Latest California Headlines
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Calif. State Fund Severs Ties with Group Administrator
Sep 25 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has terminated its relationship with Western Insurance Administrators (WIA), State Fund Spokeswoman Jennifer Vargen has confirmed. Based in Long Beach, Calif., WIA...
Calif. high court rules discovery does not apply to reinsurance documents
Sep 24 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that a statute authorizing limited discovery of a defendant’s insurance coverage does not include authorization to look into reinsurance agreements as part of facilitating a...
Chubb lowering homeowners rates in Calif. 18.4 percent
Sep 24 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...
Calif. urges governor to sign workers’ comp bill
Sep 24 2007 // The Association of California Insurance Companies is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law legislation that it said could encourage expansion of the workers’ compensation insurance market in...
CEA funding structure to be revamped under legislation sent to governor
Sep 24 2007 // By a wide margin, California lawmakers have approved a compromise between the California Earthquake Authority’s governing board and its participating homeowner insurers to replace a significant portion of the...
CEA funding structure to be revamped under legislation sent to governor
Sep 24 2007 // p:By a wide margin, California lawmakers have approved a compromise between the California Earthquake Authority’s governing board and its participating homeowner insurers to replace a significant portion of the...
Fraud Roundup
Sep 24 2007 // Everett man gets three years for arson A man who admitted torching a friend’s grocery store in Everett, Wash., in a plan by the two to collect insurance has been sentenced to three years in prison. Naveed Khan, 25,...
Calif. high court rules discovery does not apply to reinsurance documents
Sep 24 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that a statute authorizing limited discovery of a defendant’s insurance coverage does not include authorization to look into reinsurance agreements as part of facilitating a...
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...
