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Redwoods Leavitt Insurance Agency Formed in California
Sep 14 2010 // The Crescent City, Calif., and Grants Pass, Ore., locations of NorthWest Insurance Agency have joined the Leavitt Group to form Redwoods Leavitt Insurance Agency based in Crescent City, Calif. Bill Cochran is the managing...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Assists With Posting Requirements
Sep 13 2010 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) announced it has newly revised DWC-1 claim form/Notice of Potential Eligibility (NOPE), as well as English and Spanish versions of its new hire pamphlet (Facts...
California Processes 15.5% Fewer Surplus Line Premiums
Sep 8 2010 // The Surplus Line Association of California has processed $1.9 billion in premium for the first six months of 2010, a decrease of 15.5 percent compared to the same period in 2009. The total number of policies filed with the...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Insurance Rating Bureau Wants 30% Rate Increase
Sep 6 2010 // As expected, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has submitted a pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner recommending a 29.6 percent increase in pure premium...
Business Moves
Sep 6 2010 // Raintree Insurance, PacWest Alliance PacWest Alliance Insurance Services Inc. welcomed its newest member: Raintree Insurance Agency Inc. Raintree Insurance Agency is an independent insurance agency with offices in San...
California Appeals Court Upholds Guzman Workers’ Comp Decision
Sep 6 2010 // California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal has affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision in Milpitas Unified School District v. WCAB and Joyce Guzman, allowing physicians to apply any part of...
Northern Calif. Shakes in 3.3 Magnitude Earthquake
Sep 2 2010 // Northern California experienced mild shaking when a 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck the San Pablo, Calif., area at 9:35 a.m. this morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake, which occurred on the...
Calif. Legislature Addresses Workers’ Comp Measures
Sep 1 2010 // The California Legislature took action on several workers’ compensation measures recently, passing bills that, among others, would extend death benefits until the youngest child reaches 19 if the parent died while...
Study: Compound Drugs, Co-Packs Increase Calif. Workers’ Comp Costs
Aug 31 2010 // The use of compound drugs, medical foods, and so-called convenience packs that combine prescription drugs and medical foods, increased dramatically in the second quarter of 2007 — driving up costs in the...
Surplus Lines Bills Await Schwarzenegger’s Signature
Aug 31 2010 // The California Legislature has passed two surplus lines insurance bills that have been sent to Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. AB 1708 (Villines), sponsored by the California Department of Insurance, would require the...
California Bill to Reform Pet Insurance Advances
Aug 26 2010 // Man’s best friends could enjoy greater health care protections under a bill approved by the California Assembly. Companies that insure veterinary care for cats, dogs and other animal companions would have to provide...
Calif. Bill Would Limit Insurance Rate Hikes to Once a Year
Aug 25 2010 // California health insurance providers would be prohibited from raising their rates more than once a year under a bill moving through the state Legislature. The state Senate voted 21-13 in favor of AB2042. The bill now...
Trade Group Sues Over New Calif. Insurance Rules
Aug 23 2010 // A new regulation that makes it harder for health insurance companies to drop individual policyholders in California is being challenged in court by an industry trade group. The California Department of Insurance’s...
California Appeals Court Upholds Guzman Workers’ Comp Decision
Aug 20 2010 // California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal has affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision in Milpitas Unified School District v. WCAB and Joyce Guzman, allowing physicians to apply any part of...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Insurance Rating Bureau Wants 30% Rate Increase
Aug 20 2010 // As expected, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has submitted a pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner recommending among other things a 29.6 percent increase...
Calif. Employers Face New Workers’ Comp Posting Requirements
Aug 18 2010 // As of Oct. 8, California employers must begin distributing an updated version of the workers’ compensation new hire pamphlet to all employees hire on or after that date; post revised workers’ comp employee...
2010 Education & Training Directory
Aug 16 2010 // Insurance Journal is pleased to publish the 2010 Education and Training Directory. This exclusive resource directory has been designed to help independent agents and brokers find educational and training opportunities to...
Pension Fund Sues Hewlett-Packard Directors Over CEO Hurd Exit
Aug 15 2010 // Hewlett-Packard Co.’s directors have been sued by a Massachusetts pension fund that alleges they violated their fiduciary duties in connection with the abrupt departure of Chief Executive Mark Hurd, causing the...
California Commissioner Asked to Raise Workers’ Compensation Rate
Aug 12 2010 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee has approved the recommendation to allow the pure premium rate in the state to rise by 29.6 perent, as was expected and widely...
California Supreme Court Prohibits Senior Citizens from Trebling Damages
Aug 10 2010 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that plaintiffs may not seek treble damages under the state’s Unfair Competition Law, and instead can only seek remedies to injunction and restitution. According to court...
