Latest California Headlines
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Websites and Online Rating for Independent Agents from SAIS and FSC
May 24 2001 // Superior Access Internet Software Inc. (SAIS), a privately held, B2B Internet software development company targeting the insurance industry headquartered in Irvine, Calif., announced the creation of a strategic partnership...
Coverage is Key as Boat Owners Hit the Waterways
May 21 2001 // More than 76 million Americans take to the water each year, according to figures released by the National Marine Manufacturers Association. And they spend more than $23 billion annually on marine products and...
CDI Unveils Online Agent/Broker License Renewal
May 17 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced it is now accepting licensing renewals for agents and brokers online. The new online renewal process will save insurance agents and brokers time and eliminate delays...
How Agents Won on the Web, Four Web Venture Profiles
May 14 2001 // A century ago, agents found customers where they gatheredâat church, their place of business or the local watering hole downtown. This marketing strategy still works todayâonly now many agents are going through...
State Fund Withdraws from Best’s Rating Process
May 13 2001 // “In essence, we’d like to assure all of our policyholders that we are solvent, that we’re still financially strong,” said Jim Zelinski, spokesperson for California State Compensation Insurance Fund,...
CDI Conserves Sable Insurance Co. California Insurance
May 11 2001 // Commissioner Harry W. Low announced today the conservation of Sable Insurance Company, due to its insolvency. Sable, which is domiciled in California and headquartered in San Francisco, is a wholly owned subsidiary of...
FPIC Announces Affiliation with NAS Insurance Services of Calif.
May 9 2001 // Florida Physicians Insurance Company, Inc. (FPIC), a provider of professional liability insurance for physicians, dentists, and other healthcare providers, announced an affiliation with NAS Insurance Services, Inc. (NAS),...
Calif. State Comp Insurance Fund Rating Lowered, Off WatchNeg
May 8 2001 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) removed from CreditWatch and lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the California State Compensation Insurance Fund from “A” to...
Calif. Jockey Arrested for Insurance Fraud
May 8 2001 // Investigators for the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigators arrested a Santa Ana, Calif. resident Carlos Cristo, 31, on charges of insurance fraud. Cristo, arrested at his residence pursuant to an arrest...
Garamendi Plans to Recapture Calif. Commissioner Post
May 7 2001 // John Garamendi, who became California’s first elected insurance commissioner a little more than a decade ago, recently announced that he wants his former job back when it comes up for election next year. Meantime,...
Esurance Partners with California Coast
May 1 2001 // Esurance Inc., a national quote-to-claims Internet-based provider of personal auto insurance, and California Coast Credit Union, one of San Diego’s largest credit unions, announced a partnership to provide its...
CDI RECEIVES CONSERVATION ORDER FOR ALISTAR
Apr 29 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) applied for and was granted a Conservation Order April 11 in Fresno County Superior Court for Alistar Insurance Company. The CDI has been working with the company in the past...
AIA FILES APPEAL WITH CALIF BOE ON TAX
Apr 29 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA), American International Companies and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company have filed an appeal with the California Board of Equalization (BOE), the state’s highest tax policy...
CALIF. COMMITTEE APPROVES LOW-COST AUTO LEGISLATION
Apr 29 2001 // A California insurance committee has approved legislation that would indefinitely extend the state’s experimental low cost auto insurance program and could drive up the number of underinsured motorists, according to...
Philadelphia Resident Caught in Auto Fraud Scheme
Apr 29 2001 // The CDI announced the arrest of John Martin by the Philadelphia Police Department Felony Warrant Detail. The arrest warrant was issued in Orange Superior County Superior Court in response to two felony charges filed by the...
Garamendi Looks to Regain Insurance Post
Apr 28 2001 // The second time might actually be the charm for California’s first elected Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi. Garamendi, who served as Commissioner from 1990-’94 before leaving the post to make a bid for...
IIAA Names New Executive V.P. and General Counsel
Apr 25 2001 // Independent Insurance Agents of America President William F. Hofmann III announced Debra L. Perkins as the new executive vice president and general counsel of IIAA. Perkins, former IIAA senior vice president and a general...
CDI Sinks Plans for Unlicensed Marine Agencies
Apr 23 2001 // Four entities and three individuals have run aground of the law when it comes to selling marine policies in the State of California. The California Department of Insurance (CDI) issued a Cease and Desist Order on March 30...
Anxiety Over Foot-and-Mouth Creates Upswing in Coverage Inquiries
Apr 23 2001 // Parts of Europe continue to be ravaged by two devastating livestock diseases: foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), or hoof-and-mouth; and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow” disease. In the...
Anxiety Over Foot-and-Mouth Creates Upswing in Coverage Inquiries
Apr 20 2001 // Parts of Europe continue to be ravaged by two devastating livestock diseases: foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), or hoof-and-mouth; and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow” disease. In the...
