Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CWCI Study Examines Chiropractic Utilization and Costs in Calif. WC
Mar 25 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has issued new research showing the combined effect of an increase in the number of chiropractors treating fewer injured workers with higher levels of...
CDI Looks to Shore Up California’s Workers’ Comp Market
Mar 24 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi took center stage when he addressed the problems plaguing State Compensation Insurance Fund on the heels of his recent plans to reform California’s ailing...
Addressing Care Costs in California’s WC Market Adds More Questions
Mar 24 2003 // In March, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced a seven-point plan for restructuring the California workers’ compensation system. In addition to addressing medical cost containment, the plan includes...
Is Garamendi the Problem’
Mar 24 2003 // Our coverage of the California Commissioner’s recommendations to solve the workers’ comp market meltdown appears on page 24. My comments here only have context if you’ve read that article first. So, is...
Does the economy drive sub-standard automobile insurance in California’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Calif. Commissioner Formally Enforces Regulatory Powers Over SCIF
Mar 24 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced March 21 that California State Compensation Insurance Fund would continue to provide workers’ compensation coverage for employers incapable of finding...
Control of Medical Costs in Texas Workers’ Comp System is Vital
Mar 24 2003 // Texas is a king size state with king size problems regarding medical care costs in its workers’ compensation system. However, Texas’ workers’ compensation system is not alone in facing escalating medical...
Is the Economy Driving the Sub-Standard Auto Market in Texas’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite, but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Calif. Commissioner Formally Enforces Regulatory Powers Over SCIF
Mar 21 2003 // Responding to numerous inquiries concerning the availability of workers’ compensation insurance from the California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, backed by...
Calif. State Fund to Stop Writing New Business
Mar 20 2003 // State Compensation Insurance Fund president Dianne Oki told Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and the Calif. State Assembly Insurance committee that State Fund may stop accepting high-risk accounts in efforts to...
New Calif. License Aims to Protect Mobile Phone Users
Mar 19 2003 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) is accepting applications for a new insurance license, which is required for vendors selling communications equipment, such as mobile phones, pagers and PDAs. Assembly Bill...
Calif. DMV, Allstate Reach Agreement on Access to Confidential Records
Mar 18 2003 // Allstate Insurance Company has reportedly paid a fine of $1 million to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and the company’s access to confidential DMV records was suspended until yesterday, as part of a...
CaliforniaSelect Releases Homeowners Program to Ind. Agents
Mar 18 2003 // CaliforniaSelect Insurance Agency, Inc., an affiliate of the Vesta Insurance Group (NYSE: VTA) announced the launch of a residential property program in California. CaliforniaSelect, part of Vesta’s Select Group of...
NAII Says Calif. Law Treats Service Contracts, Express Warranties Separately
Mar 17 2003 // DaimlerChrysler Corporation and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) are urging the California Supreme Court to keep separate the treatment of vehicle service contracts and automobile express warranties...
Calif. Commissioner Seeks ‘Fair Claims’ Reg Changes
Mar 17 2003 // Acting to provide greater protection for consumers who file insurance claims, Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has proposed amendments to the Fair Claims Settlement Practices (FCSP) regulations, which govern...
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...
