Latest California Headlines
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AIA Responds to Calif. WC Reform Committee Announcement
Jul 14 2003 // In response to the recent decision to move all pending California workers’ compensation legislation to a Legislative Conference Committee that will consider broad reforms to the system, the American Insurance...
Calif. Trio Charged with 28 Counts of Auto Fraud
Jul 14 2003 // Three suspects were arrested and charged with 28 felony counts after an investigation by multiple agencies into a staged auto collision ring in the Los Angeles area, which cost insurance companies an estimated $1 million...
CompPartners to Offer HCO to First Health Clients in Calif.
Jul 11 2003 // Irvine, Calif.-based CompPartners has formed a business relationship with First Health Group Corp. to provide The First Health® Network to its workers’ compensation Health Care Organization (HCO) clients in...
SB 64 Poses Threat to Calif. Homeowners Market, Says AIA
Jul 10 2003 // A proposed bill severely restricting insurers’ ability to manage exposure and calculate risk would give homeowners insurers no option but to limit writing new coverage in California, the American Insurance...
SB 691 Fails in Calif. Assembly Ins. Committee, ACIC Pleased
Jul 10 2003 // California Senate Bill 691 failed to pass the state Assembly Insurance Committee July 9, legislation that would have banned the use of credit-based insurance scores for underwriting and rating homeowners insurance....
Calif. Lawmakers Form Workers’ Comp Reform Committee
Jul 10 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi commended lawmakers July 9 for moving workers’ compensation bills into a Legislative Conference Committee, and consequently moving the reform of the system closer to...
SLA Reports 44 Percent Increase in Calif. Surplus Lines
Jul 9 2003 // Ted Pierce, executive director of the Surplus Line Association of California, released the association’s 2003 six month totals for processed surplus line premium, revealing a 44 percent increase over the 2002 premium...
Calif. Commissioner Appoints Chief Deputy Ins. Commissioner
Jul 8 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the appointment of Richard D. Baum as Chief Deputy Insurance Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance (CDI). Baum, who held the same title during...
U.S. Supreme Court Defeats Holocaust Law
Jul 7 2003 // The U.S. Supreme Court last month defeated a California law that required insurance companies to provide information about all of their Holocaust-era policies. In a 5-4 vote, the High Court decided that California’s...
Latino Market Heats Up
Jul 7 2003 // It is nearly impossible to deny the impact the burgeoning Hispanic population has and will have on American culture and its markets. The marketplace for insurance is no exception. Hispanics are now the country’s...
Calif. Commissioner Applauds New SCIF Board Appointments
Jul 3 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi released the following statement regarding the recent appointments to Board of Directors of the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF). “I would like to commend Governor...
PIFC Says Auto Rates will Skyrocket if Territorial Rating is Eliminated
Jul 2 2003 // Four California Insurance Commissioners and the California Supreme Court agreed the use of territory as a factor in determining automobile insurance rates is fair and equitable under Proposition 103 passed in 1988. The...
Calif. Man Surrenders to Authorities on Fraud Charge
Jul 2 2003 // Chad Matt Schmidt, 33, of Walnut Creek, surrendered to authorities on June 13, and was booked into the Placer County Jail on five counts of insurance fraud. If convicted, Schmidt could face up to five years in prison...
Calif. Commissioner Grants Petition Banning Rates by ZIP
Jul 1 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently granted a statewide petition filed by consumer and community groups and the cities of Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco to bar insurance companies from basing...
Calif. Man Pleads Guilty to Auto Fraud
Jul 1 2003 // Brian Wynn Stevens, 34, of Helendale, pled guilty to one count of insurance fraud stemming from an auto accident that occurred while he was uninsured, according to an investigation by the California Department of Insurance...
London American General Agency Unveils Calif. Small Used Car Dealer Program
Jun 30 2003 // London American General Agency announced its new exclusive California Used Car Dealer Program. Written through an A VX rated insurer, this program is underwritten in-house and the carrier is non-admitted. Coverage...
Calif. Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Jun 26 2003 // Gwendolyn Henson, 40, of Montclair, Calif. pled guilty last week to insurance fraud charges and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years of formal probation. California Department of Insurance (CDI) fraud...
Calif. Commissioner Addresses Bogus WC Insurance
Jun 26 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi released a statement regarding bogus workers’ compensation insurance: “Bogus workers’ compensation insurance is a serious and growing threat to employers...
Calif. Man Arrested for Two Counts of WC Fraud
Jun 25 2003 // California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division investigators, with the assistance of the Glendale Police Department, arrested Robert Galante, 45, of Simi Valley, on a felony warrant charging him with two counts of...
London American Unveils New Calif. Small Restaurant Program
Jun 25 2003 // London American has unveiled a new Small Restaurant program for California. Written on a non-admitted basis with an A XV insurer, the new program will target independently-owned small restaurants, fast food restaurants,...
