Latest California Headlines
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California Legislator Introduces Smartphone Proof of Insurance Bill
Feb 21 2012 // A California legislator has introduced a bill to require auto insurers to issue proof of coverage verification to the mobile electronic devices of insured if they request it. Assembly Bill 1708, authored by Assemblyman...
California Earthquake Authority Kicks off Second Marketing Program for Agents
Feb 21 2012 // The business of selling earthquake insurance to homeowners may have just gotten a bit easier. The California Earthquake Authority has launched its annual “Marketing Value Program,” in which the quasi-private...
Court Upholds Lawsuit Against Northern California Hooters
Feb 21 2012 // A state appeals court has upheld a class-action lawsuit filed by servers at several San Francisco Bay area Hooters restaurants in Northern California. The 1st District Court of Appeal denied a request by the...
Insurance Companies Dodge Billion-Dollar Bullet in California
Feb 21 2012 // Court Limits What Medical Bills Juries Can View Insurance companies, and ultimately California consumers, avoided a windfall sought by the Consumer Attorneys of California to the tune of more than $3 billion dollars per...
5 States May Intervene in California Honda Small Claims Case
Feb 21 2012 // A judge last week granted California and four other states more time to consider objecting to a class-action settlement between Honda Motor Co. and car owners over inflated fuel-efficiency claims about the...
Opening Note: The Right Direction
Feb 20 2012 // The banks are by no means off the hook as a result of the settlement. The recent $25 billion settlement between five of the country’s largest banks, 49 state attorneys general and federal officials over foreclosure...
Opening Note: The Right Direction
Feb 20 2012 // The banks are by no means off the hook as a result of the settlement. The recent $25 billion settlement between five of the country’s largest banks, 49 state attorneys general and federal officials over foreclosure...
California Independent Contractor Law May Be Liability for Agents, Brokers
Feb 20 2012 // A new California labor law designed to punish employers for misclassifying workers has broad legal language that can possibly impact insurance agents and brokers who knowingly advise clients on employee classifications to...
Declarations
Feb 20 2012 // Climate Change “Climate change will have major implications for the insurance industry, yet few insurance companies are identifying their potential exposure and strategies for dealing with it.” —Andrew Logan,...
Former Cal-OSHA Chief Defends Safety Program
Feb 20 2012 // The former chief of the California Occupational Safety and Health Division defended its Injury’s Illness Prevention Program following a study by think tank RAND Corp. showing the occupational safety program that...
Long-time California Insurance Lobbyist Looks to 2012 Legislation
Feb 20 2012 // John Norwood is one of California’s best known legislative advocates for the insurance and financial services sectors. Norwood, principal of Norwood & Associates, has garnered recognition for his political work...
Index of Optimism Brighter in Norcal
Feb 20 2012 // Things must look brighter around the San Francisco Bay. People there tend to have a more positive outlook on the economy than folks in the bay areas of Los Angeles and San Diego. That’s according to a recent Citibank...
Out-of-Trust C.M. Meiers Brokerage in California Fetches $1.375 Million at Auction
Feb 20 2012 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based C.M. Meiers Co. Inc. was auctioned earlier this month at a U.S. bankruptcy court near Los Angeles, with three competing bidders pushing the sales price to $1.375 million for the troubled...
Anderson & Murison Founder to be Remembered
Feb 19 2012 // Dave Anderson, founder of wholesaler Anderson & Murison Inc. in Southern California, who served several insurance associations in numerous capacities, will be remembered for his contributions to the insurance...
California Lawmaker Introduces Claim Information Control Bill Over Insolvent Insurers
Feb 17 2012 // A California lawmaker on Friday introduced a bill to give greater control of claim information held by insolvent companies over to policyholders. Assemblyman Curt Hagman said he introduced Assembly Bill 1734 to provide...
1.5M Claim Says Probation Chief Assaulted Deputy In Northern California
Feb 17 2012 // A Northern California probation official been placed on paid leave after one of his deputies filed a $1.5 million claim saying he sexually assaulted her. Alameda County probation chief David Muhammad says the allegations...
Creator of Consumer Watchdog Attack Site Says More Attacks to Come
Feb 16 2012 // The owner of a website that launched an attack last week against a consumer group that often does battle with the insurance industry is now calling the attacks and information he put on the site “just the tip of the...
California Earthquake Authority to Pay Back Wages
Feb 16 2012 // The California Earthquake Authority, the state’s quasi-private earthquake insurer, is planning to pay furlough back wages to current and former agency employees who lost salary to the policy, the Sacramento Bee is...
Heffernan Names Nam VP of Employee Benefits in Southern California
Feb 16 2012 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Jammie Y. Nam in its Orange County office as vice president of employee benefits. Nam has nearly 20 years’ experience in the employee benefit industry...
5 States May Intervene In Honda Hybrid Settlement
Feb 16 2012 // A judge on Tuesday granted California and four other states more time to consider objecting to a class-action settlement between Honda Motor Co. and car owners over inflated fuel-efficiency claims about the...
