Latest California Headlines
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Mold Claims Create a New Frontier in Constuction Defect Litigation
Oct 2 2000 // Mold. An extremely common organism, it’s found in veritably every home and building. Now it’s at the center of what could become one of the fastest growing areas of both construction defect litigation and toxic...
Calif. Sits on Epicenter of National Quake Survey
Oct 2 2000 // According to the first national survey of earthquake risks, 75 percent of all losses are expected to occur in California. But quakes are not a problem for just the Golden State, as the study shows that other areas of the...
New Calif. Law Seeks Resolution for Armenian Genocide Victims, Heirs
Sep 27 2000 // California Gov. Gray Davis recently signed legislation that will permit Armernian genocide victims and their heirs to file suits in California against insurers for unpaid policies purchased by people or companies in Europe...
Calif. Governor OKs Child Safety Seat Bill
Sep 27 2000 // Calif. Governor Gray Davis signed a bill into law on Sept. 25 that will raise the bar for child safety in California. SB 567 (Speier, D-Daly City) will require children up to six years old or 60 pounds to ride in car...
CDI Serves Cease-and-Desist to Bakersfield Insurance Agency
Sep 25 2000 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigation Bureau served search warrants and a cease and desist order (C&D) on a Bakersfield Insurance Agency last Friday. The search warrants were...
California Sits on Epicenter of National Quake Damage Survey
Sep 21 2000 // According to the first national survey of earthquake risks, 75 percent of all losses are expected to occur in California–but quakes are not just a problem for the Golden State, as the study shows that other areas of...
NAII Asks Calif. Gov. Davis to Veto Market Exams Bill
Sep 20 2000 // On Sept. 15, the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) sent a letter to California Governor Gray Davis asking him to veto SB 1805, a bill that would mandate all adopted Department of Insurance market conduct...
California Teen Auto Deaths Decrease Following GDL Passage
Sep 20 2000 // According to a recent California auto club report, teen passenger deaths and injuries when 16-year-olds are behind the wheel dropped 21 percent statewide from 1998 to 1999. These results come two years after passage of...
Low to be Sworn into Office as Calif. Commissioner Today
Sep 18 2000 // Justice Harry Low will be inaugurated as California’s 37th Insurance Commissioner this morning at 9:30 at a ceremony in San Francisco. Associate Justice Stanley Mosk will administer the oath of office. In a...
Is It a Program or a Package’ Here’s How to Tell the Difference
Sep 18 2000 // If both programs and packages combine necessary, traditional lines of coverages into a “package,” how can you really tell one from the other? “You could write a package program for a...
Quackenbush Scandal Played Starring Role in 1999-2000 Legislative Session
Sep 18 2000 // As the clock struck midnight on Aug. 30, lawmakers were spent but still deciding the fates of a handful of bills that would affect the insurance industry. So how did the 1999-2000 legislative session compare to other...
Kelso Issues Cease & Desist Order to Winters Group
Sep 18 2000 // A Cease & Desist Order, issued by acting California Insurance Commissioner J. Clark Kelso, was served Aug. 30 on the Winters, Calif.-based Puget’s Sound Agricultural Society Ltd. (aka: Jesus Christ...
Governor Davis Signs California Agent Licensing Bill
Sep 18 2000 // On Sept. 5, California Governor Gray Davis signed into law AB 393, the state’s new agent licensing law. Sponsored by Assemblymember Jack Scott (D-Altadena), AB 393 requires anyone transacting insurance to meet...
Calif. Labor Dept. Reports Decrease in Workplace Fatalities
Sep 14 2000 // Good news for workers, employers and insurers alike: the number of workers killed on the job in California in 1999 was at the lowest level since 1992. These findings and others were recently published in the annual report...
CDI Adds Earthquake Link to Website
Sep 11 2000 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) recently added a new link to its website, www.insurance.ca.gov, to help people affected by the Youngville/Napa earthquake. The advisory provides links to the California Office...
Gov. Gray Signs Calif. Agent Licensing Bill
Sep 11 2000 // California Gov. Gray Davis has signed into law an agent licensing bill. AB 393, California’s new agent licensing law, will require that all persons transacting insurance will be licensed by the state, protecting...
Calif. Legislature Approves Measure to Increase Workers’ Comp Benefits
Sep 7 2000 // Although it could see a likely veto at the hands of Governor Gray Davis, a workers’ compensation measure aimed at raising temporary and permanent disability rates for workers injured on the job was approved by the...
The General Begins Offering Online Quoting, Purchasing in California
Sep 5 2000 // A new Internet-based service, created by The General Automobile Insurance Services Inc., is enabling consumers in California to obtain quotes and purchase nonstandard automobile insurance online. The new online service has...
Storm Chasers: ICAT Covers Catastrophes from Coast to Coast
Sep 4 2000 // Like the tornado chasers in the movie “Twister,” International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC (ICAT) keeps pushing into new territory where others hang back. ICAT, which currently underwrites catastrophe...
Calif. Construction Defects Committee Hammers Away on Proposed Bill
Aug 29 2000 // The California Legislature’s Construction Defects Conference Committee met twice last week in Sacramento in an attempt to reach an agreement concerning limiting costs and delays resulting from construction defect...
