Latest California Headlines
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Risk Management Agency Starts Olive Program in 12 California Counties
Dec 7 2011 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency on Wednesday announced a new pilot insurance program for table and oil olives in 12 California counties beginning with the 2012 crop year. The sales closing...
More Strong Winds May Cause Damage In Southern California on Tuesday
Dec 6 2011 // The National Weather Service is issuing a continued strongwind advisory for Southern California though the afternoon on Tuesday, with winds coming from the northeast at 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. The winds were...
Computer with Info on 4 Million Patients Stolen in California
Dec 5 2011 // A Northern California physician’s network says a computer stolen last month contains personal information on more than 4 million patients dating back to 1995. The Sacramento Bee reports the database includes the...
California Man Electrocuted by Fallen Power Line
Dec 5 2011 // A Southern California man has been electrocuted by a power line that fell on him outside his home. According to reports 24-year-old Joel Ramirez was inside his Whittier home when the line fell, possibly because of the...
Southern California Food Importer to Pay $400K in Discrimination Case
Dec 5 2011 // A Southern California Asian food importer has agreed to pay $400,000 in back wages and interest to 71 women who were rejected for sales jobs. The U.S. Labor Department says that Tokyo-based Nishimoto Trading Co. has agreed...
Business Moves
Dec 5 2011 // Everest Everest Re Group Ltd. is expanding its professional liability insurance operation, Everest Specialty Unit (ESU), with the opening of a west coast regional office. Currently based in New York, ESU will be...
Leading By Creating
Dec 5 2011 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: Confie Seguros, trading under Freeway Insurance Headquarters: New York, N.Y. Year Founded: 2008 Additional Locations: California, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Texas, New York, New...
California’s State Fund Declares $50 Million in Dividends for Policyholders
Dec 5 2011 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund recently announced plans to disburse a $50 million dividend to qualifying policyholders in the form of a premium credit amounting to roughly 5.2 percent of estimated...
Strong Winds Downed Trees and Power Lines in West
Dec 2 2011 // Some of the worst winds in years blasted through California this week, with the brunt off the gusts felt overnight on Wednedsday, sweeping through canyons, gusting up to 97 mph, and toppling trees and trucks while knocking...
Wholesaler Adds Market for Nonstandard Auto in California
Dec 1 2011 // WIAA Insurance Services has added Unitrin Specialty to its roster of carriers. This provides the wholesale agency’s subproducers a new market for nonstandard auto in California. This is a direct appointment. Unitrin...
$6M Awarded for West Coast Quake Early Warning Research
Nov 30 2011 // Scientists studying earthquake early warning in the United States have received a financial boost. A foundation this week awarded $6 million in seed money to the University of California, Berkeley, California Institute of...
Study: Use of Physician Networks in California Workers’ Comp at Record High
Nov 29 2011 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study released on Tuesday shows the use of network physicians to provide medical care to injured workers in California has continued to grow over the past five years and...
CRC Names Brooks Broker in Southern California Office
Nov 29 2011 // CRC Insurance Services named Robert Brooks as a property and casualty broker in the company’s Santa Ana, Calif. office. Brooks was previously a broker at RPS/Lemac. Before that worked in various underwriting...
Insurers Boost California’s Economy by $34.7 Billion
Nov 29 2011 // California’s a $1.9 trillion economy gets a multi-billion dollar boost from the property/casualty insurance industry, according to a report from the Insurance Information Institute issued Tuesday. In 2009, insurers...
Whistleblower Laws, Lucrative for Some States, Stall in Others
Nov 28 2011 // For many states, a law intended to root out corruption also has been good for the bottom line. Over the last decade, more than 20 states have passed a version of the federal anti-corruption law known as the False Claims...
Poms Hires Director of Risk Services in Southern California
Nov 22 2011 // Dennis Healy has joined Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc.’s Woodland Hills office as assistant director of Risk Services. Healy has more than 20 years’ experience in risk management, most recently as...
Small Oklahoma Quake Reinforces Need for Repsonse, Preparedness Training
Nov 22 2011 // A small earthquake was recorded in central Oklahoma on Nov. 21 — on a day that executives from the California Earthquake Authority met with officials from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to discuss earthquake response...
Business Moves
Nov 21 2011 // Yates Tustin, Calif.-based managing general agent Yates has opened a northern California office in Walnut Creek. Jon Uyeyama has joined the office, bringing with him 10 years of underwriting experience. Uyeyama will...
Contractors, Agents Fight to Stay Afloat in Distressed Construction Market
Nov 21 2011 // Some Signs Point to Better Times Ahead, Experts Say The construction market is showing hints of improvement, if only slightly, according to insurance specialists for this market. The contractor class has been one of the...
Initiative to Expand California Prop 103 Ignites Battle
Nov 21 2011 // A ballot initiative to expand the scope of California’s Proposition 103 to include health insurance could also impact the auto insurance industry by challenging a long-sought-after initiative on auto insurance...
