Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wildfires Threaten Several Western States; Number of Homes Damaged
Jun 22 2005 // Hot temperatures and gusty winds aided several wildfires burning in a Southern California desert community and a national forest in neighboring Arizona on Wednesday, damaging a number of homes and threatening many more as...
CAS Attendees Hear of Positive Trends from California Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jun 21 2005 // Insurers, and especially self-insurers, are seeing positive trends as a result of the workers’ compensation reforms in California, experts on the subject told attendees at the recent Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)...
ACIC Opposes Credit Bill: Urges Regulation Not Elimination
Jun 21 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is opposing legislation which would eliminate rather than regulate credit-based insurance scoring, according to ACIC President Sam Sorich. The bill, SB 603 by Sen...
WIAA Fights Back Against Calif. Commissioner’s Proposed Regulations
Jun 21 2005 // The Western Insurance Agents Association has released a brochure on behalf of its member agents detailing its campaign to stop California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s alleged excessive and unjust...
Former Framers Owners Sentenced
Jun 20 2005 // Investigators announced that Jay Neal Wright, a former Bay Area businessman and owner of Highland Framers of Northern California Inc., was formally sentenced in Alameda County Superior Court to three years in state prison...
ACIC SUPPORTS CALIF. GRADUATED DRIVER’S LICENSE BILL:
Jun 20 2005 // Legislation supported by the Association of California Insurance Companies to extend restrictions placed on graduated drivers licenses won the approval of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee. The bill, AB 1474...
California Legislative Round Up
Jun 20 2005 // The following is an update on some of the key property/casualty insurance-related bills pending in the California Assembly and Senate. Measures that garner approval will be considered next in the second house. Measures...
WIAA Fights Back Against Calif. Commissioner’s Proposed Regulations
Jun 20 2005 // The Western Insurance Agents Association has released a brochure on behalf of its member agents detailing its campaign to stop California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s alleged excessive and unjust...
Insurers Decrease Calif. Workers’ Comp Rates as Reforms Take Effect
Jun 20 2005 // Many workers’ compensation insurers doing business in California are decreasing their rates, evidence that the major reforms enacted last year are taking effect. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently...
Two Homeowners Bills Move to California Assembly
Jun 20 2005 // The California State Senate recently passed SB 2 and SB 518, two homeowners bills that are now in the Assembly Insurance Committee. Both bills passed 23-15 in the Senate. SB 2, authored by Senator Jackie Speier...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH: More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s...
Insurers Decrease Calif. Workers’ Comp Rates as Reforms Take Effect
Jun 20 2005 // Many workers’ compensation insurers doing business in California are decreasing their rates, evidence that the major reforms enacted last year are taking effect. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently...
Landslide Destroys Luxury Homes in Laguna Beach, California
Jun 20 2005 // A reported 15 homes are said to be destroyed on June 1 in Laguna Beach, California, due to a landslide in the Bluebird Canyon area, according to the Los Angeles Times. Only minor injuries have been reported. Approximately...
Two Homeowners Bills Move to California Assembly
Jun 20 2005 // The California State Senate recently passed SB 2 and SB 518, two homeowners bills that are now in the Assembly Insurance Committee. Both bills passed 23-15 in the Senate. SB 2, authored by Senator Jackie Speier...
WIAA Fights Back Against Calif. Commissioner’s Proposed Regulations
Jun 20 2005 // The Western Insurance Agents Association has released a brochure on behalf of its member agents detailing its campaign to stop California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s alleged excessive and unjust...
California Legislative Round Up
Jun 20 2005 // The following is an update on some of the key property/casualty insurance-related bills pending in the California Assembly and Senate. Measures that garner approval will be considered next in the second house. Measures...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH: More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s...
Landslide Destroys Luxury Homes in Laguna Beach, California
Jun 20 2005 // A reported 15 homes are said to be destroyed on June 1 in Laguna Beach, California, due to a landslide in the Bluebird Canyon area, according to the Los Angeles Times. Only minor injuries have been reported. Approximately...
Allstate dropping most earthquake coverage nationwide
Jun 19 2005 // Allstate Insurance Co. says it is dropping earthquake insurance to most of its 407,000 quake customers nationwide as a part of a larger move to reduce exposure to catastrophic losses. Allstate Spokesman Mike Siemienas in...
No Damages Reported in Recent California Earthquake
Jun 16 2005 // California residents are slowly adding up the number of earthquakes hitting on or off the coast of the Golden State during the month of June. On Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported that a moderate quake of 5.3...
