Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Personal Insurance Federation of California Helping California Fire Victims
Jul 31 2006 // The extreme heat, coupled with humidity, winds and an abundance of dry brush cover are perfect ingredients for serious wildfires in California this fire season. The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), an...
Three Californians Arrested for Submitting Bogus Claims
Jul 28 2006 // Two of three suspects in California, allegedly involved in a conspiracy and grand theft case from the Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA), are scheduled to be arraigned on 62 felony counts, the California...
Worldwide Facilities Offers California Residential Construction Program
Jul 28 2006 // Los Angeles Worldwide Facilities Inc. is offering is a new residential construction program in California. Designed for spec home builders, custom home builders, and remodelers, the new program will be supported through a...
California State Fund Hosts Heat Illness Prevention Seminars
Jul 27 2006 // In light of recent heat waves throughout the state, California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that it will increase the number of its free “Heat Illness Prevention” seminars and also open...
Ireland Named Calif. Workers’ Comp Institute Associate Research Director
Jul 26 2006 // John Ireland has been named associate research director of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, the Oakland-based nonprofit organization that serves as the research arm of the California workers’...
Californians Expect Another Sweltering Day, Threating Dairy Production
Jul 26 2006 // The California heat wave blamed for deaths and blackouts simmered into an 11th day Wednesday as residents waited for a promised temperature drop to end their misery. State and local authorities reported at least 56...
Cambridge General Offers Outbreak Extra Expense Coverage in California
Jul 25 2006 // Acknowledging the potential contagions that make businesses vulnerable to closure, Cambridge General Agency is offering outbreak extra expense coverage. The coverage is designed to provide California businesses with...
Calif. Supreme Court Rules Prop 64 Applies to Pending Cases
Jul 25 2006 // The Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) in Sacramento applauded the California Supreme Court for applying Proposition 64 to lawsuits that were pending when the initiative overwhelmingly passed in November...
Fire officials on edge as California fires burn; state of emergency issued for San Bernardino
Jul 24 2006 // With a spate of wildfires in Southern California and an explosion of lightning-ignited blazes in the northeastern part of the state, the start of this year’s fire season has many officials on edge. As of mid-July,...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt, president of James...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Witt pointed out that as he looks across Florida, the Gulf coast states and America, he has recently seen more devastating events than have ever been witnessed in the history of the nation. He said that in today’s...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // News Currents Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt,...
California agency approves change in auto insurance law
Jul 24 2006 // A state administrative office approved changes to California’s insurance law, clearing the way for regulations that will force insurers to base premiums on drivers’ records instead of their address. The action...
Case Law Watch
Jul 24 2006 // Actions and Proceedings Continental Insurance Co. v. The Pamona Redevelopment Agency (California Court of Appeals, May 15, 2006, Unpublished) Ruling: On this appeal, the excess insurer, Continental, sought to intervene in...
Auto Club of SoCal reduced rates take effect in December
Jul 24 2006 // California’s fourth-largest provider of auto insurance has agreed to base its rates on safety and driving frequency rather than primarily on where a driver lives. The plan, to take effect Dec. 1, would cut some $133...
People and Places
Jul 24 2006 // Minneapolis, Minn.-based ING named Susan Anderson president and CEO of ING Trust USA. Anderson will lead the growth and development of personal trust and directed institutional trusts nationally. She has 15 years of...
Excess flood market steps up when national flood program falls short
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita, and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms, have made flood insurance popular these days — even in locations where it was previously...
California revises proposed mileage verification regulations
Jul 24 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has revised its proposed “odometer verification” regulations, deleting provisions that would have authorized insurers to require agents to verify the mileage if they met...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens — before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, all of a...
Case Law Watch
Jul 24 2006 // Actions and Proceedings Continental Insurance Co. v. The Pamona Redevelopment Agency (California Court of Appeals, May 15, 2006, Unpublished) Ruling: On this appeal, the excess insurer, Continental, sought to intervene in...
