Latest California Headlines
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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Calif. Agency
Mar 14 2003 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Benefits Planning & Insurance Agency, Inc. of Larkspur, Calif. Founded in 1978, Benefits Planning & Insurance Agency (“BPI”) is one of the...
Calif. Public Works Ops Manager Arrested for WC Fraud
Mar 13 2003 // Doyle E. Champlain, 45, of Orangevale, Calif., was arrested without incident and booked into the Placer County Jail on five felony counts of insurance fraud and one felony count of attempted perjury. If convicted,...
Alliance Continues to Fight Efforts to Ban Confidential Settlement in Calif.
Mar 13 2003 // A bill introduced in the California Senate is the latest in a series of attempts by the trial bar to restrict the use of confidentiality and settlement agreements in certain legal actions, according to the Alliance of...
Calif. Man Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Mar 10 2003 // Samuel Tufino Machado, 22, also known as Salvador Castaneda, was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Jail on two felony counts of insurance fraud with special allegations that the crimes were committed while he...
Alliance Hosts 81st Annual Meeting in Calif. April 27-29
Mar 10 2003 // “Corporate Ethics and the Public Trust” will be the topic of the keynote speech by former Secretary of Education and Drug Czar William Bennett at the Annual Meeting of the Alliance of American Insurers. The...
FSC Makes Available Automated Solution for CDI Homeowners Premium Survey
Mar 10 2003 // Fiserv FSC, Inc. announced that with CapFSC, California insurers can now, with one person, in less than one day, do what used to take a team of employees days or weeks to accomplish. CapFSC is a dependable and accurate...
Lodi, Calif. Man Pleads Guilty
Mar 10 2003 // A Lodi, Calif. man was arrested on numerous felony charges as a result of a joint investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigation Branch’s Fraud Division, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, the...
EPLI Market on the Run
Mar 10 2003 // It is often said that every situation has a light at the end of the tunnel, but the employment practices liability scene may have to squint just a little harder to see those rays of hope while higher prices, more courtroom...
EPLI-Higher Prices, More Claims, Tighter Underwriting
Mar 10 2003 // It is often said that every situation has a light at the end of the tunnel, but the employment practices liability scene may have to squint just a little harder to see those rays of hope while higher prices, more courtroom...
Fourth Annual Educational Forum Set for April 17 in Walnut Creek, Calif.
Mar 6 2003 // The Mt. Diablo Chapter CPCU and the Insurance Industry Charitable Fund-Child Abuse Prevention Program (IICF-CAPP) are presenting their Fourth Annual Insurance Educational Forum “Insuring the Future” for the...
Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Calif. Earthquake Law
Mar 5 2003 // A California law allowing homeowners to renew insurance claims from the 1994 Northridge earthquake was upheld March 3 by a federal appeals court, according to the Associated Press. The law was challenged by insurers in an...
Calif. Commissioner Enlists Help of DAs to Reform WC System
Mar 5 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi pushed his workers’ comp reform agenda further along by enlisting the help of the state’s 58 county district attorneys (DA) in combating employee and employer...
Calif. Commissioner Orders SCIF to Reduce Broker Commissions
Mar 4 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi held a press conference March 3 addressing the workers’ compensation crisis in California. Specifically, Garamendi proposed a seven point plan to return State Compensation...
Calif. Commissioner Enlists Help of DAs to Reform WC System
Mar 4 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi pushed his workers’ comp reform agenda further along by enlisting the help of the state’s 58 county district attorneys (DA) in combating employee and employer...
CAPP Backs Federal Effort to Control Medical Liability Crisis
Mar 3 2003 // As the nation continues to face a medical malpractice crisis, the U.S. House of Representatives has sought the experience of Californians Allied for Patient Protection (CAPP). CAPP is a broad-based coalition dedicated to...
Calif. Commissioner Orders SCIF to Reduce Broker Commissions
Mar 3 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi held a press conference March 3 addressing the workers’ compensation crisis in California. Specifically, Garamendi proposed a seven point plan to return State Compensation...
Calif. WCIRB Anticipates Results of Terrorism Study
Feb 28 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) engaged EQECAT in Jan. 2003, a nationally recognized catastrophe modeling firm, to prepare an analysis of potential terrorism losses in...
AIA Approves Calif. Commissioner’s WC Reform Ideas
Feb 28 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has correctly identified many of the serious problems plaguing the state’s workers’ compensation system and the critical solutions that are vital to improving the...
Calif. Commissioner will Not Appeal BOE Premium Tax
Feb 28 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced he is not appealing the Board of Equalization’s unanimous decision that overturned former Commissioner Low’s determination that the gross premium tax...
Calif. Commissioner Targets Ailing Workers’ Comp System
Feb 27 2003 // Based on recommendations from two stakeholder advisory panels, Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is proposing immediate action in seven areas to restructure California’s ailing workers’ compensation...
