros named Darrin Silveria chief revenue officer. The national insurance broker focused on non-standard auto insurance and the Hispanic consumer created the new role to support the...
Networked Names Four to Management Posts in California
Sep 24 2013 // Networked Insurance Agents, an aggregator serving independent property/casualty agencies across the West, named four key management promotions in California. Scott Smith was made vice president and appointed to head of the...
Closing Arguments Presented in $1B Lead Paint Case in California
Sep 24 2013 // NL Industries Inc. is one of five paint companies that presented closing arguments against a public-nuisance lawsuit by 10 California cities and counties seeking more than $1 billion to replace or contain lead paint in...
Agent Ted Gaines Eyes California Commissioner Seat
Sep 23 2013 // Editor’s note: This is part of a series on insurance professionals in politics. This is a national series. Some of the articles focused on the Western U.S. region can be read in the pages of this issue of Insurance...
Beth Gaines Wants More ‘Business-Friendly’ State
Sep 23 2013 // Editor’s note: This is part of a series on insurance professionals in politics. This is a national series. Some of the articles focused on the Western U.S. region can be read in the pages of this issue of Insurance...
Cooley Masters Quake Insurance
Sep 23 2013 // Editor’s note: This is part of a series on insurance professionals in politics. This is a national series. Some of the articles focused on the Western U.S. region can be read in the pages of this issue of Insurance...
Garamendi Says Economy Needs Insurance
Sep 23 2013 // Editor’s note: This is part of a series on insurance professionals in politics. This is a national series. Some of the articles focused on the Western U.S. region can be read in the pages of this issue of Insurance...
After Suggested Workers’ Comp Rate Hike California Employers Hope Reform Kicks In
Sep 23 2013 // The reaction from an employers’ group to a suggested hike in California’s advisory workers’ compensation rates of nearly 7 percent was – surprisingly – cautiously optimistic. The insurer and public...
California Regulators OK On-Demand Ridesharing, With Conditions
Sep 20 2013 // On-demand ride services got the green light from California regulators on Thursday in a move the services hope will help clarify their legal status in other jurisdictions. The California Public Utilities Commission created...
ITC Releases TurboRater in California
Sep 18 2013 // Carrollton, Texas–based Insurance Technologies Corp. announced the release in California of its web-based comparative TurboRater in California. Independent insurance agents can use the insurance rating system it to...
Bus Company Settles Southern California Amputee Lawsuit For $15M
Sep 18 2013 // An 85-year-old man who lost part of his leg after a public bus hit him in a Southern California crosswalk settled a lawsuit Monday for $15 million – just before a jury reached a verdict that would have given him even...
Burnham in California Taps Two New Account Executives
Sep 17 2013 // Burnham Benefits Insurance Services named two new members to its staff. New hires Laurel McClay, senior account executive, and Michele M. Dang, account executive, were hired to support the firm’s growth and expansion...
Networked in California Under New Ownership
Sep 17 2013 // Property/casualty aggregator Networked Insurance Agents announced today that a small group of individual investors has acquired the company from Strongwood Holding Company LLC. George Biancardi, president and CEO, led the...
Central California Hospital Fights Lawsuit Over Patient Death
Sep 16 2013 // A Clovis, Calif. hospital and doctor are defending themselves against a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who bled to death after a common surgery. The family of 40-year-old Nicole Caruso filed the medical-malpractice...
California Immigrants May Flag Status to Get Driver’s License
Sep 16 2013 // To get the driver’s licenses they’ve long sought, immigrants living in California illegally will have to do something many have long resisted: publicly identify themselves. The driver’s license bill that...
Bill Would Create California Quake Warning System
Sep 16 2013 // The California Legislature has approved a bill that would require the development of an earthquake early-warning system similar to what exists in Japan, Mexico and other quake-prone countries. The bill was sent to Gov....
After Suggested Workers’ Comp Rate Hike California Employers Hope Reform Kicks In
Sep 13 2013 // The reaction from an employers’ group to a suggested hike in California’s advisory workers’ compensation rates of nearly 7 percent was – surprisingly – cautiously optimistic. The insurer and public...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Garamendi Says Economy Needs Insurance
Sep 13 2013 // When it comes to mixing insurance and politics Congressman John Garamendi, D-California, can be considered an authority on the topic. While Garamendi never served professionally in the insurance industry, after the...
California Wildfire More Destructive Than Thought
Sep 13 2013 // Fire officials say crews assessing the damage from a Northern California wildfire have determined 68 homes were destroyed. That’s up from the earlier tally of 37. State fire information officer Roy Del Carlo said...
