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Sep 4 2006 // Bill introduced to allow DOI to oversee California State Fund California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi have jointly submitted legislation, inserted into Assembly Bill 2125, to...
Also, Phillip Hill was elected chief financial officer and vice president of operations. Hill has been part of Ogilvy-Hi
Sep 4 2006 // People Ogilvy-Hill Insurance elected Mark Shipp president and CEO. Shipp has been with Ogilvy Hill for 11 years. In addition to his new role as president/CEO he will continue to build new relationships in the field. The...
Size up subsidence and earth movement exclusions
Sep 4 2006 // More than a decade ago, law firms specializing in construct defect litigation sprang up in California and the West. Construction defect cases in the building industry became all too common, and construction insurance...
California senator introduces permanent disability
Sep 4 2006 // California Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata has introduced Senate Bill 815, which, if it passes, will increase permanent partial disability benefits for workers’ compensation claimants. The bill would double the...
Chubb, State Farm reducing auto rates in California
Sep 4 2006 // State Farm Insurance, California’s largest auto insurer, has applied for an 8 percent average reduction for its policyholders while simultaneously implementing new auto rate regulations, according to the Department...
Case Law Watch
Sep 4 2006 // Actions and Proceedings Brannon v. Continental Casualty Co. (Alaska court, June 9, 2006, Unpublished) Ruling: The trial court had dismissed the injured party’s action against the insurer based on statute of...
Bill introduced to allow DOI to oversee California State Fund
Sep 4 2006 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi have jointly submitted legislation, inserted into Assembly Bill 2125, to establish oversight responsibility and regulatory authority for the...
Associations oppose eliminating contingent commissions
Sep 4 2006 // The attorneys general of New York, Connecticut and Illinois are continuing their fight against anti-competitive practices in the insurance industry. In doing so, they have been finding fault with contingent commissions...
California Strengthens Teen Driver Laws
Sep 1 2006 // California has strengthened its laws for teenage drivers to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities on state roadways. The American Insurance Association (AIA) has commended Californians for the decision. According to...
California Assembly Fails to Pass Flood Bill
Sep 1 2006 // A package of flood bills contained in California Assembly Bill 1665 failed to pass in the last hours of the Legislature’s session. The bill was seen as an effort to protect the flood-prone Delta and Central Valley...
California Land and Title Association Encourages Commissioner to Withdraw Regulations
Sep 1 2006 // The California Land and Title Association is urging the Department of Insurance (DOI) to withdraw a proposal for new government regulations that it says would devastate small title companies at a time when the cyclical...
Bass Underwriters Offers New Markets in California
Sep 1 2006 // Bass Underwriters of California has a new market. Target markets include, but are not limited to, contractors (occurrence form), restaurants and bars (can include A&B), hotel/motel, equipment rental with operator,...
UPDATE 1: Hurricane John Strengthens; Baja California Threatened
Sep 1 2006 // After losing some strength along the West Coast of Mexico, Hurricane John has again become a “dangerous category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale,” according to the latest bulletin (8:00 a.m. PDT)...
California Insurers Oppose Giving Punitive Damages to State
Aug 31 2006 // The Association of California Insurance Companies’ (ACIC) has sent an opposition letter to SB 832, a late end-of-session development, to members of the Assembly. According to ACIC, the bill would grant, for the first...
WKF&C Agency Opens New Regional Office in Southern California
Aug 30 2006 // WKF&C Agency Inc. has added a regional office in Southern California. Bill Kropp has been hired as vice president and will spearhead the operation from the new offices in Woodland Hills, Calif. Kropp is a property...
Fla. Police Seek Stores, Bars Selling Liquor to Teens
Aug 29 2006 // There’s one in every town — a convenience store where IDs aren’t necessary, or a low-lit bar whose servers never bother to ask. In Jacksonville, Florida officials say, that bar was Rockets, where Stephanie...
California Lawmakers Enter Final Days of 2005-06 Session
Aug 28 2006 // California lawmakers on Monday will begin the final days of the 2005-2006 legislative session, which ends midnight Aug. 31. The following, by Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies, is a...
Risk Management Solutions Analyzes Calif. Wildfire Data
Aug 28 2006 // Risk Management Solutions, Newark, Calif., has applied its RMS Wildfire Hazard Data to analyze recent fires that have burned almost twice as much area as the five-year average for the same time period. The RMS data was...
Latin American Agents Will Wait and See How Auto Regs Affect Customers
Aug 28 2006 // The Latin American Agents Association said it will wait and see how insurers react to newly imposed automobile rating regulations in California. After the Superior Court denial, and Appeals Court rejection of the insurer...
Calif. State Fund Offers Credit Extension for Heat Waves
Aug 25 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is extending credit to policyholders who have suffered a financial loss or business disruption caused by the recent severe heat wave. “State Fund recognizes that...
