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Feb 11 2007 // Long Haul Trucking Program Nuts & Bolts: M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. has a program for long haul truckers garaged in California. It covers liability, physical damage, cargo and trucker’s general liability. The...
Calif. To Expand Low Cost Auto Program to Merced and Tulare Counties
Feb 9 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has announced his final determination of the need for the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program in Merced and Tulare counties. The announcement follows recent town...
Bakersfield Businesswoman Charged with Fraud
Feb 9 2007 // A Bakersfield, Calif., businesswoman and two accomplices have been arrested in California on a list of charges stemming from a variety of alleged fraud. Shawn Dodd, 40, is charged with four felony counts of insurance...
Three Calif. Senior Citizens Sentenced in Financial Scam
Feb 8 2007 // Three senior citizens who preyed on the elderly by selling them financial products that were unregistered and unqualified for sale in California have been sentenced, according to the California Department of Insurance. All...
Judge Rules that Priest Files Must be Released
Feb 8 2007 // A judge ordered the Roman Catholic Church to release insurance records and confidential files related to a notorious priest who had been convicted of molestation before being transferred to California. Superior Court Judge...
FEMA Tripling Calif. San Joaquin River Flood Plain
Feb 7 2007 // The federal government will triple the size of California’s San Joaquin River flood plain on maps, which could limit development and force more homeowners to buy flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management...
John Green, Farmers Actuary, Dies in Auto Accident
Feb 7 2007 // John Green, Farmers Insurance Group’s regional vice president of auto product management and chief auto actuary, died Thursday, Feb. 1, of injuries due to an auto accident. A respected leader in the industry and at...
Levees in 27 States at Risk of Failing; Could Trigger Flood Insurance Mandate
Feb 5 2007 // The Army Corps of Engineers reported last week that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failing, potentially affecting thousands of people and requiring millions of dollars in repairs. Residents of...
Axiom Specialty Offers New E&S Market in Calif.
Feb 5 2007 // Axiom Specialty Insurance Services based in Victorville, Calif., has a new E&S market for small and medium commercial package available in California. The market will enable the company to offer property, general...
McKenna to Lead Beecher Carlson’s California Operations
Feb 5 2007 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson, an insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm, has appointed Frank McKenna to lead the company’s California operations. This encompasses offices located in Los Angeles,...
Calif. Governor Seeks to Designate Marin County a Disaster Area
Feb 5 2007 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to designate Marin County, Calif., a disaster area because of freezing temperatures in mid-January. “Though the full effect of the freezing...
La. Gov. Wraps up Calif. Trip with Plea to Insurance Executives
Feb 2 2007 // Insurance executives are growing more interested in doing business in Louisiana because of recent moves by the Florida Legislature that the industry considers government meddling, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said recently. Blanco...
Calif. Department of Insurance Offers Online Service for Agencies
Feb 2 2007 // The California Department of Insurance has introduced a new Internet service for insurance agencies to add or remove insurance agents from their records. This new service streamlines the process for agencies to add or...
Calif. Surplus Lines Association Elects Norton Chairman
Feb 2 2007 // The members of the Surplus Line Association of California (SLA) unanimously elected Ceil Norton as their Chairman during the SLA Annual meeting held Jan. 23 in San Francisco and Jan. 25 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Norton is...
IBA West Installs New Officers, Honors Young with Ramsden /Sullivan Award
Feb 2 2007 // Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West installed new officers at its annual meeting on Jan. 31 in Sacramento. New officers include: President Paul Bystrowski, president, CEO and CFO for John O. Bronson; President-Elect...
Calif. Permanently Disabled Return-to-Work Rates Up 5%
Feb 1 2007 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has released return-to-work rate information on permanently disabled workers that shows a more than five percent average increase in return-to-work rates for...
Calif. Commissioner to Examine Broker Disclosure, Workers’ Comp Issues
Feb 1 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight insurance fraud and to prepare the state for the next major disaster — but that...
Victims of Calif. Flooding Seek $1 Billion in Lawsuits
Feb 1 2007 // Victims of last winter’s flooding in Marin County, Calif., are seeking more than $1 billion in a suit filed against government agencies they blame for the devastation. Each of the 265 individuals and businesses named...
California Surplus Line Premiums Top $6 Billion
Jan 31 2007 // The Surplus Line Association of California (SLA) has released its analysis of annual filed premium, which indicates that $6.02 billion in California surplus line insurance premiums were processed in calendar year 2006. The...
California AG Reaches $8 Million Settlement with Bayer Corp.
Jan 31 2007 // California Attorney General Jerry Brown has reached an $8 million, 30-state settlement with Bayer Corp. that will resolve an enforcement action initiated because of Bayer’s failure to adequately disclose safety risks...
