Latest California Headlines
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Schwarzenegger Elected Calif. Governor
Oct 20 2003 // It was a lot more expensive as opposed to a plane or bus ticket, but Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t seem to mind spending nearly $23 million to go to Sacramento. Schwarzenegger reportedly spent that much on his...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Reforms Met with Hesitation
Oct 20 2003 // Calif. Gov. Gray Davis, with much fanfare and hoopla, signed this year’s workers’ comp reform package, citing estimates that the bills will wring more than $4 million in yearly costs from the California’s...
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
So. California Producer School Scholarship Applications Being Accepted
Oct 20 2003 // Insurance Journal magazine is now accepting applications for the 2004 Matt Wells Scholarship for Producer Development. In partnership with the National Alliance School for Producer Development, Insurance Journal is...
American Agents Alliance Conference Focuses on the Future
Oct 20 2003 // More than 1,400 agents and brokers ventured out to an oasis in Indian Wells, Calif., to take part in the American Agents Alliance 29th Annual Conference and Expo held on Oct. 8-12. The four-day event, held at the...
Happy 80th Birthday Insurance Journal
Oct 20 2003 // Not many businesses can make the claim, “we’re 80 years old.” Now Insurance Journal can. It’s hard to believe we started in Los Angeles in 1923 as a life insurance magazine. My family came on the...
SIAA Adds Master Agency in Calif.
Oct 16 2003 // SIAA Inc., the largest network of partnering independent insurance agencies in the country, announced that Tague Insurance Agency of Carlsbad, Calif. has established Tague 3M Insurance Alliance Inc. as a SIAA Master Agency...
Calif. Congressman Makes Statement on Credit Lyonnais Settlement Deadline
Oct 16 2003 // Congressman Doug Ose (R-Sacramento) made the following statement on the deadline day for the proposed settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Credit Lyonnais. “The time for discussion and negotiation...
Farmers Receives Approval for Lower Rates for Calif. Homeowners
Oct 15 2003 // The Farmers Insurance Group® of Companies announced it has received approval for a rate reduction from the California Department of Insurance on homeowners business in the state of California. Beginning with renewals...
Calif. Trio Pleads Guilty to Auto Fraud Scheme
Oct 14 2003 // Three men pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts on Sept. 10 involving an automobile insurance fraud scam that was exposed during a three-year joint investigation by CDI, California Highway Patrol, National Insurance...
Keenan & Assoc. Teams With Enwisen to Launch Keenan Personal Choice
Oct 10 2003 // Torrance, Calif.-based Keenan & Associates has signed an agreement with Enwisen Inc., to provide a rich suite of online employee benefits information and decision support tools to 350,000 of its employee benefits...
Garamendi Urges Schwarzenegger to Move Forward with WC Reform
Oct 9 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi released a letter addressed to newly-elected Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, reiterating the need for immediate action in reforming the workers’ compensation...
Chubb Enhances Calif. Homeowners Insurance Offering
Oct 8 2003 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has made several enhancements to its Masterpiece homeowners insurance program in California. Chubb has introduced new coverages, more competitive rates, higher deductibles and other...
Schwarzenegger, Voters Terminate Davis; Becomes Next Calif. Governor
Oct 8 2003 // It was a lot more expensive as opposed to a plane or bus ticket, but Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t seem to mind spending nearly $23 million to go to Sacramento. Schwarzenegger reportedly spent that much on his...
Under the Gun, NAIC Recommits to Modernization
Oct 6 2003 // In response to congressional pressure to more effectively regulate insurance at the state level or face federalization, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) unanimously passed its revised statement of...
Calif. Law Expanding Auto Insurance Discounts Takes Effect
Oct 6 2003 // California Governor Gray Davis recently signed a bill supported by the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) that allows insurance companies to grant a rating discount on private passenger automobile...
Riordan, Zaremberg to Keynote IICF Bridge Week Luncheons
Oct 6 2003 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s (IICF) annual Bridge Week will take place again this year from Oct. 11 – Oct. 19. Highlighting the week will be two separate luncheons, one in northern California,...
Calif. Legislative Session Adjourns With New Privacy Law, WC Reform
Oct 6 2003 // New financial privacy requirements and legislation aimed at cutting workers’ compensation costs are the two most significant public policy measures that impacted the property/casualty industry during the 2003...
Under the Gun, NAIC Recommits to Modernization
Oct 6 2003 // In response to congressional pressure to more effectively regulate insurance at the state level or face federalization, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) unanimously passed its revised statement of...
Calif. Legislature Settles on Workers’ Comp Reform Package
Oct 3 2003 // With the lawmakers facing the most serious pressure in years to do something about California’s broken workers’ comp system, the state legislature earlier last month passed a six-bill armada designed to reign...
