Latest California Headlines
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St. Paul Fire & Marine Sues Denver Broncos
Jun 10 2011 // St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the Denver Broncos and nine of its former players, saying its policies only covered claims in New Mexico for a “class of employee that did not include...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Total Temporary Disability Rates to Increase
Jun 8 2011 // New U.S. Department of Labor data shows California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose more than 2.4% from $979.90 to $1003.55 in the 12 months ending March 31, 2011, which the California Workers’...
Riverside County Approves Crash Tax
Jun 8 2011 // The Riverside County, Calif., Board of Supervisors has voted 4 – 0 to charge at-fault drivers in auto accidents a fee for emergency response services. The ordinance backed by the Riverside County Fire Department and...
Calif. Agents Group Seeks Auto Insurance Persistency Discount
Jun 7 2011 // The American Agents Alliance announced it has submitted for title and summary an automobile insurance discount initiative that would allow consumers to receive a discount for having continuous automobile insurance,...
Manning Riddell Co-Owner Pleads Guilty to Bogus E&O Coverage
Jun 6 2011 // Margaret Murray Manning of Redondo Beach, Calif., has been found guilty of six felony counts for violating section 550(b) (3) of the California Insurance Code, for allegedly issuing more than 1,000 phony errors and...
Sperbeck Appointed Calif. Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Jun 6 2011 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced that he has appointed Erika Sperbeck as the new deputy insurance commissioner of the Administrative and Licensing Services Branch. Sperbeck comes to CDI from the California...
Court Approves Majestic Insurance Rehabilitation Plan
Jun 6 2011 // A San Francisco Superior Court has approved California Insurance Commissioner’s rehabilitation plan for Majestic Insurance Co., a failed workers’ compensation insurance carrier. Under the plan, Majestic’s...
Woodruff-Sawyer Names Pierson VP in Southern California
Jun 6 2011 // San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., an independent insurance broker, has named John Pierson vice president, account executive, in the company’s Southern California Office. He will focus on client service...
Calif. State Fund Seeks to Offer Workers’ Comp in Other States
Jun 6 2011 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund is pursuing legislation to allow it to offer coverage to California employers who have out of state employees. Currently, California-based businesses insured with State fund...
Calif. Surplus Line Premiums Slip
Jun 6 2011 // The Surplus Line Association of California Stamping Office announced premiums processed for the first quarter of 2011 of $953.7 million, a decrease of 4.34 percent from the total premiums processed in the same period in...
Contractors Object to California’s Plan to Rehabilitate Majestic
Jun 6 2011 // Former members of the self-insured workers’ compensation program Contractors Access Program of California, which was managed by now defunct Majestic Insurance Co., have filed a formal objection to the California...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Bureau Declines Again to Make Mid-Year Filing
Jun 6 2011 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Governing Committee has decided, again, not to make a mid-year rate filing for a pure premium rate increase – even though its data shows...
Mobile Food Vendor Market Explodes as Insurance Market Evolves
Jun 6 2011 // In just about every metropolitan area nationwide hungry customers can appease their appetites by visiting the neighborhood taco truck. The traditional taco truck sells more than just tacos these days – a lot more....
Business Moves
Jun 6 2011 // Thomas Bergin Agency Thomas Bergin Agency of Woodland Hills, Calif., joined the ISU Network. Founded in 1991, ISU Thomas Bergin Agency specializes in condominium associations, apartments and commercial real estate located...
Former Calif. Deputy Insurance Commissioner Gary A. Hernandez Passes
Jun 3 2011 // Former California Deputy Insurance Commissioner Gary A. Hernandez, has died as the result of a pulmonary embolism, the state Department of Insurance announced. Hernandez was a leader in Latino community, a dedicated public...
TKg Appoints Senescu Assistant VP
Jun 3 2011 // TKg has appointed David Senescu assistant vice president, casualty broker, in tKg’s Southern California office in La Quinta. In this role, Senescu will be responsible for the production of brokerage business in the...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Insurance Rating Bureau President Retires
Jun 2 2011 // After more than 42 years of service to the California workers’ compensation community, Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau President and CEO Robert Mike announced that he will retire effective Dec. 1,...
USAA Reducing Calif. Homeowners Insurance Rates 15%
Jun 1 2011 // USAA is reducing insurance rates for most of its California policyholders an average of 14.9 percent, the California Department of Insurance announced, noting it had approved the rate filing. “This is good news for...
Southern Calif. Insurance Women Association Elects Officers
Jun 1 2011 // The South Bay(California) Chapter of the National Association of Insurance Women (International) elected its officers for the 2011-2012 term, beginning July 1. President Gina Thomas Patterson, marine account manager with...
Northern Calif. Tornadoes Destroy Almond Crops
May 31 2011 // Officials say tornadoes that touched down in a rural area of Northern California destroyed hundreds of acres of almond orchards. The twisters hit Butte and Glenn counties on May 25. Colleen Cecil with the Butte County Farm...
