Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California to Vote on New ‘Clean Car’ Regulations
Jan 27 2012 // California, whose greenhouse gas emissions standards lead the U.S., is poised to vote on pushing them further. The new rules, if approved, would require automakers to build cars and trucks by 2025 that emit about...
Industry Report Card: California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
Jan 27 2012 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones marked his first full year in office recently by looking back on his and the California Department of Insurance’s accomplishments during 2011. “A little over a year ago, I took...
Zambrana Named Assistance Vice President of Atlas in Southern California
Jan 26 2012 // Stephanie Zambrana has been named assistant vice president and controller of Atlas General Insurance Services, a workers’ compensation specialty general agency in San Diego, Calif. Zambrana has more than 13 years...
Muslim Guard Gets $465,000 in California Harassment Suit
Jan 26 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 $400,000...
California Legislator: Feds Will Step Up Involvement in Insurance Industry
Jan 25 2012 // “Listen to me now, understand me later.” State Sen. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, gave a well-received Arnold Schwarzenegger impression, chest heaving and heavy on the former California governor’s thick...
Study: Recession Impacts California Workers’ Compensation
Jan 25 2012 // More people in California stayed on disability longer because a fewer “light duty” jobs are available in the down economy, authors of a study on worker’s compensation said. The impact of the recession on...
West Joins Dealey, Renton in Northern California as Senior Vice President
Jan 25 2012 // Dealey, Renton & Associates has named Morgan West senior vice president. West will be based in DRA’s Oakland, Calif. office and will report to President Al Chinn. West’s role will include working with key...
Networked in California Joins LexisNexis Exchange
Jan 24 2012 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has signed on with LexisNexis Risk Solutions Insurance Exchange, a significant step for LexisNexis into the West, the collaborative insurance placement platform...
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones: Year One Report Card
Jan 23 2012 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones marked his first full year in office last week by looking back on his and the California Department of Insurance’s accomplishments during 2011. “A little over a year ago, I...
People
Jan 23 2012 // John F. Finston has accepted an appointment to be deputy commissioner for Corporate & Regulatory Affairs at the California Department of Insurance. Finston was the head of SNR Denton’s insurance regulation...
Outpatient Costs Higher in States Without Fee Schedules
Jan 23 2012 // States without fee schedules have higher hospital outpatient costs for common surgeries compared to states with fee schedules, according to a workers’ compensation study. The study found that significant variations...
Business Moves
Jan 23 2012 // Bolton & Company, Pacific General Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Company has acquired Pacific General Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency providing insurance services in the San Gabriel Valley...
Auto Insurance Discount Act Qualifies For California Ballot
Jan 20 2012 // The Secretary of State has verified the 2012 Automobile Insurance Discount Act will qualify for the November ballot. The initiative had the 504,760 signatures required to place the initiative on a statewide ballot. The...
Jones: California Workers’ Comp Filings Show Companies Using Advisory Rates
Jan 19 2012 // A majority of companies are using California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ approved advisory pure premium rates in their rate filings for 2012, and the result is a combined increase of 2.8 percent for companies,...
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones: Year One Poll
Jan 19 2012 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones marked his first full year in office this week by looking back on his and the California Department of Insurance’s accomplishments during 2011. “A little over a year ago, I...
California Woman Pleads Guilty To Killing 4 in DUI Crash
Jan 19 2012 // A woman who killed four people in a drunken crash near a San Diego County casino has pleaded guilty and agreed to spend 18 years in prison. Twenty-seven-year-old Deanna Fridley entered pleas Tuesday to gross vehicular...
Western Insurance Forms On Point Risk Solutions in Southern California
Jan 19 2012 // San Diego, Calif.-based Western Insurance Holdings Inc., a property/casualty holding company, has formed On Point Risk Solutions. On Point Risk Solutions, also in San Diego, provides an array of property/casualty services...
California School Reopens After Arson Fire
Jan 19 2012 // A San Diego, Calif. elementary school reopened Wednesday, two days after an arson fire that caused $600,000 in damage. The blaze shortly before midnight Monday at Alice Birney school in University Heights damaged the...
Fire Causes $600,000 Damage at California School
Jan 18 2012 // A fire at a San Diego, Calif. elementary school has caused an estimated $600,000 in damage. Classes have been canceled Tuesday at Alice Birney school in the University Heights neighborhood. The fire was reported at around...
Walmart Seeks End to Refiled Gender Bias Lawsuit
Jan 18 2012 // Women who refiled a gender discrimination lawsuit against Walmart Stores Inc. have failed to come to grips with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended their nationwide class action against the company, Walmart...
