Latest California Headlines
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Johnston Re-Elected by California Workers’ Compensation Institute
Apr 13 2010 // T. Hale Johnston, senior vice president and regional manager, Pacific Region, for Reno, Nev.-based Employers, has been re-elected as chairman of the board of directors of the California Workers’ Compensation...
Starr Aviation Acquires International Aerospace Insurance of California
Apr 12 2010 // Starr Aviation Agency, Inc. a subsidiary of C.V. Starr & Co. Inc., has acquired International Aerospace Insurance Services Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif. The acquisition of Inter-Aero expands Starr Aviation’s...
Mercury Insurance May Have Illegally Overcharged Consumers, Regulator Says
Apr 12 2010 // A California Department of Insurance examination has found that Mercury Insurance violated the state insurance statutes and as a result, Mercury Insurance may have illegally overcharged thousands of Californians for auto...
Calif. Proposes Agent/Broker Regs To Alleviate Under-Insurance
Apr 9 2010 // To alleviate concerns about homeowner under-insurance, the California Department of Insurance has informed Insurance Journal that it has scheduled a hearing for May 17 in Los Angeles to discuss proposed regulations...
Heffernan Insurance Hires Newell for Southern Calif. Construction Practice
Apr 7 2010 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., has hired Keith W. Newell as senior vice president, Southern California Construction Practice Leader in its Los Angeles office. Newell will expand...
Calif. Governor’s Race To Set Spending Records
Apr 7 2010 // California’s gubernatorial governor’s race between Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizer and former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman is expected to be the most expensive governor’s race in the state’s...
Experts Estimate $300 Million in Losses from Mexico Earthquake
Apr 6 2010 // Damage estimates from Sunday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Mexico, just south of California, are not expected to exceed $1 billion, and insured losses should not exceed $300 million, according to risk modeling firm...
New Insurance Association Forms in California
Apr 5 2010 // A new Broker Insurance Group (BIG) has formed in California, starting with a flagship chapter to serve insurance professionals of the Inland Empire area. Under the leadership of President Sharron Varga, a broker and...
Making Continuous Coverage Auto Insurance Discount Portable Is Good for Consumers
Apr 5 2010 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents & Brokers supports Proposition 17 on the June 2010 statewide ballot because it will make the auto insurance market more competitive, offer drivers more choices and lead to lower rates...
Whatcha Talkin’ About?
Apr 5 2010 // Some people — Diff’rent Strokes’ Willis, perhaps (at least by Arnold Jackson’s standards) — have the gift of gab. And if you’ve been listening to the news in California, you know insurance...
Prop. 17 Is a Bad Deal for California Motorists
Apr 5 2010 // California voters know all about private interest groups who use the ballot initiative process to make a naked grab for power. So they won’t be surprised that one insurance company is trying to pull a fast one over...
200-Plus Construction Workers Denied Fair Wages by Drywall Co.
Apr 5 2010 // Calif. Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that his office has secured back pay for more than 200 workers who were “routinely denied” fair wages and overtime pay by Charles Evleth Construction Inc.,...
Insurers: Calif. Court Decision Emphasizes Need for Timely Defense
Apr 2 2010 // The California Court of Appeal has ruled that an insured can recover full defense costs, when an insurer fails to respond with timely defense. According to court documents in Intergulf Development v. Superior Court of San...
American Claims Management Appoints Randall as Director of Special Investigations Unit & Investigations Department
Mar 31 2010 // San Diego, CA, 03/31/10 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM), a leading national third party claims administrator, is pleased to announce that Bill Randall will lead ACM’s newly expanded Special...
California Workers Compensation Institute Elects 2010 Board
Mar 30 2010 // T. Hale Johnston, senior vice president of Employers Compensation Insurance Co., has been re-elected chairman of the board of directors of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute for 2010 at the...
Insurers Disagree With Calif. Over Divesture of Iranian Investments
Mar 29 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that 460 insurers have agreed in writing to a moratorium on future investments in 50 companies identified by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to be...
New Insurance Association Forms in California
Mar 29 2010 // A new Broker Insurance Group (BIG) has formed in California, starting with a flagship chapter to serve insurance professionals of the Inland Empire area. Under the leadership of President Sharron Varga, a broker and...
Judge: California Workers Ordered to Return to Work Immediately
Mar 26 2010 // Adding a wrinkle to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to furlough state workers to help shore-up the state budget deficit, a California Superior Court Judge has ordered that furlough days for certain state...
C.V. Starr & Co. (California) Appoints Robinson as Chief Underwriting Officer
Mar 25 2010 // C.V Starr & Company (California), a subsidiary of New York-based C.V. Starr & Co. Inc., has appointed Andrew (Andy) Robinson chief underwriting officer. Robinson has nearly 30 years industry experience and spent 13...
Report: Nurse Assistants Rehired After Misconduct
Mar 23 2010 // A California state Senate report said nurse assistants who lost their certification over abuse, negligence or theft in nursing homes were able to go to work as caregivers in assisted living facilities because of a computer...
