Latest California Headlines
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Insurance Pros in Politics: Beth Gaines Wants More “Business-Friendly” State
Sep 12 2013 // Although California Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, married into the insurance business, it seems to run in her blood, because it’s her blood that boils when she feels small businesses are being attacked by...
Bill Would Require Safety Features In California Limos
Sep 12 2013 // Limousines that operate in California would be required to have emergency exits under legislation approved by the state Assembly in the wake of several limousine fire deaths. Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of San Leandro...
USI Adds Reardon in Southern California
Sep 11 2013 // USI Insurance Services has hired Sean Reardon as a property/casualty broker. Reardon will be working out of USI’s office in Woodland Hills, Calif. He has 10 years of experience of commercial underwriting experience...
RSC Opens Professional Practices Group in California
Sep 11 2013 // Risk Strategies Co., a national insurance and benefits brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, launched a new professional practices group concentrated in California. The group specializes in providing...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Cooley Masters Quake Insurance
Sep 11 2013 // When it comes to mixing insurance and politics, the two might as well be one in the same for California Assemblyman Ken Cooley. Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, started his career in the 1970s working on earthquake issues with a...
Fireman’s Fund Taps Golden In California
Sep 10 2013 // Michael P. Golden has joined Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund as a strategic relationship manager. Golden will be responsible for building and strengthening our relationships and results with global brokers. Most...
PG&E to Settle Remaining Pipeline Explosion Claims in Northern California
Sep 10 2013 // PG&E Corp., owner of California’s largest utility, said it will settle “substantially all” remaining personal injury and property damage claims from a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion that killed...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Agent Ted Gaines Eyes California Commissioner Seat
Sep 10 2013 // From agent to politician, state Sen. Ted Gaines wants back in the insurance business – this time as the state’s top regulator of the industry. Gaines, R-Roseville, recently announced he’s running for...
Poms Names Slotkin Vice President in Southern California
Sep 9 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Matthew Slotkin vice president of new business development in the Woodland Hills, Calif. office. Slotkin has several years of executive recruitment experience and has...
California Senate Oks Limits On Workers’ Comp For Pro Athletes
Sep 9 2013 // The state Senate has approved a bill to prevent professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states from filing workers’ compensation claims in California. AB1309, by Democratic...
Wife Nabbed For Allegedly Cashing Dead Hubby’s Workers’ Comp Checks in California
Sep 9 2013 // Rosa Maria Barajas, 68, of Huntington Park, Calif. was arrested for allegedly receiving workers’ compensation benefits of her dead husband. The arrest was made by California Department of Insurance detectives with...
Bliss & Glennon Purchases IIW in California
Sep 9 2013 // Bliss & Glennon Inc., a leading national managing general agent and surplus lines broker, a division of Fortegra Financial, has purchased the assets of IIW Insurance Services of California Inc. in Dublin Calif. The...
NFP Acquires Insurance West Corporation in California
Sep 9 2013 // NFP Property & Casualty Services Inc. has acquired Insurance West Corporation, an independent insurance agency in Simi Valley, Calif. specializing in property/casualty for the entertainment industry. The deal closed on...
Workers’ Comp Premiums Jump 8.1% in First Half of 2013
Sep 9 2013 // Demotech’s review of second quarter 2013 data, as recently reported by insurers to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), shows three straight years of growth in workers’ compensation...
Yosemite May Be Harbinger of California’s Wildfire Potential
Sep 9 2013 // The massive wildfire in Yosemite is seen by some as a harbinger of what could be a “worst case scenario” when California enters its typical wildfire season in October — continued drought, lots of unburned...
California Supreme Court Expands Unfair Competition Law to Insurers
Sep 9 2013 // The California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Zhang v. Superior Court, a case examining the scope of the California Unfair Competition Law (UCL, California Business and Professions Code §§ 17200 et...
Cause Of Rim Fire In California Could Take Months To Determine
Sep 5 2013 // There was no evidence of an illegal marijuana grow near the spot where a raging wildfire started near Yosemite National Park, a federal forestry official said Wednesday. Investigators have ruled out the illicit activity as...
Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Likely for California
Sep 5 2013 // A workers’ compensation rate hike looks to be in the works for California. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Actuarial Committee met Wednesday and reviewed the June 30 experience, which showed...
RGEB Acquires Group Health Business of Archer Weiss in California
Sep 3 2013 // RGEB Employee Benefits has acquired the individual, Medicare and group health insurance business of Archer Weiss, a firm providing health insurance plans for clients in Southern California. The transaction will increase...
California Fire Prompts Unhealthy Air Warnings in Nevada
Aug 29 2013 // The giant wildfire burning at the edge of Yosemite National Park has not only destroyed buildings and threatened water supplies, electricity and sequoias, it has also unleashed a smoky haze that has worsened air quality...
