Latest California Headlines
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California Construction Workers Chronically Uninsured
Apr 6 2009 // California construction workers are more likely than workers in any other industry statewide to be chronically uninsured, according to a Center on Policy Initiatives study. The California construction industry is expected...
Cambridge General Offers Logger’s Liability Insurance in California
Apr 3 2009 // With all of the devastating fires that have occurred in California within the past few years, Cambridge General Agency has seen an increasing need for logger’s liability insurance. This type of policy provides...
Magnitude 4.3 Earthquake Shakes Northern California, Reveals New Fault
Apr 2 2009 // A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck near Santa Clara Valley Calif., this week near Mt. Hamilton, revealing a fault scientists did not know existed, according to the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif. According to...
Swett & Crawford, CalChamber Offer Employment Practices Liability Insurance
Apr 2 2009 // Atlanta-based Swett & Crawford, a provider of specialty employment practices liability coverage, and the California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber), announced the availability of an enhanced EPL insurance policy that...
Association To Administer California Insurance Careers Program
Mar 30 2009 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has begun administration of a California-wide insurance careers program that unites community colleges, workforce investment boards, businesses, and the K-12...
Union General Insurance Offers Market for California Adult Day Care Centers
Mar 30 2009 // Available to California agents, Union General Insurance Services Inc. of Concord, Calif., has an “A+” rated carrier offering coverage for all types of basic daily care facilities for the elderly. The market...
Cambridge General’s Offers Foreclosure/Eviction Cleanup Program in California
Mar 30 2009 // Cambridge General Agency has a new foreclosure/eviction cleanup program that provides coverage for contractors preparing foreclosed homes, condominiums, apartments and commercial buildings for sale or rental in California....
California House Evaluates Health Insurance Compensation Disclosure Bill
Mar 30 2009 // California Assembly Member Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, has introduced AB 1521, “Health care coverage: solicitation,” that would establish a fiduciary duty for persons or entities that submit an application to a...
Calif. Administrator Calls for Reversal of Workers’ Comp En Banc Decisions
Mar 27 2009 // In a letter sent to the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, John C. Duncan, administrator of the Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund and the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, requested Chairman...
California Workers’ Compensation Division Names Temporary Deputy Administrative Director
Mar 26 2009 // While California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Chief Deputy Administrative Director Carrie Nevans takes temporary personal leave, the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Director John Duncan...
MetLife Auto & Home Appoints Swan Regional Sales Manager in California
Mar 25 2009 // MetLife Auto & Home announced the appointment of Madera, Calif., resident Rene Swan to the position of regional sales manager, overseeing the company’s growth plans in California’s Central Valley...
Woodruff-Sawyer Adds Gauen as VP in Southern California
Mar 25 2009 // San Francisco-based insurance broker Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., has added Matt Gauen to the firm as vice president, account executive in the Southern California Office. Woodruff-Sawyer has been growing its operations in...
California’s New Gaspar Insurance Agency Builds On Old Family Ties
Mar 25 2009 // It’s all in the family for Timothy Gaspar and the new Timothy Gaspar Insurance Services in Los Angeles. Gaspar built a book of property/casualty clients with another agency for five years before deciding he wanted to...
Spring Weather Warnings: Midwest Floods; Droughts in South, West
Mar 24 2009 // Flooding in the upper Midwest, which could rival the high water levels experienced in 2006 and possibly 1997, and continued drought in the South and West are among the warnings contained in the national outlook for this...
Business Moves
Mar 23 2009 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper has approved a rate change for homeowners insurance premiums as filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. The rate change will become effective...
MetLife Auto & Home Eyes California for Expansion
Mar 23 2009 // Snoopy is moving to California and is bringing with him opportunities for independent insurance agents. MetLife Inc., which uses the famous beagle in its advertising, said it plans to expand its MetLife Auto & Home...
States Gear Up for Stimulus Package
Mar 23 2009 // Impact on Insurance Industry May be Minimal, Experts Say The $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress looms as the largest mountain on the country’s newly changed economic landscape. But despite hope that the...
People
Mar 23 2009 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) installed the association’s new officers and directors. The following will serve in 2009: President Richard E. Dinger of Crescenta Valley Insurance, who is the...
California Construction Workers Chronically Uninsured
Mar 20 2009 // California construction workers are more likely than workers in any other industry statewide to be chronically uninsured, according to a study by the Center on Policy Initiatives. Accrding to the report, the California...
California Supreme Court to Review Pollution Liability Insurance Case
Mar 20 2009 // The California Supreme Court has granted review of State of California v. Continental Ins. Co. (2009) 170 Cal.App.4th 160 [Fourth Dist., Div. Two]. In a prior proceeding in federal court, the State of California was...
