Latest California Headlines
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Doctors Pen Letter to Pres. Bush Regarding Med-Mal Crisis
Jan 16 2003 // Following remarks by President Bush, Thursday in Scranton, Pa., where he addressed the medical malpractice insurance crisis sweeping the nation, a letter was forwarded to the White House from a group of doctors. January...
Calif. Commissioner Appeals Northridge Earthquake Settlement Decision
Jan 14 2003 // Citing his responsibility to seek every legal remedy on behalf of California consumers and Northridge earthquake victims, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi filed to appeal court decisions upholding...
Calif. Pair Arrested on Felony Ins Fraud
Jan 13 2003 // Two Stanislaus County men were arrested on felony insurance fraud charges following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance, Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Robert L. Pritchett,...
PIFC Elects 2003 Board Chairman and Officers
Jan 13 2003 // Dan Dunmoyer, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), announced that Daniel E. Kinney, California vice president-operations for State Farm Insurance Companies, will continue serving as the...
Tudor Appointed EVP of State Fund
Jan 13 2003 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund announced the promotion of James C. Tudor to executive vice president. Tudor succeeds Dianne C. Oki, who on Jan. 1 assumed the presidency of State Fund which insures...
Garamendi Seeks Problem Solving
Jan 13 2003 // Last Monday, John Garamendi was sworn in as California’s third elected Commissioner of Insurance. Many in California’s industry think this is round two of an ongoing battle with Garamendi. I am not one of them....
CDI ANNOUNCES TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE LICENSE RENEWALS
Jan 13 2003 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the addition of another method for California resident licensees to renew their licenses. CDI is now able to process renewals for its California resident licensees...
To Catch a Thief-State DOI’s Work Hard to Keep Agents in Line
Jan 13 2003 // A quick browse through the Web sites of state insurance commissioners across the country on any given day in any given year is bound to turn up at least one account of regulators cracking down on an insurance agent for a...
Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry
Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...
Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry
Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...
To Catch a Thief-State DOI’s Work Hard to Keep Agents in Line
Jan 13 2003 // A quick browse through the Web sites of state insurance commissioners across the country on any given day in any given year, is bound to turn up at least one account of regulators cracking down on an insurance agent for a...
Calif. Man Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 9 2003 // Ralph Taeger, 66, of Placerville, Calif. was arrested for workers’ compensation premium fraud on Jan. 2, 2003. Taeger surrendered to California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators and was booked into the El...
Calif. Commissioner Delivers Inaugural Speech
Jan 8 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently delivered his inaugural speech on Jan. 6, 2003, as he took the Oath of Office in a ceremony at the Assembly Chambers California Capitol Building. The following is the...
Calif. Commissioner Garamendi to be Inducted into Office
Jan 6 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner-Elect John Garamendi will take the Oath of office today in a ceremony at the Assembly Chambers California Capitol Building at 9:30 a.m. For the first time in history, outgoing Commissioner...
New Bills Go Live in Calif.
Jan 1 2003 // Gov. Gray Davis and the Democratic-controlled state Legislature came to agreement on 1,168 bills during the last session, making it the most bills Davis has signed in a single year since taking office in 1999. A couple of...
Calif. Man Surrenders on Fraud Charges
Dec 31 2002 // A Lodi, Calif. man was arrested on numerous felony charges as a result of a joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, the San Joaquin County...
California Earthquake Authority Shuns Offshore Entities
Dec 26 2002 // The California Earthquake Authority decided it will no longer conduct business dealings with U.S. companies that relocate in name only to offshore tax havens. According to the Sacramento Bee, state Treasurer Phil Angelides...
Lathrop, Calif. Woman Caught Grooming Herself
Dec 25 2002 // On Dec. 19, 2002, a Lathrop, Calif. woman was arrested on insurance fraud charges as a result of an investigation conducted by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud...
El Dorado Hills, Calif. Resident Arrested for WC Fraud
Dec 23 2002 // An El Dorado Hills, Calif. resident was arrested as a result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Charles David Littlejohn, 46, AKA Charles...
Acordia of Calif. Names New VP of Construction
Dec 23 2002 // Jim Shea has joined Acordia of California as vice president of its Construction Industry Division. Shea is a surety specialist with 16 years of insurance brokerage experience. He began his insurance career as a Surety...
