Latest California Headlines
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Lockton Adds Entertainment Division, Opens Office in Southern California
Sep 12 2011 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton expanded its Southern California operations by adding an entertainment division and a new San Fernando Valley office. The new entertainment division is divided in two groups: premier private...
Southern California Blackout Being Investigated
Sep 12 2011 // The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) have launched a joint inquiry into the Sept. 8 power outage that left more than 1 million customers in Southern...
Southern California Wildfires Prompt Evacuations
Sep 12 2011 // Several structures are being threatened by one of more than 50 wildfires in the Southern California area of Kern County. The fires, which were sparked by lightning strikes, are segretated in three main areas of Kern,...
Power Restored to Most After Big California, Arizona Blackout
Sep 9 2011 // Power companies in Southern California restored electricity to most customers by early Friday after a massive blackout on Thursday left nearly 5 million people in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico in the...
California Gov. Brown Signs Bill Consolidating Insurance Notices
Sep 8 2011 // California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill allowing California homeowners insurance companies to consolidate the required biannual notice offering earthquake insurance coverage with a notice explaining...
California Self-Insured Restaurant Group Wins Fraud Conviction
Sep 8 2011 // The California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corp. (CRMBC) is holding up a new conviction as success story in its ‘intensified campaign’ against workers’ compensation fraud. Jeanette Gallo pleaded no contest...
National Financial Partners Acquires California’s DA Financial
Sep 7 2011 // New York-based insurance broker National Financial Partners Corp. has acquired DA Financial Group of San Francisco, Calif., for an undisclosed amount. With annualized revenue of $5 million, DA Financial has provided...
California Passes Bill on Employer Rights in Workers’ Comp Arbitration
Sep 7 2011 // The California State Legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said will make workers’ compensation policies more transparent and fair. The measure, Senate Bill 684,...
Murray Oversees Additional Territories
Sep 7 2011 // Irvine, California, September 2011 – The Insco Dico Group announced that Steve Murray, Regional Vice President, now oversees a significant portion of their nationwide branch network. In addition the offices under his...
California City Warned It May Lose Its Insurance Coverage
Sep 7 2011 // A Southern California city has been told that it could lose its insurance if city officials and staff don’t start getting their act together soon. That was the warning from the California Joint Powers Insurance...
California’s Poms & Associates Promotes Gilman to EVP
Sep 6 2011 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. in Woodland Hills, Calif., has promoted Seth Ford Gilman to executive vice president, a position at which Gilman will oversee the property/casualty and personal lines divisions,...
Promotions for Williamson and Young
Sep 6 2011 // Irvine, California, September 2011 – The Insco Dico Group announced the promotions of Blaine Williamson to Senior Vice President of Field Operations and Dan Young to Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriting...
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Sep 5 2011 // AIPSO has appointed Roberta Haskins to serve as the manager of its Western Region, which includes the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan (CAARP), the California Low Cost Program, and the Western Association of...
California Initiative Will Ask Voters to Expand Persistency Discounts
Sep 5 2011 // The California Attorney General’s office last month released a title and a summary of a proposed ballot initiative that would allow automobile insurers to offer “persistency discounts” to new...
California Supreme Court Rules on Workers’ Compensation Payment Increases
Sep 5 2011 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that cost of living adjustments in total permanent disability cases are to be calculated starting the Jan. 1 after the injured worker started collecting his or her payments. The...
California High Court Rejections of Appeals Expected to Raise Costs for Workers’ Compensation System
Sep 5 2011 // The California Supreme Court has refused to hear several appeals on cases this year that threaten to bring higher costs for workers’ compensation and greater uncertainty for insurers. The Supreme Court announced on...
California Earthquake Authority Bond Issue a ‘First Step’
Sep 5 2011 // Officials with the California Earthquake Authority said that their recent $150-million bond issue is just a first step in diversifying their risk so that they can expand earthquake coverage in the state. “It is just...
Settlement Reached in California Roller Coaster Injury
Aug 29 2011 // Knott’s Berry Farm has reached a confidential settlement with a 12-year-old boy who was injured on its Xcelerator roller coaster when a cable broke and ripped into his leg. The Los Angeles Times reported that Kyle...
California Surfboard Maker Faces Product Liability Claim
Aug 29 2011 // A surfer has filed a product liability lawsuit against a California surfboard manufacturer because the too-sharp fin sliced his leg. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed by recreational surfer Tom Gregg contends...
California Regulator Wins Case Involving Sale of Life Insurer
Aug 26 2011 // A California state appeals court has upheld a state regulators’ refusal to approve the sale of a California insurance company to a French-owned company. The decision upheld Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’...
