Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Contracts count when dealing with subcontractors
Jul 2 2007 // Language, legislative knowledge, and right insurance partner keys to wrapping up volatile market One of the many challenges general contractors — both commercial and residential — have faced over the past five...
Will new California construction codes lead to woes?
Jul 2 2007 // Historically, California has operated under the Uniform Building Code as modified by the state and adopted as the “California Building Code,” then adopted by local municipalities. Now, the International...
Calif. workers’ comp written premiums down 17%
Jul 2 2007 // The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released the results of its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March 31, 2007. According to the report: “California...
My New Markets
Jul 2 2007 // Security Guards Nuts & Bolts: Brownyard Group’s program for security guard firms has been expanded to include limits up to $5 million. Coverage includes general liability, excess/umbrella liability,...
Business Moves
Jul 2 2007 // Commerce West, Stonewood Agency The Commerce Group Inc.’s California-based subsidiary, Commerce West Insurance Co., has entered into a general agency agreement with Stonewood Insurance Services Inc. of Rancho...
Contracts count when dealing with subcontractors
Jul 2 2007 // One of the many challenges general contractors — both commercial and residential — have faced over the past five years involves subcontractor insurance. The subcontractor marketplace has always been volatile....
Report: Calif., Minn., N.J., N.C. Have Worst Traffic; N.D., S.C. Have Best Roads
Jun 29 2007 // Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual...
Calif. Agent Charged in Auto Fraud Scam
Jun 29 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that a California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigation has exposed the fraudulent activity of Newport Beach, Calif., resident and former insurance broker,...
Health Officials Warn Against Eating Onions from Oxnard Company
Jun 28 2007 // California health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain brands of diced yellow onions that could be contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria. The onions are sold by an Oxnard, Calif., distributor to...
Deerbrook Auto Leaving California
Jun 28 2007 // Deerbrook Auto insurance has announced it is pulling out of the California market. The company, which is owned by Allstate, submitted its application to withdraw from the state on May 31, a spokeswoman said. The company...
Beatriz Sanchez Named Program Manager for Calif. State Fund
Jun 28 2007 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has promoted Beatriz Sanchez to program manager for State Fund’s Los Angeles Claims Services. Sanchez brings two decades of workers’ compensation experience to...
California Teams, Laws To Aid Victims in Lake Tahoe Fire
Jun 27 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has dispatched Damage Assessment and Disaster Fraud Response teams to Lake Tahoe to assist consumers with the losses from the Agora fire burning at Lake Tahoe. Meanwhile, a...
Vitamin Marketer USANA Hit With Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit
Jun 27 2007 // Independent distributors have filed a lawsuit accusing USANA Health Sciences Inc. of fraud and deception, the latest public-relations blow for the marketer of vitamins and nutritional supplements. The lawsuit, which seeks...
Cohen Leaves California Insurance Department for Fireman’s Fund
Jun 25 2007 // California Department of Insurance General Counsel Gary M. Cohen will leave the Department on July 13 to take a position as Deputy General Counsel of Allianz of America and Chief Counsel of Fireman’s Fund Insurance...
Calif. Agent Sentenced for Grand Theft
Jun 25 2007 // A Southern California agent has been convicted of one felony count of grand theft and sentenced to serve jail time and pay full restitution to her victims for stealing more than $11,000 from her clients. According to...
Sims Named Claims Manager for Calif. State Fund
Jun 22 2007 // Karen Sims has been promoted to claims manager for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Fresno Claims Processing Center. Sims was hired as an office assistant in the organization’s Fresno District...
Calif. Court Rules Employer Not Responsible for All Permanent Disability
Jun 22 2007 // The California Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of an injured electrician, affirming a lower court’s ruling that an employer is not responsible for permanent disability it did not cause. The case, Larry Gossett...
Calif. Reports Most Agricultural Freeze Claims Settled
Jun 21 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says most of the farmers affected by the January 2007 freeze have had their crop insurance claims settled, following his meeting with Fresno-area agricultural leaders...
California Construction Sweep Yields 33 Citations
Jun 21 2007 // Investigators with the California Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) recently targeted businesses in the construction industry who were operating illegally, to root out those companies that are avoiding...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Written Premiums Down 17% in Q1
Jun 20 2007 // The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released the results of its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March 31, 2007. According to the report: “California...
