Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NFL Case Draws Attention to Unique Calif. Workers’ Comp Law
Aug 1 2011 // A California statute that affords protections to employees on temporary work assignment in the state has attracted attention after St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance sued the Denver Broncos of the National Football League...
California Surplus Lines Bill Signed Into Law
Aug 1 2011 // Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation (Assembly Bill 315) that brings California in line with provisions in the new federal surplus lines insurance law, the Non-admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA), which...
Insurance Industry’s Economic Clout in California
Aug 1 2011 // The overall insurance industry accounts for more than 234,000 jobs in California with a payroll of $16.8 billion, a new report finds. Also, property/casualty insurers paid a total of $50.2 billion in claims and expenses in...
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Aug 1 2011 // Joseph Waked was named CEO of Buena Park, Calif.-based Freeway Insurance, a subsidiary of New York-based Confie Seguros. He will have responsibility for California, Texas and Arizona. Waked replaces Freeway’s former...
Gordon Joins California’s Poms As Account Executive
Jul 29 2011 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc., an insurance brokerage firm focusing on commercial insurance, employee benefits, corporate wellness, personal lines, and risk management and risk control, has announced that...
California Man Gets 70-Month Prison Term for Insurance Fraud
Jul 28 2011 // A federal judge in New Jersey has sentenced a California man to 70 months in prison for conspiring to sell bogus liability insurance policies. Ronald Allen of North Hollywood, Calif., was convicted in December following a...
California Updates Pure Premium Rates Filing Process
Jul 26 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced that the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) has proceeded with his directive to revise its filing of pure premium rates in order to...
California WC Appeals Board Takes Back Physician Ruling
Jul 26 2011 // Just a few months after the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruled that a non-approved physician’s report cannot be used to support workers’ compensation eligibility, it is reconsidering...
GEICO Reduces Auto Rates in California
Jul 22 2011 // California’s insurance commissioner today announced that a rate reduction of 10.7 percent has been approved for GEICO’s California auto insurance policyholders. The GEICO rate decrease will come into effect on...
Moody’s Affirms California Earthquake Authority Bonds
Jul 22 2011 // Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the A3 rating on the California Earthquake Authority’s (“CEA”) 6.169% fixed rate Series 2006-B revenue bonds (mature July 20, 2016) and changed the rating...
Good Morning NRRA! Home State Scenarios for Affiliated Groups
Jul 21 2011 // Welcome to the magical mystery tour of Home State taxation and regulation under Nonadmitted Insurance and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA). The NRRA went live at 12:01 a.m., July 21, 2011, in all time zones. You may...
California Surplus Lines Bill Signed Into Law
Jul 20 2011 // California passed legislation this week that will allow the state to implement provisions in a new federal surplus lines insurance law. The federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA), which becomes...
Soda Makers Fight Back Against Obesity Claims: Reuters
Jul 20 2011 // U.S. public awareness campaigns about sugary soft drinks are under legal attack by beverage makers, which have sued New York City’s health department and hit local governments with requests for documents on the...
U.S. Judge Permits Toyota Appeal in California
Jul 20 2011 // A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Toyota Motor Corp. lawyers could appeal a previous ruling allowing consumers without sudden-acceleration claims to join litigation before a Santa Ana, California, court. The ruling by...
Moran Named to California Workers’ Compensation Administrator Post
Jul 19 2011 // Rosa Moran, 50, of Oakland, has been appointed administrative director of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation by Gov. Jerry Brown. Moran has served as a workers’ compensation judge since 2005....
California Workers’ Comp Veteran Havlick Dies
Jul 18 2011 // California workers’ compensation industry veteran Joseph (Joe) George Havlick passed away on July 11 in Reno, Nev. Havlick’s insurance career spanned decades and included the formation of two successful...
California Court Approves $10.5 Million Settlement With Aon
Jul 18 2011 // A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has given final approval to a $10.5 million class action settlement involving Aon Insurance Services Inc., according to the plaintiff’s’ attorney. The plaintiffs alleged that...
Calif. Court Limits Employer’s Liability in Acts by Employees
Jul 18 2011 // The California Supreme Court has confirmed a limitation on an employer’s potential tort liability for the acts of its employees, with a particular emphasis on employees operating motor vehicles in the course of their...
Risky Decisions
Jul 18 2011 // All the devastation from natural disasters that have occurred across the nation in recent months illuminates the fact that many, many homes across the United States are either uninsured or underinsured. Violent weather,...
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Jul 18 2011 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. named Bill Kenny vice president of tax. He will lead the tax function for Allianz of America in the United States, and will lead the teams responsible for tax...
