Latest California Headlines
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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...
Report: Insurers Boost Calif. Economy by $28.2B
Mar 19 2009 // California has a $1.7 trillion economy that ranks it as a global financial power, and the insurance industry aids in this effort, says a new industry report. In 2006, insurers contributed $28.2 billion to...
Woodruff-Sawyer Adds Lopiccolo as VP in Southern California
Mar 18 2009 // San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer announced that James Lopiccolo has joined the firm in Southern California as vice president, corporate and executive protection practice. He will focus on management and professional...
Calif. Rating Bureau Recommends 24.4% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Mar 18 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) says it plans to submit a filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending a 24.4 percent increase in pure premium rates that...
MetLife Auto & Home Names Regional Sales Managers in California
Mar 16 2009 // MetLife Auto & Home has appointed Hemet, Calif., resident Daniel Slaten regional sales manager, to oversee the company’s growth plans in the Inland Empire, Calif., territory, including Riverside, San Bernardino...
California Insurance Commissioner Opposes Optional Federal Charter
Mar 16 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner warned state insurance regulators to be engaged in opposing national attempts to weaken the current state-by-state insurance oversight, speaking at the National Association...
Entertainment Industry Insurer, CMM Entertainment, Expands in California
Mar 13 2009 // Robert M. Bryar, president of C.M.Meiers Co. Inc. and CMM Entertainment has begun expansion plans to the entertainment division’s Woodland Hills, Calif., headquarters. The company is adding 25 percent more floor...
California Court Weighs In on Insurance for Environmental Pollution Liability
Mar 12 2009 // The Supreme Court of California has reversed a decision by the state Appeals Court, weighing in on insurance coverage for environmental pollution liability. According to court documents in State of California v. Allstate...
Pacific Specialty Expands Texas Residential Property Programs
Mar 10 2009 // Pacific Specialty Property and Casualty Company, the Texas affiliate of California-based Pacific Specialty Insurance Company (PSIC) announced a new suite of preferred tier residential property insurance products in...
California Bill Would Limit Liability of ‘Good Samaritans’
Mar 10 2009 // The California Legislature is considering a bill that would limit the liability of “good samaritans” who provide nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an emergency. According to AB 83 text,...
California Court Rejects Expansion of Product Liability Law
Mar 9 2009 // The California Court of Appeals recently rejected the argument that a manufacturer has a duty to warn of the dangers of asbestos that may be contained in products produced by other suppliers. The decision upholds a lower...
States Gear Up for Stimulus Package
Mar 9 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...
Business Moves
Mar 9 2009 // Mercury Insurance Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp. reported a net loss in the fourth quarter 2008 of $168.3 million, compared with net income of $44.6 million for the same period in 2007. For the year, net loss was...
Finding a Niche
Mar 9 2009 // A Young Company With a Nontraditional Management Style, Heffernan Insurance Brokers Has Shown How an Agency Can Be Young and Successful at the Same Time Top 100 Agency Profile RANKING: No. 11 Agency Name: Heffernan...
California Insurers Association Warns Against Out-Of-Towner Accident Tax
Mar 4 2009 // The Association of California Insurance Companies is warning Californians about a trend in the state by local governments to impose taxes on out-of-towners who are in an auto accident. According to ACIC, because the tax...
Allstate Joins Personal Insurance Federation of California
Mar 4 2009 // The Board of Directors of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) has voted unanimously to accept Allstate Insurance Co. as the newest member of PIFC. Allstate is the first new company to join PIFC in 15...
Insurer Offers Bluetooth Headset in Client Referral Offer
Mar 4 2009 // Western region auto insurer Capital Insurance Group (CIG) has launched a unique promotion to increase its client referral business. The company is offering drivers with CIG auto insurance a Bluetooth headset for free if...
California AG Sues to Block Fraudulent Workers’ Comp Scheme
Feb 27 2009 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. filed a lawsuit to stop the Contractors Asset Protection Association Inc. from engaging in what he called a “sophisticated and fraudulent scheme” to cheat the...
