Latest California Headlines
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Surplus Lines Rules Clarified for Calif. Retail Agents
Sep 24 2007 // California retail agent-brokers not transacting insurance on behalf of surplus line broker organizations are not required to follow a new law affecting surplus lines brokers, the California Department of Insurance...
D’Onofrio Named President of San Francisco Office for WKF&C Agency
Sep 21 2007 // WKF&C Agency Inc. is expanding its presence in the west and opening a second California office. The office will be located in San Francisco and will be led by Dawn E. D’Onofrio, who has been hired as...
Study: New Homes in Fire-Risk Areas of Sierra Nevada
Sep 21 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...
Framing Contractor Ordered to Pay Calif. SCIF $291,444
Sep 21 2007 // San Diego County Superior Count Judge David Danielsen has ordered framing contractor Christopher Nicol to pay $291,440 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. Nicol, 38, owner of BC Framing,...
Dole Recalls Salad Mix in Latest E. Coli Scare
Sep 20 2007 // A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has triggered a recall in at least nine states, prompting new produce fears almost exactly a year after a nationwide spinach scare. The tainted bag of...
Telgenhoff Promoted to Allstate Management in Calif.
Sep 19 2007 // Allstate Insurance Co. announced that Phil Telgenhoff has been elevated to assistant field vice president for the Allstate California Region. In his new position, Telgenhoff will supervise senior distribution leaders...
Calif. Supreme Court Qualifies Enforcement of Class Action Waivers
Sep 19 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...
Holstein Promoted to Claims Operations Manager for Calif. State Fund
Sep 17 2007 // Katarina Holstein has been promoted to claims operations manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Los Angeles Claims Services in Glendale. Holstein began her State Fund career when she was...
Chubb Lowering Homeowners Rates in Calif. 18.4 Percent
Sep 17 2007 // The California Department of Insurance has announced that Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is implementing a 18.4 percent homeowners insurance rate reduction that is expected to save Californians approximately $14.5...
Woodruff-Sawyer Partners with California Bankers Association
Sep 17 2007 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced today a partnership with California Bankers Association, one of the largest state banking trade associations in the country. Woodruff-Sawyer will be CBA’s broker to represent...
Firefighters Continue to Battle Raging Fires in Southern California
Sep 17 2007 // Firefighters continued to battle out-of-control wildfires that forced thousands of people out of their homes in California’s San Bernardino and San Diego counties. An 18,000-acre fire burning in the San Bernardino...
SCRMA Adds P/C Claims Administration
Sep 14 2007 // Southern California Risk Management Associates (SCRMA) has added property and casualty claims administration to its suite of workers’ compensation and managed care services. SCRMA now offers an array of property and...
Calif. Governor Signs Law to Ban Teen Cell Phone Use While Driving
Sep 14 2007 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed SB 33 by Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, banning teenage drivers from using all electronic devices — such as cell phones, pagers and laptops — while behind the...
Association Urges Calif. Governor Not to Increase Trial Lawyer Payments
Sep 13 2007 // The Civil Justice Association of California is criticizing trial lawyers of trying to fill their pockets and is asking Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to protect consumers by vetoing a plan that would increase contingency...
Calif. Passes Bill to Fund Earthquake Authority with $1.3 Billion from Insurers
Sep 13 2007 // The California Legislature has passed SB 430, designating $1.3 billion from participating insurers to fund the California Earthquake Authority (CEA). This additional $1.3 billlion contribution is being made with no...
Calif. Association Urges Governor to Sign Workers Comp Bill
Sep 13 2007 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law legislation that it said could encourage expansion of the workers’ compensation insurance market in...
Calif. Legislative Session Ends, Governor Calls Special Session
Sep 13 2007 // California’s legislative session for 2007 ended with a flurry yesterday, but at least two priorities failed to materialize, causing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call special sessions to focus on those issues. Topics...
Calif. DOI Appoints Deputy Commissioner of Consumer Services and Market Conduct
Sep 12 2007 // Tony Cignarale has been named deputy commissioner of consumer services and market conduct for the California Department of Insurance. Since August 1, 2007, Cignarale has been the acting deputy commissioner in that...
Rowlett Appointed Claims Manager in Stockton for Calif. SCIF
Sep 12 2007 // Janet Rowlett has been promoted to claims manager of the Stockton District Office for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. Rowlett brings 21-years of workers’ compensation experience to her new post...
Calif. Orders Recall of Organic Cream after Finding Listeria
Sep 12 2007 // California agriculture officials ordered an organic dairy to recall and quarantine some of its Grade A raw cream after finding product that contained a bacteria that can cause serious or fatal infections in children, the...
