Latest California Headlines
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Gallagher Named Calif. State Fund Employee Services Manager
Oct 17 2007 // Eileen Gallagher has been promoted to employee services manager for California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Human Resources Department. Gallagher brings more than 17 years of workers’ compensation...
G.J. Sullivan Appoints Dwyer To Manage New Northern Calif. Office
Oct 17 2007 // G.J. Sullivan has appointed Terrence Dwyer branch manager of the company’s new Northern California branch office located in Oakland. Dwyer has more than 20 years experience managing wholesale brokerage and managing...
The Doctors Co. to Grow by Acquiring Calif. Medical Liability Insurer, SCPIE
Oct 17 2007 // Physician-owned liability insurer The Doctors Company is expanding its market by acquiring SCPIE Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare liability insurance in California and Delaware. Following the merger, The Doctors...
Calif. Governor Refuses Again to Raise Benefits for Disabled Workers
Oct 16 2007 // For the second year in a row, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has refused to raise benefits for disabled workers that critics say were slashed too deeply by regulations his administration adopted in 2004. The Republican...
Feds Drawing Up Plans for Major Disasters in 4 Key States
Oct 16 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is quietly drawing up plans for a handful of disasters: devastating earthquakes beneath San Francisco and St. Louis and catastrophic storms in South Florida and Hawaii, FEMA’s...
Appalachian Underwriters Launches Contractors GL Program in Calif.
Oct 16 2007 // San Diego-based Appalachian Underwriters Inc. has a contractors general liability market available in California through independent agents. This program is backed by an admitted,A.M. Best Co. “A”-rated...
Calif. DOI Partners with CAL FIRE To Prevent Fire Losses
Oct 16 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner joined CAL FIRE Director Ruben Grijalva yesterday in signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to help prevent and mitigate fire losses in the Golden State. The state faces...
Calif. Gov. Signs Workers’ Comp Reform Bill
Oct 12 2007 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation authored by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, that is expected to lower workers’ compensation rates for small businesses and increase competition...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Reforms Working Better than Expected
Oct 12 2007 // Reforms to California’s worker’s compensation system enacted since 2002 “have had a substantial impact on system costs,” according to a new report by the state Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Calif. Governor Signs Flood Legislation, Rejects Bill on Child Booster Seats
Oct 11 2007 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation designed to strengthen flood protections in California and approved a bill that would ban smoking in vehicles carrying children. Meanwhile, he rejected a measure...
Calif. Earthquake Bill Receives Criticism, Could Raise Rates
Oct 10 2007 // Critics of a bill recently signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger say more than 760,000 California homeowners who buy earthquake insurance through a state-run authority could see their premiums rise . But the measure’s...
Some Calif. Residents Return Home after La Jolla Landslide
Oct 10 2007 // Erinn and Alton McCormick had no idea when they bought their California house in June that it sat directly beneath a weak hillside. Last week, they found it buried up to the roofline by a wall of earth and cracked asphalt...
Calif. Agents Alliance Installs New Officers
Oct 9 2007 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers helected new officers for the 2007-2008 year at its annual business meeting held Sept. 26-30. Elected were: President/CEO Joe Jimenez of CSIS Insurance; Vice President Scott...
Calif. Governor Signs Insurance-Related Bills
Oct 9 2007 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed insurance-related bills into law, including those affecting the California Earthquake Authority, excess investment and auto insurance licenses. Senate Bill 430 was signed on...
Calif. Creates Senior Issues Task Force
Oct 9 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has created a task force for senior issues, and urged California seniors to be informed and cautious when considering their insurance options. “Many insurance options...
Calif. Supreme Court qualifies enforcement of class action waivers
Oct 8 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that class action waivers in arbitration agreements are unenforceable if a court determines “that a class arbitration would be a significantly more effective way of vindicating...
Study: Homes in fire-risk areas of Sierra Nevada
Oct 8 2007 // More people are building homes in hazardous fire areas of the Sierra Nevada — increasing firefighting costs, according to a two-year study released by a conservation group. The Sierra Nevada is primarily in eastern...
Fraud Roundup
Oct 8 2007 // Former Los Angeles agent sent to prison A former Los Angeles insurance broker surrendered himself to authorities after being convicted of two fraud counts, the California Department of Insurance reported. Gurjeet Singh of...
State Fund severs ties with group administrator; issues update on audit
Oct 8 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has terminated its relationship with Western Insurance Administrators and resumed its relationship with Shasta Builders’ Exchange. “I can confirm we...
Fraud Roundup
Oct 8 2007 // Former Los Angeles agent sent to prison A former Los Angeles insurance broker surrendered himself to authorities after being convicted of two fraud counts, the California Department of Insurance reported. Gurjeet Singh of...
