Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Boost California’s Economy by $34.7 Billion
Nov 29 2011 // California’s a $1.9 trillion economy gets a multi-billion dollar boost from the property/casualty insurance industry, according to a report from the Insurance Information Institute issued Tuesday. In 2009, insurers...
Whistleblower Laws, Lucrative for Some States, Stall in Others
Nov 28 2011 // For many states, a law intended to root out corruption also has been good for the bottom line. Over the last decade, more than 20 states have passed a version of the federal anti-corruption law known as the False Claims...
Poms Hires Director of Risk Services in Southern California
Nov 22 2011 // Dennis Healy has joined Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc.’s Woodland Hills office as assistant director of Risk Services. Healy has more than 20 years’ experience in risk management, most recently as...
Small Oklahoma Quake Reinforces Need for Repsonse, Preparedness Training
Nov 22 2011 // A small earthquake was recorded in central Oklahoma on Nov. 21 — on a day that executives from the California Earthquake Authority met with officials from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to discuss earthquake response...
Business Moves
Nov 21 2011 // Yates Tustin, Calif.-based managing general agent Yates has opened a northern California office in Walnut Creek. Jon Uyeyama has joined the office, bringing with him 10 years of underwriting experience. Uyeyama will...
Contractors, Agents Fight to Stay Afloat in Distressed Construction Market
Nov 21 2011 // Some Signs Point to Better Times Ahead, Experts Say The construction market is showing hints of improvement, if only slightly, according to insurance specialists for this market. The contractor class has been one of the...
Initiative to Expand California Prop 103 Ignites Battle
Nov 21 2011 // A ballot initiative to expand the scope of California’s Proposition 103 to include health insurance could also impact the auto insurance industry by challenging a long-sought-after initiative on auto insurance...
California’s State Fund Names Welsh Chief for Workplace Safety
Nov 18 2011 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund on Friday named Len Welsh head of workplace safety. Welsh is charged with directing State Fund’s strategies to advance occupational safety and health in...
California’s State Fund Declares $50 Million in Dividends for Policyholders
Nov 18 2011 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund on Friday announced plans to disburse a $50 million dividend to qualifying policyholders in the form of a premium credit amounting to roughly 5.2 percent of estimated...
Southern California Food Importer to Pay $400K in Discrimination Case
Nov 18 2011 // A Southern California Asian food importer has agreed to pay $400,000 in back wages and interest to 71 women who were rejected for sales jobs. The U.S. Labor Department says in a news release Thursday that Tokyo-based...
Catherine Baker Hired as Senior Underwriter at Atlas in California
Nov 18 2011 // Atlas General Insurance Services has hired Catherine Baker as a senior underwriter. Baker comes to San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas from The Republic Group in Dallas, Texas, where she served for three years as a Multiline...
Computer with Information on 4 Million Patients Stolen in California
Nov 18 2011 // A Northern California physicians network says a computer stolen last month contains personal information on more than 4 million patients dating back to 1995. The Sacramento Bee reports the database includes the names,...
Atlas in Southern California Promotes Boyd to Underwriting Manager
Nov 17 2011 // Atlas General Insurance Services has promoted Steve Boyd to underwriting manager. In his expanded role, Boyd will continue to underwrite while contributing to program management at Atlas. Boyd, who served as a senior...
Wells Named Marketing, PR Manager at Atlas in Southern California
Nov 17 2011 // Holly Foxen Wells has been promoted to marketing and public relations manager of San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services. She will lead the marketing team to enhance Atlas’ brand strategy and...
Backers of Calif. Auto Insurance Discount Claim Signatures to Make 2012 Ballot
Nov 16 2011 // Backers of a persistency initiative on Wednesday said they have gathered the signatures they need to qualify it for the Nov. 6 2012 ballot in California. A campaign consultant for the backers of the campaign, the American...
Southern California Man Electrocuted by Fallen Power Line
Nov 15 2011 // A Southern California man has been electrocuted by a power line that fell on him outside his home. The Los Angeles Times says 24-old Joel Ramirez died Saturday night. The San Gabriel Valley Union-Tribune says the man was...
Willis Names Burwell as Northern California Construction Practice Leader
Nov 15 2011 // Willis North America has named Ric Burwell as construction practice leader of northern California. Burwell, who takes over immediately, will be based in San Francisco. Willis, a unit of U.K. insurance firm Willis Group...
Initiative to Expand California Prop 103 Ignites Insurance Battle
Nov 10 2011 // A ballot initiative to expand the scope of California’s Proposition 103 to include health insurance could also impact the auto insurance industry by challenging a long-sought-after initiative on auto insurance...
EPIC in California Adds to Leadership Team with Gunnison
Nov 8 2011 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits brokerage, has added Scott Gunnison as principal of strategic development. Gunnison has more than 30...
Brown & Brown of Northern California Acquires Sitzmann Assets
Nov 8 2011 // Brown & Brown of Northern California Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Sitzmann, Morris & Lavis Insurance Agency Inc. SML is in the employee benefits,...
