Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Cuts Regulatory Fees
Nov 3 2009 // California’s Department of Insurance is reducing fees by 9.8 percent. The fee reduction is possible because the Department has increased efficiency, according to a press release. The fees fund the Department’s...
New Jersey’s Synergy Opens California Office
Nov 3 2009 // Synergy Professional Associates, of Kinnelon, N.J., has announced that Myles Alonzo has recently joined Synergy as manager of their new West Coast office. Alonzo will be based out of the San Francisco Bay Area and will be...
California Arrests Bogus Auto Insurance Agent
Nov 2 2009 // A woman who faked being an automobile insurance agent, Leandra Delgadillo, 32, of Canyon Country has been arrested and booked into jail at the San Fernando Police Department on felony charges of fraud and grand theft. She...
California Still at Earthquake Risk
Nov 1 2009 // California is still vulnerable to devastating loss should another earthquake occur like the Loma Prieta earthquake, which occurred 20 years ago, according to ProtectingAmerican.org. “The fact is, that...
Calif. Lawmaker Won’t Cede Health Policy Rescissions Fight
Nov 1 2009 // A California assemblyman said he’ll try a third time to get strict measures on when health insurance companies can cancel policies approved into law. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill backed by Assemblyman...
California Collector Waives Insurance on Warhols
Nov 1 2009 // A prominent art collector who reported stolen 11 original silk screen paintings by Andy Warhol has waived the insurance policy he owns to protect the art, authorities said. Collector Richard L. Weisman said he...
California Gives Insurers Green Light for Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Policies
Nov 1 2009 // Californians will soon be able to purchase pay-as-you-drive automobile insurance, as the final regulations have been approved. The regulations regarding pay-as-you-drive, which was originally proposed by state Insurance...
Arsonist Faces Murder Charge for Heart Attacks Linked to 2003 California Wildfire
Nov 1 2009 // Case Shows New Determination to Charge Alleged Arsonists with Murder for Firefighter and Civilian Deaths Retired accountant James McDermith’s mad dash to retrieve a camper and pack it with belongings as a wildfire...
California Reports 25% Jump in Auto Fraud Cases Linked to Arson
Nov 1 2009 // In the year 2008, there was a 25 percent increase in suspected vehicle arson fraud in California, according to the state. Commissioner Steve Pointer said that recently compiled statistics show that scam artists may be...
Declarations
Nov 1 2009 // Driving Innovation “Pay as you drive is an innovative way to give California motorists financial rewards for driving less, leading to lower-cost auto insurance, less air pollution and a reduced dependence on foreign...
Agents’ E&O Marked By Stability, Satisfaction
Nov 1 2009 // As Agency Revenues Fell, At Least E&O Previums Didn’t Rise Independent insurance agents have had plenty to fret about the past year, including falling revenues. Thus stability in the market and pricing for their...
A Century of Growing and Giving Back
Nov 1 2009 // Old age hasn’t set in at Barney & Barney yet and with almost 20 percent growth in each of the last nine years, it doesn’t look like it will take root any time soon. With $32 million in revenues and $263...
California’s Dunhill Insurance Charged with Municipal Bond Fraud
Oct 30 2009 // A California financial products firm, two current executives and a former executive were indicted on Thursday for bid rigging and fraud related to municipal bond contracts, the Justice Department said. Dunhill Insurance...
California Car Crash Ring Broken Up
Oct 30 2009 // California’s Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that a year-long investigation by California Department of Insurance detectives has resulted in eight arrests and the dismantling of a staged automobile...
California Pizzeria Owner Pleads to Insurance Fraud
Oct 30 2009 // Two Southern California men who were arrested on Oct. 15 for workers’ compensation insurance fraud in Orange County. The state Insurance Commissioner, Steve Poizner, said that Sanjiv Mahendra Shah, 53, of Placentia...
California to Update Workers Compensation Regulations
Oct 30 2009 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations has proposed an update to regulations for the Workers’ Compensation Information System. The update is part of the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s...
New Business Owners Product in California
Oct 30 2009 // Trinity E&S Services, Inc., with offices in Bermuda Dunes and Petaluma, Calif., is announcing the introduction of an E&S Business Owners Policy for retail agents in California that do not otherwise have access to...
California Study Says Workers’ Comp Law Accomplished Goal
Oct 29 2009 // An attempt to reform the permanent disability rating schedule in California has produced a 6 percent reduction in attorney involvement and in the average amount paid on claims at 36 months. Those are two main findings from...
States and Cell Phone Driving Laws
Oct 27 2009 // A jurisdiction-wide ban on driving while talking on a hand-held cell phone is in place in 7 states (California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and the District of Columbia. California and...
California Fire Near Santa Cruz Controlled
Oct 27 2009 // Residents in the Santa Cruz mountains have been allowed to return to their homes after being evacuated Sunday in the face of a forest fire driven by high winds. The fire in the Summit area north of Santa Cruz burned 485...
