Latest California Headlines
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Calif. Sues Manufacturers of Toys With Lead
Dec 2 2007 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Los Angeles City Attorney Rockard J. Delgadillo have sued 20 companies for manufacturing or selling toys with “unlawful quantities of lead.” Commenting on the...
People
Dec 2 2007 // Kyle Stevens was elected president and CEO of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers based in Pasadena, Calif. Stevens was promoted to chief operating officer in 2005 and was charged with overseeing all offices of the...
From Insurance Consumer to Commissioner
Dec 2 2007 // While the position of California Insurance Commissioner is elected and there are already rumblings that he’d make a good gubernatorial candidate in 2010, current California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says...
Safeco Estimates Calif. Wildfire Losses at $35 Million
Dec 2 2007 // Frank Santoya, a member of the California Fire Office of the State Fire Marshall, walks through the rubble as he surveys the fire damage in the Rancho Barnardo neighborhood of San Diego on Oct. 30, 2007 (AP Photo/Rick...
Calif. Commissioner Files Uninsured Motorist Ballot Initiative
Dec 2 2007 // Proving rumors true, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has filed a draft ballot initiative with the state Attorney General’s office designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists on state roads...
Calif. State Fund Holds Line on 2008 Workers’ Comp Rates
Dec 2 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has announced the filing of its Jan. 1, 2008, rating plan, making no change in the average collectible rate level. SCIF held the line on rates despite the Workers’...
Business Moves
Dec 2 2007 // Hull & Co., McFall General Hull & Co. Inc. has acquired the assets of McFall General Agency Inc., which has offices in Portland, Ore., and Gig Harbor, Wash. Bob McFall, who founded MGA in 1981 and serves as...
Survey: 22,700-Plus Wildfire Insurance Claims Filed in Calif.
Nov 29 2007 // The Insurance Information Network of California has confirmed that at least 22,700 claims filed from October’s Southern California fire and wind storms. The tally includes at least 2,000 insurance claims for damage...
Calif. Commissioner Approves No Change in Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rates
Nov 29 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has issued a decision approving no overall change to the state’s advisory pure premium workers’ compensation rates for 2008. On Sept. 20, 2007, the Workers...
Calif. SCIF Names Claims Manager in Sacramento
Nov 28 2007 // Jürg Morach has been named claims manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Sacramento District Office. Morach brings more than 18 years of State Fund experience to his new post. He was...
Calif. Commissioner Files Uninsured Motorist Ballot Initiative
Nov 27 2007 // Proving rumors true, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has filed a draft ballot initiative with the state Attorney General’s office designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists on state roads...
Calif. State Fund Holds Line On 2008 Rates
Nov 27 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has announced the filing of its Jan. 1, 2008, rating plan, making no change in the average collectible rate level. SCIF held the line on rates despite the Workers’...
Bliss and Glennon Offers Garage Liability Market in Calif.
Nov 21 2007 // Bliss and Glennon Inc. has a market for garage liability including garage keepers legal liability in California. The new Internet rating system is designed to provide agents with the best quote among the carriers the...
Calif. Sues Manufacturers of Toys with Lead
Nov 19 2007 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Los Angeles City Attorney Rockard J. Delgadillo today sued 20 companies for manufacturing or selling toys with “unlawful quantities of lead.” Commenting on...
Calif. State Fund Promotes Two
Nov 19 2007 // Maria Rosario D. Martinez has been appointed claims manager of Los Angeles Claims Services in the California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Glendale office. Martinez began her State Fund career in 1987 servicing...
Catastrophic Events Raise Business Interruption Questions
Nov 18 2007 // Agents advised to discuss extended coverage provisions and contingent business interruption insurance Several recent and relatively recent events — the wildfires in southern California, Hurricane Katrina in August 2005...
Catastrophic Events Raise BI Coverage Questions
Nov 18 2007 // Several recent and relatively recent events — the wildfires in southern California, Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — have raised awareness of how, and whether, business...
Class Action Lawsuits Abound in California
Nov 18 2007 // California is still a happy hunting ground for class action lawyers — despite the 2005 federal class action reforms designed to move many national class action cases into federal courts, according to a review by the...
Calif. Wants to Crack Down on Uninsured Motorists
Nov 18 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is reportedly exploring the possibility of a ballot measure next year designed to get uninsured motorists off the state’s roads and highways. Industry sources confirmed...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Premium Rates Declining
Nov 18 2007 // The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California reported written premium for the first six months of 2007 at an estimated $6.9 billion, approximately 23 percent below the written premium reported for the...
