Latest California Headlines
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California City Taking Steps to Keep Its Insurance
Oct 3 2011 // La Puente, Calif. may be on the road to keeping its insurance, according to a statewide insurance authority. The Southern California city was recently told that it could lose its insurance if city officials and staff...
Business Moves
Oct 3 2011 // McLarens, Washington Oregon Claim Service McLarens Young International has acquired Washington Oregon Claim Service, a middle market claims adjusting firm in the Pacific Northwest. The acquisition is Atlanta-based...
California Earthquake Authority Inks Risk Deal Sans Reinsurance
Sep 30 2011 // The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has completed what it called a “first-of-its-kind transaction,” taking reinsurance out of the equation and opening “a more direct path” to transfer...
Aon Hires Two SVPs to Meet Southern California Growth
Sep 29 2011 // Judy Bamberger has been named senior vice president of business development for Los Angeles office of Aon Risk Solutions, a risk management business of publicly traded Chicago-based Aon Corp. Yohei Miyamoto has been named...
California’s Align Financial, Excellere Form Non-standard Auto Insurer
Sep 28 2011 // San Diego, Calif.-based Align Financial Group LLC has partnered with private equity firm Excellere Partners, of Denver, to form Personable Holdings Inc., an independent, non-standard auto insurance provider. Personable...
Jones Explains New California Workers’ Comp Calculations at Public Hearing
Sep 28 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones explained during a public hearing in Sacramento on Tuesday why the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is restructuring how the state’s workers’...
Robinson Joins Iroquois as Regional Manager of California
Sep 28 2011 // San Jose-resident Staci Robinson has joined Iroquois Southwest as a regional manager for California. Robinson has more than 14 years of insurance experience, having worked as a territory manager with a major carrier after...
US Quake Project Aimed to ID Future Hotspots
Sep 27 2011 // Scientists have embarked on an ambitious experiment to better anticipate earthquakes by identifying the likeliest places where magnitude-4.9 quakes or stronger will occur in seismically active California over a five-year...
CSE Insurance Group’s Pay-As-You-Go Program Approved in California
Sep 26 2011 // CSE Insurance Group, a provider of insurance for civil service employees and consumers, has been approved to offer its new SAVE Program from the California Department of Insurance. CSE Insurance customers will be able to...
Insurance Journal Names Jergler West Editor
Sep 23 2011 // Wells Publishing Inc. has named Don Jergler as its new West editor for its flagship Insurance Journal online and print property/casualty insurance publications. Jergler, based in California, will cover the western states...
BB&T to Acquire Liberty Benefit in California
Sep 22 2011 // BB&T Insurance Services is acquiring San Jose-based Liberty Benefit Insurance Services. Liberty will operate as BB&T-Liberty Benefit Insurance Services. The acquisition adds 25 employees to BB&T Insurance...
California Homeowners’ Suit Against Builders Revived
Sep 22 2011 // A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit by homeowners who accused eight major homebuilders of causing them to overpay for their homes by marketing nearby houses to high-risk borrowers who later went into...
U.S. Risk Acquires American Special Risk of California
Sep 21 2011 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based American Special Risk Insurance Services has been acquired by managing general agency and surplus line wholesaler U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. American Special Risk is a managing general...
California’s Devonshire Taps Fitzgerald as VP of Business Development
Sep 20 2011 // Mike Fitzgerald has joined insurance run-off consulting firm Devonshire as vice president of business development. His responsibilities include developing business initiatives and opportunities to help support and expand...
Southern California City Taking Steps to Keep Its Insurance
Sep 19 2011 // La Puente, Calif. may be on the road to keeping its insurance, according to a statewide insurance authority. The Southern California city was recently told that it could lose its insurance if city officials and staff...
California City May Lose Its Insurance Coverage
Sep 19 2011 // A Southern California city has been told that it could lose its insurance if city officials and staff don’t start getting their act together soon. That was the warning from the California Joint Powers Insurance...
California Passes Bill on Employer Rights in Workers’ Comp Arbitration
Sep 19 2011 // The California State Legislature passed legislation in early September that California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said will make workers’ compensation policies more transparent and fair. The measure, Senate...
People
Sep 19 2011 // XL Insurance has made six key appointments to its North America Construction team. The latest additions to XL Insurance’s North America construction team include: Lawrence Lejfer — Vice president and senior...
California Bail Bond Agents Arrested For Kidnapping, Extortion and Insurance Fraud
Sep 15 2011 // Three Northern California bail bondsmen have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping clients for the purpose of extortion and insurance fraud. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones made the announcement on Thursday that bail...
CompWest Founder Steps Down
Sep 15 2011 // Compwest Insurance Co. founder Bill Mudge is no longer president and chief executive of the firm he started in 2004. Mudge’s name has been removed from the company’s phone system, and it disappeared off its...