Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. State Fund Appoints Claims Operations Manager
Sep 11 2007 // Keith Kincaid has been promoted to claims operations manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Glendale operations. Kincaid brings 15 years of workers’ compensation experience to his...
Calif. Bills, Laws Target Teen Drivers’ Cell Phones and Text Messages
Sep 11 2007 // Narin Leininger knows about the risks of talking on a cell phone or sending text messages while driving. The 16-year-old high school junior says he’d only use his phone behind the wheel in an emergency — a flat...
Shifting Winds Push Smoke from California Sierra Fire
Sep 11 2007 // Shifting winds sent smoke from a growing wildfire in the remote northeast Sierra Nevada back toward the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco Bay area on Sunday, officials said. Wind gusts pushed the flames toward the south...
Calif. State Fund Appoints Ponce Field Services Manager in Oxnard
Sep 10 2007 // Richard Ponce has been appointed Oxnard District office field services manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. In his new post he will manage the district office’s underwriting, auditing and...
Farmers Names Sgoureva Regional VP in California
Sep 5 2007 // Farmers Insurance Group, Inc., announced that Russina Sgoureva has joined the company as regional vice president of auto product management for California. Previously, she spent more than five years with Progressive...
Calif. Cites Garment Employers for Avoiding Workers’ Comp Insurance
Sep 5 2007 // Investigators with California’s Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) recently targeted businesses in the garment industry that were operating illegally. The businesses visited were in Los Angeles and...
Henriette Reaches Hurricane Strength; Threatens Baja Calif.
Sep 4 2007 // Felix has a little sister in the Pacific Ocean that has already caused the deaths of 8 people from landslides triggered by heavy rains near Acapulco. The storm first formed last Thursday, Aug. 30, and has been steadily...
Calif. Bill to Lower Industry Support for Earthquake Coverage
Sep 4 2007 // California homeowners who buy earthquake insurance through the state-run California Earthquake Authority (CEA) could see their premiums rise under a bill that passed an Assembly committee over opposition from the state...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Insurers oppose proposed Calif. workers’ comp deductible Some California insurers are asking the Legislature to reconsider a proposal that they say will dramatically boost workers’ compensation temporary...
Calif. approves Geico rate reduction
Sep 3 2007 // The California Department of Insurance has announced it has approved GEICO’s 10.8 percent rate reduction in personal auto insurance policies. The reduction should translate into $65.8 million in overall savings for...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Calif. State Fund names Frank new president The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has selected Janet Frank to be its new president. Frank, currently executive vice president of North American Field Operations...
Fraud Roundup
Sep 3 2007 // Calif. brothers arrested for fraud Two brothers in Woodland Hills, Calif., have been arrested and charged with felony insurance fraud, conspiracy and perjury. According to the California Department of Insurance, Masood D....
Calif. approves Geico rate reduction
Sep 3 2007 // The California Department of Insurance has announced it has approved GEICO’s 10.8 percent rate reduction in personal auto insurance policies. The reduction should translate into $65.8 million in overall savings for...
Insurers oppose proposed Calif. workers’ comp deductible
Sep 3 2007 // Some California insurers are asking the Legislature to reconsider a proposal that they say will dramatically boost workers’ compensation temporary disability payments to injured workers. The American Insurance...
People and Places
Sep 3 2007 // Cary Schneider, senior vice president of the Insurance Information Institute, was elected executive vice president by the organization’s board of directors. Schneider assumes responsibilities for directing the...
Calif. court rules workers’ comp costs can be tallied in incentive plans
Sep 3 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that incentive compensation plans, calculated on profits, can subtract out costs for workers’ compensation costs from profits, even if it discourages employees from reporting...
Fraud Roundup
Sep 3 2007 // Calif. brothers arrested for fraud Two brothers in Woodland Hills, Calif., have been arrested and charged with felony insurance fraud, conspiracy and perjury. According to the California Department of Insurance, Masood D....
Calif. State Fund names Frank new president
Sep 3 2007 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has selected Janet Frank to be its new president. Frank, currently executive vice president of North American Field Operations for CNA Financial, is scheduled to begin...
Nation’s workers’ comp benefits, costs down
Sep 3 2007 // U.S. workers’ compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for workers disabled by workplace injuries or diseases declined in 2005, according to a study by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI)....
Strongwood Launches Program for Calif. Apartment Association
Aug 31 2007 // Monterey, Calif.-based Strongwood Insurance Holdings Corp, in partnership with the California Apartment Association (CAA), has developed an insurance program for CAA’s 20,000 members The CAA Value Insurance Plan is...
