Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wildfires Bring Demand for Private Firefighters
Jul 17 2008 // Seated behind the wheel of a fire engine, Dave Breglia follows a map dotted with expensive homes threatened by wildfires. His job: protect high-end real estate and save an insurance company millions of dollars. “I...
AAA To Cut Homeowners Insurance $50 Million in Northern California
Jul 16 2008 // California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau (CSAA-IIB, or AAA of Northern California) customers in Nothern California will see a 10.6 percent rate cut, a total savings of $50 million, including more than...
Majority of California Wildfires Contained, 100 Homes Destroyed
Jul 14 2008 // More than 1,400 fires that burned as part of California’s lightining series have been contained due to the endless efforts of firefighters from California, as well as from throughout the nation and Canada, according...
California High Court Clarifies Policies on Workers’ Comp Utilization Reviews
Jul 14 2008 // Employers must conduct utilization reviews when deciding whether to approve or deny an injured employee’s request for workers’ compensation medical treatment, the Supreme Court of California has ruled. In State...
Liberty’s Vonderwerth Receives Certification in HR
Jul 10 2008 // San Jose, Calif.-based Liberty Benefit Insurance Services Inc. benefits consultant Jenny Vonderwerth has achieved California state-specific certification as a senior professional in human resources. Awarded by the Human...
California Orders Allstate to Cut Home Insurance Rates 28.5%
Jul 10 2008 // Allstate Corp. will have to lower its rates on California homeowner policies by 28.5 percent making an estimated $255 million in annual savings for consumers, the state’s Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner...
Cambridge General Agency Releases Farm and Ranch Program in California
Jul 10 2008 // Cambridge General has revised its farm and ranch program. This comprehenisve program is designed to provide coverage for the following broad array of farming operations, including: -Aqua-culture operations including...
Company Operating Without License Ordered to Pay $60,000 Fine
Jul 9 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner ordered Dent Defense Group Inc., a Concord-based company, to pay $60,000 in fines for transacting insurance in California without a proper license. Dent Defense Group Inc....
Hot, Drier Weather Developing on California Firelines
Jul 9 2008 // Firefighters are making progress in California’s siege of wildfires, but forecasters warned that weather was turning back in favor of the flames. “A high pressure system is setting up over the entire...
California AG Sues Cement Plant for Hexavalent Chromium Exposure
Jul 8 2008 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and District Attorney Rod Pacheco sued TXI International, a Riverside, Calif.-based cement plant, for exposing people to the potent carcinogen hexavalent chromium without...
Business Moves
Jul 7 2008 // Hudson Insurance, Hooghuis Hudson Insurance Group, the U.S. insurance division of Odyssey Re Holdings Corp.has acquired Hooghuis Group LLC, an underwriting agency specializing in U.S. directors and officers liability...
Business Moves
Jul 7 2008 // Wells Fargo, Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation launched a new Western Division. Wells Fargo Insurance Services will serve as the founder of the new division. The Western...
When is a Collapse a Collapse?
Jul 7 2008 // Navigating the Field of Conflicting Views Consider the following scenario: An earthquake, tornado, flood or similar natural catastrophe causes significant structural damage to an insured’s home. Although the building...
Firefighters in Stalemate Against Calif. Wildfires
Jul 7 2008 // Firefighters have battled hundreds of wildfires burning throughout Northern California to a stalemate in the past month, but forecasters say dangerous fire conditions will not relent anytime soon. While it is still too...
Look Ma, No Hands
Jul 7 2008 // Hands-Free Cell Phone Laws Take Effect in California, Washington California and Washington drivers can no longer talk on their cell phones while driving — at least not if they’re holding the phone with their hands,...
Fraud Roundup
Jul 7 2008 // British Citizen Sentenced for Fraud California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that a state Department of Insurance investigation led to the prosecution and sentencing of a Carmel, Calif., resident for grand...
California Considering Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance
Jul 7 2008 // Price at the Gas Pump Spurring Assembly Bill, DOI Regulation California’s Department of Insurance as well as state legislators are considering bringing pay-as-you-drive automobile insurance to the state, a system in...
M.J. Hall and Co. Announces Market for Main Street Businesses in California
Jul 3 2008 // M.J. Hall announces a new market for main street businesses including packages and workers’ compensation. Coverage is provided by an admitted “A” IX rated carrier in California. M.J. Hall represents more...
California Aims to Implement Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance Regs
Jul 3 2008 // California’s Department of Insurance as well as state legislators are considering bringing “pay-as-you-drive” automobile insurance to the state, a system in which automobile insurance premiums would more...
California Workers’ Comp Insurer Extends Credit to Wildfire Victims
Jul 2 2008 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that it will extend credit to policyholders who have suffered a financial loss or business disruption caused by the hundreds of wildfires burning throughout...
