Latest California Headlines
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Union General Insurance Offers California Special Events Market
Jun 12 2009 // Available to California agents, Union General Insurance Services has an “A+” rated carrier offering premises/operations and product/completed operations coverage for all types of special events. Most pricing is...
California Seeks to Amend Heat Illness Prevention Standard
Jun 11 2009 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) in conjunction with its Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, has requested that the Occupational Safety and Health Standards...
California Considers Changes to the Workers’ Comp System
Jun 9 2009 // The California Department of Insurance held a workers’ compensation insurance claims cost benchmark hearing on June 8, at which suggestions were made on changes that could be made to the workers’ comp system to...
EPIC Appoints Principal in Orange, California
Jun 8 2009 // E.P.I.C. (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage based in California, recently appointed David Beech as a principal in its Orange office. Beech brings 26...
Union General Insurance Offers California Clubs Market
Jun 8 2009 // Union General Insurance Services Inc. of Concord, Calif., has made available to California agents an “A+” rated carrier offering both monoline and package coverage for clubs. Multiple lines of coverage can be...
California Insurance Commissioner To Hold Workers’ Comp Hearing
Jun 8 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner will be hosting a Claims Cost Benchmark hearing to further investigate workers’ compensation medical costs today,at 1 p.m., June 1, 2009, in Sacramento, Calif. The...
Ratings: Guardian, Golden Bear, ARIC, SUIC, First American, Seminole
Jun 5 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A-‘ (Excellent) from ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating to “a-” from “bbb+” of Guardian Insurance Company,...
Nevada, Colorado Insurance Agents, Brokers: Beware of Scam
Jun 4 2009 // Licensed insurance agents and brokers in California, Colorado and Nevada are being warned to beware of a scam targeting them. The Nevada Division of Insurance, California Department of Insurance and Colorado Division of...
California Earthquake Authority CFO Named CFO of the Year
Jun 3 2009 // Tim Richison, chief financial officer of the California Earthquake Authority, has been named CFO of the Year by a regional business journal. Judges cited Richison’s achievements as part of the original team at CEA....
Regulator: California Workers’ Comp Insurance Rating Bureau Needs to Address Challenges
Jun 3 2009 // The California Department of Insurance has released the audit report of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. Recommendations made by the audit suggest that WCIRB should: Begin to collect...
Insurance Industry Plays Significant Role in California’s Economy
Jun 1 2009 // The insurance industry plays a significant role in California’s economy, employing hundreds of thousands of workers, investing billions of dollars in state and local governments and paying the fourth largest amount...
California Considers Bill to Expand Insurance Fraud Reporting Law
Jun 1 2009 // The California legislature is considering amending the state’s insurance code to expand the state’s reporting law in insurance fraud. According to the text of AB 802, existing law requires “an insurer, or...
California Wildfires: Coverage Disputes May Be Heating Up
Jun 1 2009 // On a number of well-publicized occasions, California homeowners have been ravaged by a series of wildfires with devastating results. Most recently in May in Santa Barbara, for example, the Jesusita Fire burned 80 homes and...
California Senate Passes Insurance Fraud Bill
Jun 1 2009 // The California Senate has passed SB 156, a bill that would authorize the Department of Insurance or a district attorney to convene meetings with an insurance company to discuss a specific insurance fraud and would provide...
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Jun 1 2009 // Salt Lake City-based The Leavitt Group named John Moreno president of Leavitt Benefits Services. Moreno will forward the benefits operations of the Leavitt Group and affiliated agencies. Moreno has more than 30 years of...
California Workers’ Comp Insurer Files for 15% Premium Increase
May 29 2009 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has filed a mid-year rate plan that reflects a 15 percent increase in collectible premium. The revised rates will apply to new and renewal workers’ compensation...
California Commissioner Warns Insurance Agents, Brokers About Scam
May 29 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Poizner warned California licensed insurance agents and brokers to beware of a scam. According to the Department of Insurance, individuals have been reportedly calling licensed insurance...
California Receives Highest Marks For Traffic Safety Laws
May 28 2009 // California was the only state in the nation to receive consistently top marks across the board on a recent ranking of traffic safety laws conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The study examined...
California Proposes Extending Tax Grace Period to Fire Victims
May 27 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has joined Assemblymember Joel Anderson, R – El Cajon, to support AB 157, and to offer disaster preparation tips for all San Diego residents. AB 157 would allow Cedar...
California Orange Empire of Insurance Association Names New Officers
May 22 2009 // The Orange Empire Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society recently elected its 2009-2010 officers. The Chapter serves about 300 members who live and/or work in the Orange, Riverside and San...
