Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Corrections Sergeant Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 7 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrest of Sacramento resident and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Correctional Sergeant Steven Michael Shadden, 32, on April 4, 2006,...
Calif. State Fund Appoints Smith to Vice Presidential Post
Apr 6 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has appointed Don Smith vice president and member of the executive committee. Smith, 59, of Valley Springs, Calif., is a 25-year veteran of State Fund. He began his...
The Hartford Teams Up with Blue Cross of California Affiliate
Apr 6 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., a workers’ compensation insurance provider, announced that it will team up with BC Life & Health Insurance Co., an affiliate of Blue Cross of California, to better...
GEICO, Consumer Group Settle Lawsuit Over Discount Policy
Apr 6 2006 // Californians who purchased auto policies from GEICO and were denied a discount for not having proof of prior insurance will receive refunds as part of a settlement between the company and a consumer advocate...
Western Security Surplus Names Peyton Vice President/Branch Manager in Los Alamitos, Calif.
Apr 5 2006 // Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. based in Pasadena, Calif., has named Deanna Peyton to replace Rebecca Hill as vice president/branch manager at the Orange/San Diego county office located in Los Alamitos,...
Calif. Theft; Fraud Suspects Surrender
Apr 5 2006 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the surrender of Wanda Cleveland, 49, Willie Cleveland, 50 (husband and wife) from Whittier; Farrell Cobbs, 42, of Victorville and his brother Wade Cobbs III, 44, of Los...
California’s Low Cost Auto Insurance Program Expands to Six New Counties
Apr 5 2006 // The California Low Cost Automobile program (CLCA) is now available in San Bernardino, Riverside, Alameda, Fresno, Orange and San Diego counties for low income good drivers at less than $400 per year. Senate Bill 20...
California Commissioner Undergoes Surgery, Recuperating Well
Apr 4 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi successfully underwent surgery to repair a leaking mitral valve in his heart. He is currently recuperating from the surgery. Surgeons who performed a mitral valve repair on...
Insurers Well-Braced for Next Big California Earthquake
Apr 3 2006 // When the next big earthquake strikes California, it’s unlikely to hurt the insurance industry as much as the last one did. The nation’s largest property insurers curtailed their exposure to California quakes a...
Times Have Changed. Are you still driving this business?
Apr 3 2006 // Can independent agents compete in the nonstandard auto market? The big boys are better organized, financed and dominating the byways. They also are not creating a level playing field. More often than not, large insurers...
Case Law Watch
Apr 3 2006 // Actions and ProceedingsBechtel Petroleum Operations Inc. v. The Continental Insurance Co. (California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, March 6, 2006) res judicata. Prior to that decision, the court held that the pollution...
Upcoming California elections make industry’s fate uncertain
Apr 3 2006 // As California political race heats up for governor, lieutenant governor, insurance commissioner, and attorney general, the insurance industry is speculating who will lead the state — and how that will affect...
WHO TO CALL?
Apr 3 2006 // Multi-State Agencies IBA West (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington). Web site: www.iba west.com PIA West (Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington). Phone: (888)...
Western insurance associations: How the West is run
Apr 3 2006 // Editor’s note:This is the first article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part II of this article will appear in a future issue. As people migrate to the West to enjoy the weather and opportunities for...
People and Places
Apr 3 2006 // Sam Jones, president of property and casualty operations at ABD Insurance and Financial Services, Redwood City, Calif., is retiring from active operating responsibilities to focus more time on his family and the community...
Small Business California finds employers concerned about workers’ comp
Apr 3 2006 // A recent survey conducted by California Small Business, San Francisco, found that most small businesses are still very concerned about workers’ compensation. In the survey, 83 percent of the respondents consider...
Officials hope ’06 quake centennial prompts more to get insurance
Apr 3 2006 // When San Francisco resident Charlie Bott got an offer in the mail recently for earthquake insurance, he stared long and hard at the bottom line. Then he threw it away. “It was way beyond anything you pay for house...
Kristin Wall
Apr 3 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation named Kristin Wall, president and chief operating officer, to replace Steve Cavanaugh as chief executive officer. Cavanaugh tendered his resignation at the March 16 Board...
California proposesdecrease in workers comp pure premium rates
Apr 3 2006 // The Workers’ Compen- sation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Governing Committee has approved the filing of a 16.4 percent decrease in advisory pure premium rates to be effective July 1, 2006, on new and...
Calif. court reinstates class action against lead paint makers
Apr 3 2006 // A state appeals court in San Jose, Calif. has reinstated a class-action lawsuit alleging that several paint manufacturers knowingly sold harmful lead-based paint products. The Sixth District Court of Appeal on March 10...
