Latest California Headlines
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Garamendi Introduces Flood Insurance for Farmers Act
Feb 15 2012 // Congressman John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, Calif., on Tuesday introduced the Flood Insurance for Farmers Act of 2012 to help offset the cost of flood insurance that will likely be required in many of the state’s...
California Investigates PG&E Pipeline Safety Practices
Feb 15 2012 // California utility regulators are investigating Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s pipeline safety practices after two welders claimed that some of the company’s lines contain weld defects and that repairs have...
Kulchin Ross Insurance Services Inc. Formed in Southern California
Feb 13 2012 // William Kulchin and Derek Ross have formed Kulchin Ross Insurance Services Inc., a new retail agency based in Tarzana, Calif. that provides all lines of insurance coverage across the U.S. The agency comes with the existing...
Website Attacks Consumer Watchdog
Feb 10 2012 // A website attacking a consumer group that often does battle with the insurance industry was launched on Friday, setting off more sparks in a roiling battle between proponents of two competing measures that Californians may...
Poms Names Mahl SVP of Property & Casualty in Southern California
Feb 10 2012 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has named Robert Mahl senior vice president of its property/casualty group in the firm’s Woodland Hills office. Mahl was previously vice...
Lawsuit: Payment Denied For Seniors’ Home Care
Feb 10 2012 // A lawsuit contends that a health insurer ran a scheme to avoid paying in-home care claims from what could be thousands of California’s elderly residents. Senior Health Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania, or SHIP, had a...
5 Big Banks, States Agree on $25 Billion Home Mortgage Deal
Feb 9 2012 // Five big U.S. banks accused of abusive mortgage practices have agreed to a $25 billion government settlement that may help roughly one million borrowers but is no magic bullet for the ailing housing...
Northern California-based ISU Network Expands In Three States
Feb 9 2012 // The San Francisco, Calif.-based ISU Network on Thursday announced expansions in three states, North Carolina, Maryland and North Dakota. ISU’s North Carolina additions are: H. B. Cantrell & Co., O’Connor...
Holdout States Expected to Join Mortgage Bank Deal
Feb 8 2012 // California and New York, two key holdout states for a multi-state mortgage settlement, are expected to join the deal, smoothing the way for an announcement expected on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the...
Thoits in Northern California Adds Tillotson to Employee Benefits Practice
Feb 8 2012 // San Jose, Calif.-based Thoits Insurance Service Inc. has named Bernie Tillotson senior vice president of employee benefits. Tillotson brings more than three decades of benefits and human resources expertise to his new...
McDermott Joins Champion Risk in Southern California
Feb 8 2012 // Del Mar, Calif.-based Champion Risk & Insurance Services L.P., an affiliate of Wood, Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers, has hired Frank McDermott as a producer. McDermott, a licensed CPA, who previously owned his...
Professional Program Insurance in Southern California Taps Striniste
Feb 8 2012 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage of Novato, Calif. has hired Jay Striniste in the underwriting department. Striniste will be a senior underwriter focusing on the growth and development of program business with a...
California Independent Contractor Law May Be Liability for Agents, Brokers
Feb 7 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...
Report Card: California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
Feb 7 2012 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones marked his first full year in office last month by looking back on his and the California Department of Insurance’s accomplishments during 2011. Insurance Journal wants to know from...
Not All States Sign $25B Settlement Giving Banks Lawsuit Protection
Feb 7 2012 // A proposed mortgage settlement in the works for more than a year will move forward with more than 40 states joining the deal before a Monday deadline, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said in a statement. States had been...
Former Cal-OSHA Chief Defends Workplace Safety Program
Feb 6 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 Lobbyist Looks to 2012 Legislation Affecting Insurance
Feb 6 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...
Close Look at Leak Due at California Nuke Plant
Feb 6 2012 // Inspectors are waiting for the 105 degree temperature inside a nuclear reactor to drop enough to make it safe for workers and equipment to get inside and inspect a tube leak that prompted operators to shut down a nuclear...
Declarations
Feb 6 2012 // Cornerstone “You have to be smart about your marketing, and I think it’s all about relationships. Without the relationship I think this business goes nowhere. I am not GEICO. I am not Progressive. I am...
Muslim Guard Gets $465,000 in California Harassment Suit
Feb 6 2012 // A San Francisco, Calif., jury has awarded $465,000 to a Muslim security guard who says his co-workers and supervisors called him a terrorist and an al-Qaida member. The San Francisco Chronicle reported jurors added...
