Latest California Headlines
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Study Reports Continuing Rise in Calif. Workers’ Comp Claims Costs
Jul 19 2001 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) indicates California workers’ comp claim costs increased at a double-digit rate, growing by 11 percent between 1997 and 1998 (as of 1999 experience)....
Calif. Assembly Banking Committee Approves Controversial Financial Privacy Legislation
Jul 19 2001 // According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), despite continued opposition from the financial services industry, the California Assembly Banking Committee approved the state’s most controversial financial...
Insuring The Children Awarded $10,000 from The Hartford
Jul 17 2001 // Insuring the Children (ITC), the insurance industry’s initiative to end child abuse and neglect, has received a $10,000 commitment from The Southern California Regional Office of The Hartford Financial Services Group...
Calderon Announces Candidacy for California Insurance Commissioner
Jul 16 2001 // Thomas M. Calderon, the chair of the Assembly Committee on Insurance, announced his candidacy for California Insurance Commissioner. Calderon’s press office said he has distinguished himself as a reformer of the...
CDI Hearings Explore Problems in Calif. Low-Cost Auto
Jul 16 2001 // Marking the first anniversary of implementation of California’s low-cost auto insurance program, the state’s Department of Insurance (CDI) held informal hearings on why the results of the program have been less...
Calif. Assembly Insurance Committee Kills Data Collection Legislation
Jul 16 2001 // Following intense opposition by the insurance industry, the American Insurance Association (AIA) reported that the California Assembly Insurance Committee defeated legislation that would have disclosed insurers’...
California Workers’ Comp Carriers See
Jul 16 2001 // Trying to operate in a shaky market, a pair of California workers’ compensation carriers have seen their ratings drop from “A” to “A-” following review by analysts at A.M. Best. Both...
California Not Quite Ready to ‘Cell’ Out
Jul 12 2001 // California’s Senate Transportation Committee rejected a bill on July 10 that would have mandated a Highway Patrol study on the link between cellular phone use and bad driving. The bill, which was authored by...
AIA Applauds Court Decision Reaffirming Workers’ Comp System as Exclusive Remedy in Calif.
Jul 12 2001 // According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), late last week, the California State Supreme Court unanimously ruled that businesses hiring contractors to perform work are not liable if an employee of the contractor...
Calif. Jury Rules in Favor of Farmers Adjusters
Jul 12 2001 // A jury has awarded a record-setting claim for overtime for a class of Farmers Insurance Adjusters in the final amount of $90,009,208 for overtime pay in a class action suit in Oakland. More than 2,000 adjusters working for...
California Earthquake Authority Releases Project Consulting Team Report
Jul 11 2001 // A new report completed by Tillinghast-Towers Perrin presents the current state of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) in a positive light. The “CEA Project Consulting Team Report,” was commissioned by the...
Calif. Financial Privacy Bill Revived
Jul 11 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) reported that the California State Assembly has granted a rule waiver to allow the Assembly Banking Committee to reconsider a critical financial privacy measure, SB 773, by Jackie...
NAII Says Calif. Bill Would Hinder Fraud-Fighting Tactics
Jul 10 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) announced that the California Assembly Insurance Committee on July 11 will hold a hearing to debate legislation that would impede insurer efforts to investigate...
NAII Presents Insurers’ Views at Hearing on Improving Calif. Low Cost Auto Program
Jul 9 2001 // Efforts to reduce the number of uninsured drivers in California should not center on the price of automobile insurance. Instead, California insurance officials and lawmakers should allow insurers to provide the type of...
CDI to Join NAIC Midwest Zone Continuing Education Reciprocity Project
Jul 6 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) filed a request to be a part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Midwest Zone Continuing Education Reciprocity Project. The CDI stated that it...
Calif. Assembly Committee Defeats Privacy Bill
Jul 2 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), the California Assembly Banking and Finance Committee narrowly nixed proposed legislation that would have restricted the ability of businesses to offer...
Calif. Brokers Have New Service to Offer, Vehicle Registration for Progressive Customers Now Available Online
Jul 2 2001 // California drivers insured with Progressive can now renew their auto, motorcycle and motor home registrations online, the company announced. Progressive electronically transmits proof of insurance to the Department of...
Consumer Federation of America’s Study Comes Under Fire from AIA
Jul 2 2001 // Calling the Consumer Federation of America’s (CFA) study on state insurance regulation “poorly conceived” and “wrong headed,” the American Insurance Association (AIA) is urging CFA to retract...
NAII Points to Rate Regulation, Repair Costs as Major Factors in Average Auto Premium Results
Jun 29 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), a state’s rating law plays a significant role in what people pay for auto insurance, Consumers in states with more regulation pay higher premiums...
Auto Experiment Impacted by Healthy Insurance Market, Household Priorities
Jun 29 2001 // According to the Insurance Information Network of California, when California unveiled an experimental, fixed-rate auto insurance policy for the poor last year, there was hope that it might encourage motorists who drive...
