Latest California Headlines
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California Wildfires Raise Landslide Risk
Oct 19 2009 // Rainstorms could send huge flows of water laden with mud, rocks and other debris toward cities below steep slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains stripped bare by a wildfire near Los Angeles this summer, according to federal...
It Figures
Oct 19 2009 // 10 The number of states now reporting an international mail fraud scheme involving a bogus letter said to be from Nationwide Insurance. Residents in 10 states have received counterfeit checks bearing the Nationwide name....
California Workers’ Comp Increase Questioned
Oct 19 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is indicating that he may not support the state Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s (WCIRB) request to increase costs by 22.8 percent. Poizner said...
Police Have Doubts About California Art Theft Claim Scenario
Oct 19 2009 // Two men who claim thieves broke into their rental home in the ritzy coastal enclave of Pebble Beach and made off with millions of dollars worth of art have been named as suspects in the case. Monterey County...
People
Oct 19 2009 // Brian Duperreault, president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., has extended his employment with MMC through January 2014. Duperreault has held this position since January 2008. Prior to joining MMC, Duperreault...
Declarations
Oct 19 2009 // Mud Flows After Fires “After the smoke has cleared from any wildfire, there is still the potential for catastrophic damage and losses to homes and neighborhoods when winter storms come. Most homeowners policies do...
Business Moves
Oct 19 2009 // MeyersDining, CBIZ Cleveland, Ohio-based employee benefits and accounting services firm CBIZ, Inc. has acquired MeyersDining, LLC, an insurance agency located in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2005 with the merger of firms...
California Regulates Life Insurance Resale
Oct 16 2009 // California no longer allows an individual to buy a life insurance policy for investors, and anyone who handles the sale of second-hand life insurance policies–so-called life settlements–must be licensed. Senate...
Temblor Shakes California near Oakland
Oct 15 2009 // An earthquake rattled parts of Alameda County in Northern California this week. The U.S. Geological Survey says a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 hit around 8:27 p.m. Tuesday about three miles (five kilometers)...
Calif. Lawmaker Won’t Cede Health Insurance Rescissions Fight
Oct 15 2009 // A California assemblyman said Tuesday he’ll try a third time to get strict measures on when health insurance companies can cancel policies approved into law. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday vetoed a bill backed...
James Weidner, Cooperative American Physicians CEO, to be honored with City of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award, November 14
Oct 14 2009 // LOS ANGELES – City of Hope’s National Insurance Industry Council (NIIC) will honor James L. Weidner, chief executive officer of Cooperative of American Physicians Inc. (CAP), with The Spirit of Life®...
Detectives Seek Transient in California Fire Investigation
Oct 14 2009 // Homicide detectives investigating a deadly wildfire that ravaged much of Angeles National Forest said they are looking for a transient suspected of starting a smaller fire several miles away. Babatunsin Olukunle, 25, has...
California Agent Sentenced to 13 Years in Theft Case
Oct 14 2009 // A Sacramento insurance agent has pled no contest in a case in which it was alleged she took money from clients to invest in real estate loans, but never did. The authorities have said that Maria Elna Flora, 59, who pled to...
California Braces for Fake Quake
Oct 14 2009 // Tomorrow at exactly 10:15 a.m. almost 7 million Californians are expected to drop to the ground, cover their heads, and hold on for dear life. This curious behavior is part of an event called the Great California Shakeout,...
California Law Blocks Workers’ Comp Payment Rescission
Oct 14 2009 // Among the bills signed into California law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week was a bill that prohibits workers’ compensation insurance companies from refusing to pay for services they authorized previously. The...
Southern California Broker Sentenced for Stealing
Oct 13 2009 // Former insurance agent and San Diego County resident Lynn Flanagan, 60, was sentenced to serve 180 days in jail and pay more than $100,000 in restitution for stealing from clients, the California Department of Insurance...
California Governor Vetoes Auto Insurance Program
Oct 13 2009 // A state-backed low-cost automobile insurance for Californians is threatened following Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s veto of a bill that would have extended the program until 2016. The veto has consumer groups...
California Warns Homeowners of Flood Threat
Oct 12 2009 // With the first big rain storm of the year bearing down on Northern California, the California Department of Insurance has put out an advisory to the public to check their homeowners insurance and to look into whether they...
California Names New Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Oct 12 2009 // California’s Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced today that Peter Conlin has been appointed deputy commissioner for policy and regulations and counsel to the Commissioner for the Department of Insurance...
California Man Nabbed for Auto Insurance Fraud
Oct 9 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced today that Tony Lu, 56, of San Jose, was arrested on October 7 and charged with filing a false motor vehicle claim, perjury and falsely reporting a crime. Lu was...
