Latest California Headlines
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SeaBright Files California Rate Increase
Jul 29 2010 // SeaBright Holdings Inc. announced that its subsidiary, SeaBright Insurance Co., has filed a 15.3 percent rate increase with the California Department of Insurance. The Company plans to apply the increase to California...
Kehaly Named President of Anthem Blue Cross of California
Jul 28 2010 // Pam Kehaly has been appointed president and general manager of Anthem Blue Cross of California, headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif. In this position, Kehaly will be responsible for the management of all local group...
Farmers Reduces Calif. Auto Rates 14.5%
Jul 28 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Poizner announced that Farmers Insurance customers are eligible to receive an average rate reduction of 14.5 percent and a one time 10 percent insurance premium rebate, worth a combined...
Calif. State Fund Names Rowe President/CEO
Jul 27 2010 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has named Tom Rowe president, CEO and member of the Executive Committee. He will report directly to the Board of Directors and is responsible for the day-to-day operations...
Calif. Launches Online Tool for Health Insurance Rate Filings
Jul 27 2010 // Furthering his commitment increase public scrutiny of health insurance rate filings, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that consumers can now be notified via e-mail when new health insurance rate...
Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Calif. Commissioner’s Actions
Jul 27 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is considering a recent court decision a victory for consumers, as a lawsuit that attempted to stop the Commissioner from protecting Californians in connection with the...
California Farms Take Risks When Going Green
Jul 23 2010 // California dairy farmers might soon start converting their cow waste to fuel, but in doing so, they may be taking on more insurance risks — risks that their insurance agents might not be aware of, said James D....
Hate Crimes in California Drop 20%
Jul 22 2010 // Hate crimes in California fell by more than 20 percent last year, according to a new report released by California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s office. “Hate Crime in California 2009” showed...
Drivers Beware: Lindsay Lohan Offers Lessons in Auto Insurance
Jul 21 2010 // In all the commotion of Lindsay Lohan’s fall from grace, little attention has been paid to the impact her risky behavior will have on her insurance — auto, home, life, and health. But consumers can learn from...
Sacramento Considers Tax for Out-of-Town Motorists
Jul 20 2010 // Sacramento is the latest local government in California to consider imposing a tax on out-of-town motorists who are involved in local auto accidents, which many insurers oppose, according to Sam Sorich, president of the...
GOP Nominates Villines for Insurance Commissioner
Jul 20 2010 // Assemblyman Mike Villines says the California Department of Insurance needs a good manager, not a politician looking at the post as a stepping stone to higher office. Villines will face Democratic Assemblyman Dave Jones in...
Second California Insurer Files to Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Coverage
Jul 19 2010 // The Automobile Club of Southern California has submitted an application to the state Department of Insurance to offer an insurance program that rewards California drivers who voluntarily drive fewer miles with lower auto...
Understanding Business Income Claims During Times of Civil Unrest
Jul 19 2010 // California’s Mehserle Verdict a Reminder to Review Coverages While Oakland, Calif., police donned riot gear to ward off potential violence and vandalism following the Mehserle verdict announcement, businesses may be...
Country Sees Growing Power of Hispanic Agents and Customers
Jul 19 2010 // Latin Agents Group Launches in New York The growth of the country’s Hispanic population is a hot topic among demographers and marketers – including insurance producers and brokers. As of 2008, the last year for...
Calif. Mehserle Verdict a Reminder to Review Business Income Coverages
Jul 8 2010 // While Oakland, Calif., police donned riot gear to ward off potential violence and vandalism following the Mehserle verdict announcement, businesses may be wondering what insurance coverages are available to protect...
Latin Insurance Agent Groups Growing, Going Mainstream
Jul 7 2010 // A group of New York insurance agents has launched a new trade group for Latin insurance producers as well as brokers who serve the Hispanic community in the Northeast. LABA is not the first group geared toward insurance...
Court Rules in Favor of Calif. State Compensation Workers
Jul 5 2010 // About 7,900 employees of California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund are entitled to back pay after a state appeals court ruled in their favor over furloughs. The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco...
Downey Named CEO of AAA Northern California
Jul 4 2010 // AAA has named current company president Paula F. Downey CEO of AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah and its insurance affiliate, the California State Auto Group. According to the company, Downey is the only female...
CMTA and CompWest Form Workers’ Compensation Partnership
Jul 2 2010 // The California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA) and CompWest Insurance Company have formed a partnership to provide a group workers’ compensation program for California’s manufacturing sector....
Insurers Divest Nearly $400M in Iran-Related Assets
Jul 2 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that his focus on reducing the exposure of California policyholders to risky Iran-related investments resulted in insurers selling nearly one-fifth of the assets...
