Latest California Headlines
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As the Soft Market Continues, Calif. Wholesalers Seek Specialty Niches
Mar 10 2008 // Relationships with agents, brokers and regulators critical to CIWA members The members of the California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) play a vital role in the state’s insurance market. To find out how...
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Mar 10 2008 // Denver-based Van Gilder added three persons to its staff. Tony Dodd joined the firm as an account executive specializing in homeowner association risk management programs. Kyle Krisman assumed the role of business...
Study Reports on Costly 2007 Wildfire Season
Mar 10 2008 // With a potential $2.5 billion in insured losses in California alone, last year ranks as one of the costliest wildfire seasons in recent history, according to Risk Management Solutions’ (RMS) and ImageCat Inc.’s...
Insurers Call Calif. Auto Repair Bill ‘Anti-Consumer’; Claim Bill Would Deny Information to Consumer
Mar 10 2008 // The Association of California Insurance Companies, the American Insurance Association and the Personal Insurance Federation of California have announced their opposition to California Senate Bill 1167, a bill that the...
Former California Commissioner Facing Further Scrutiny
Mar 10 2008 // California’s former insurance commissioner, who resigned during a 2000 election scandal, is again facing scrutiny — this time as a Florida lawman who shot someone he was trying to arrest. Lee County Deputy Chuck...
Calif. Commissioner Poizner Abandons Uninsured Driver Initiative
Mar 10 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has withdrawn support for a proposed ballot initiative that would have required state and local law enforcement officers to remove the license plates of, and eventually...
California Surplus Line Association Elects New Officers
Mar 5 2008 // Members of the Surplus Line Association of California (SLA) elected Warren Stanley as their chairman during the SLA 2008 Annual Meeting. Stanley is principal of Wholesale Connection Insurance Services in Woodland Hills,...
California Doctor Arraigned for Fraud
Mar 4 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that due that an alleged fraud perpetrator has been arraigned for committing insurance fraud. Dr. Jon Fields, 53, of West Hills, Calif., filed a long term...
Former California Insurance Commissioner Facing Further Scrutiny
Mar 3 2008 // California’s former insurance commissioner, who resigned during a 2000 election scandal, is again facing scrutiny — this time as a Florida lawman who shot someone he was trying to arrest. Lee County Deputy...
Calif. Broker Offers Retro Coverage for MediSpas
Mar 3 2008 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage in Novato, Calif., has announced new reduced rates for retro coverage for MediSpas coming off of another carrier. The premium charge is now subject to market practicalities and how...
Calif. AG Sues Feds for Jeopardizing National Forests
Feb 29 2008 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman have sued the U.S. Forest Service for adopting “illegal forest management plans” that permit road construction and oil...
Calif. School Risk Pool Wins $4.66 Million WC Verdict from ESIS, Inc.
Feb 29 2008 // A jury in Napa, Calif., has awarded the Marin School Insurance Authority $4.66 million stemming from a lawsuit against its long-term third-party claims administrator, ESIS, Inc. “This victory is especially rewarding...
Calif. Landowner Says Sediment in Delta Channels Increases Flood Risk
Feb 28 2008 // A Delta farmer and levee authorities in San Joaquin County, Calif. are suing the state, claiming California water managers are increasing flood risks by allowing sediment to collect in the Sacramento-San Joaquin...
Cornerstone General Launches Calif. Rehab HO Program
Feb 28 2008 // Cornerstone General announced the release of a Special Homeowners Rehabilitation Program, effective March 1, that provides California independent agents instant access to rates and underwriting approval for hard-to-place...
Calif. Appeals Court Permits Evidence of Nonparty Malpractice
Feb 28 2008 // A California Court of Appeals in the Second Appellate District has held that defendants are entitled to introduce evidence of a nonparty medical professional’s fault in aggravating a plaintiff’s injuries, and...
Calif. Comm. Poizner Abandons Uninsured Driver Initiative
Feb 27 2008 // By Julie Lake California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has withdrawn support for a proposed ballot initiative that would have required state and local law enforcement officers to remove the license plates of, and...
Calif. State Fund Appoints Clark Vice President
Feb 27 2008 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has appointed Thomas D. Clark to vice president and member of the Executive Committee. “Tom’s extensive experience in marketing as well as claims will be...
Canceled Insured Awarded $9M Against Calif. Health Insurer
Feb 26 2008 // A woman who had her medical insurance coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer has been awarded more than $9 million (euro6.06 million) in a case against one of California’s largest health...
Calif. AG Settles Antitrust Lawsuit Against Barr Pharmaceuticals
Feb 26 2008 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. settled an antitrust lawsuit on Monday that charged Barr Pharmaceuticals with taking $20 million for keeping off the market a cheaper, generic version of the oral...
Industry Groups Call Calif. Auto Repair Bill “Anti-Consumer”
Feb 26 2008 // The Association of California Insurance Companies, the American Insurance Association and the Personal Insurance Federation of California have announced their opposition to California Senate Bill 1167, a bill that the...
