Latest California Headlines
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Cambridge General’s Market Reduces Apartments Rate
Jan 13 2006 // California based Cambridge General Agency is offering a market that is rolling back rates on apartments in California. According to the company, if the policy is written on a package basis it may qualify for additional...
Calif. Commissioner, FEMA Warn Residents to Prepare for Next Flood
Jan 13 2006 // Urging residents to make disaster preparedness and insurance readiness a top priority, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and FEMA officials cautioned Sacramento County residents, Friday, to take proactive...
Calif. Commissioner Urges Homeowners to Prepare for Next Flood
Jan 12 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi cautioned Los Angels residents on Wednesday to take strong, proactive steps to prepare for the next inevitable disaster by looking at flood insurance and updating their home...
Calif. State Fund Hosting Office Ergonomics Workshop
Jan 12 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is hosting a free workplace safety “Office Ergonomics” workshop at its San Jose district office on Jan. 12-13. The workshop is designed to help employers...
Roofer To Pay Calif. State Fund $117,000 in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jan 10 2006 // A San Joaquin County, Calif., Superior Court Judge has ordered Lodi resident Joseph C. Campbell, 39, to pay $117,000 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund, as a result of his conviction on...
Calif. State Fund and Humboldt Builders’ Exchange Offer Loss Prevention Seminar
Jan 10 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund and Humboldt Builders’ Exchange Inc. is hosting a Business Loss Prevention seminar free to employers, brokers and the general public. The seminar is designed to...
Calif. Firm to Pay $2 Million to Settle Insurance Probe
Jan 10 2006 // An insurance industry consulting firm has agreed to pay $2 million in restitution after taking payments from MetLife Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and UnumProvident Corp. to steer customers to those companies, New York...
Association of Calif. Insurance Companies Opposes Weakening Motorycle Helmet Law
Jan 9 2006 // New legislation, SB 969 has been introduced by Sen. Denise Ducheny, D-San Diego, to permit motorcyclists 18 years and older to ride without helmets if they can show proof of having medical insurance. The bill is scheduled...
IRC: Insurance Fraud, Buildup Add Some $400M to Calif. Auto Injury Claims
Jan 5 2006 // A recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) study of auto injury insurance claims puts a hefty price tag on the cost of claim abuse in California. In 2002, between $319 million and $432 million in bodily injury liability...
Sloan Mason Offering New Market for Calif. Residential Tract Contractors
Jan 3 2006 // California-based Sloan Mason reported access to a new A- VIII carrier, which will provide competitive GL and wrap-up coverage for residential contractors in California. These contractors can perform work in new tract...
UPDATE: Winter Storm Drenches California; Streets Flooded, Homes Damaged
Jan 2 2006 // The winter’s first major storm in California hit the Golden State over the weekend with a one-two punch, leaving streets flooded and homes and businesses damaged or destroyed. As skies began to clear some in Northern...
Calif. Insurance Wholesalers Association creates grassroots campaign
Jan 2 2006 // The California Insurance Wholesalers Association has launched a grassroots campaign to help its members have a more active and profound voice at the state legislative level. According to Mark Maucere, association...
California residential construction efforts reduce risk of defect litigation
Jan 2 2006 // Builders and trade contractors vie to bring carriers back to the Golden State. During the past few years, builders and trade contractors in California have endured triple-digit rate increases and an exodus of insurance...
Residential Contractors in California
Jan 2 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: Los Angeles-based Lemac & Associates has added a new market for residential contractors in California. This is a non-admitted market for contractors including wrap-ups for single family and...
Residential Contractors in California
Jan 2 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: Redondo Beach, Calif.-based Bliss & Glennon has a new market for residential contractors in California. This market is non-admitted and rated “A-” VIII by AM Best’s. This market...
Calif. insurance commissioner announces new regulations for auto insurance rates
Jan 2 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced he is introducing new regulations that require insurers to base auto rates primarily on a driver’s record and not on ZIP code. According to the...
Calif. court decision expected to lower workers’ comp rates
Jan 2 2006 // In Star Roofing Company Inc. v. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB), the California Insurance Commissioner recently issued a ruling that could affect the way workers’ compensation premiums...
Operator of Employers Mutual Convicted of Fraud Scheme
Jan 2 2006 // A Southern California man was found guilty of federal fraud charges for bilking the customers of Employers Mutual LLC, which purported to provide healthcare coverage to more than 20,000 people nationwide, but left more...
New Markets
Jan 1 2006 // Construction – General Contractors and Artisans Nuts & Bolts: Hull & Co., Stockton, Calif., has added another company to its array of contractors markets. The new market is Best’s rated...
California residential construction efforts reduce risk of defect litigation
Jan 1 2006 // Builders and trade contractors vie to bring carriers back to the Golden State. During the past few years, builders and trade contractors in California have endured triple-digit rate increases and an exodus of insurance...
