Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
May 2 2011 // Zenith AgriBusiness Solutions In what appears to be its first foray into offering liability coverages, Zenith Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation insurance specialist, is offering agribusiness insurance in...
Calif. Commissioner Seeks Stricter Penalty Powers
May 2 2011 // California Sen. Noreen Evans, D-District 2, has introduced legislation to grant explicit authority to the state Insurance Commissioner to order restitution as part of an administrative enforcement action against an...
Agents: Tread Carefully When Providing Workplace Safety Advice
May 2 2011 // Woe to the employer who is not attentive and actively engaged in health and safety.” That’s the warning the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is giving employers in the Golden...
Japan Quake Reveals Cracks in Insurance System
May 2 2011 // Michael Korn, managing principal at Integro Insurance Brokers, is a popular person these days, which is perhaps not too surprising considering he is an insurance broker in earthquake-prone San Francisco. “We’re...
Bragging About an Agent’s Book of Business May Create a Greater Legal Duty of Care
May 2 2011 // It has often been said that every attorney has a little larceny in his heart. In similar fashion, it could be said that every insurance agent has a little puffery in his heart regarding his book of business, background and...
EPIC Honored as ‘Best Place to Work’
Apr 29 2011 // California-based EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has been recognized as a “Best Place to Work in the Bay Area” for the fourth...
Fentanyl Often Prescribed in Calif. Workers’ Comp
Apr 29 2011 // A CWCI Research Spotlight Report on the use of fentanyl – the most potent Schedule II opioid – in California workers’ comp finds that More than 1 out of every 5 injured workers in California who are...
Calif. Bill Proposes Consolidating Insurance Disclosure Notices
Apr 28 2011 // California legislators are considering whether to allow certain insurance policies and disclosures to be consolidated into one document, printed in smaller type. Currently, the law requires an insurer, upon receiving...
Calif. Commissioner Jones to Attend Insurance Charity Dinner
Apr 27 2011 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) has announced that California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones will be in attendance as a special guest at the IICF Annual Benefit Dinner being held Thursday, May 19,...
With Oracle’s Ellison as Foreman, Calif. Jury OKs $470K in Slip & Fall
Apr 27 2011 // Larry Ellison is famous for wanting to be in charge, so perhaps it is no surprise that when jury duty came calling, Oracle’s chief executive served as the foreman. And for a woman who slipped in diesel fuel at a...
Sequioa to Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance in California
Apr 22 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved a filing by Sequoia Insurance Co. to offer Pay-as-You-Drive auto insurance coverage. The Monterey, Calif.-based firm joins Automobile Club of Southern California...
S. Martinelli & Co. Tries to Salvage Merchandise in Calif. Fire
Apr 22 2011 // A warehouse fire that began April 20 in Watsonville, Calif., continues to burn, according to fire officials. Meanwhile, one of the clients, S. Martinelli & Co., the maker of Martinelli’s apple juices and ciders,...
Calif. Places Majestic Insurance into Conservatorship
Apr 21 2011 // Workers’ compensation insurer Majestic Insurance Co. has been placed into conservation by order of the San Francisco Superior Court. California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has simultaneously filed a motion...
Calif. Businesses, Residents Urged to Consider Flood Insurance
Apr 21 2011 // While California may have survived this past winter’s storms, experts are urging businesses and residents to consider flood insurance. The state’s winters storms left behind a massive snow pack 165 percent...
9% of Californians Talk or Text While Driving
Apr 21 2011 // About 9 percent of California drivers talk or text on their cell phone while driving — despite state laws that prohibit such actions. In the first-ever observational survey of cell phone use by drivers within a...
Calif. To Provide Workers’ Comp E-Billing
Apr 20 2011 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has adopted new regulations for standardized paper billing forms and electronic billing standards, making it one of the first states in the country to...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Insurers’ Net Worth Declining
Apr 20 2011 // California workers’ compensation insurer returns continue to dwindle, with recent National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) data showing their return on net worth falling from 7 percent in 2008 to 4.6...
Tremblor Shakes SF on Anniversary of 1906 Quake
Apr 20 2011 // A small earthquake centered near San Francisco rattled the area hours after a ceremony was held to mark the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake and fire that destroyed much of the city. The U.S. Geological Survey says the...
McDonald’s Not Smiling Over Happy Meals Lawsuit
Apr 20 2011 // A lawsuit seeking to stop McDonald’s Corp. from offering toys with Happy Meals must be dismissed because parents can always choose not to buy the meals for their children, the hamburger giant said in a court filing...
Calif. Women’s Insurance Group Names Award-Winners
Apr 20 2011 // The South Bay Chapter of the National Association of Insurance Women International (NAIW) has recognized several members for contributions and achievement. Honorees include Young Professional of the Year Tiffany McPartland...
