Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Implements Standard to Protect Against Airborne Diseases
Jul 8 2009 // The nation’s first standard to safeguard workers from the spread of airborne diseases was approved yesterday by California’s Office of Administrative Law and filed with the Secretary of State. With full support...
California Commissioner Rejects Workers’ Comp Bureau Rate Increase
Jul 8 2009 // Citing testimony that self-insured employers have been able to reduce overall workers’ compensation costs, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has rejected the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating...
California Governor Proposes Selling Some State Workers’ Comp Insurer Assets
Jul 6 2009 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to sell a portion of the state workers’ compensation insurer State Compensation Insurance Fund for $1 billion, Rachel Cameron, deputy press secretary for the...
California Employers Oppose Fees on Workers’ Comp Premiums
Jul 2 2009 // Members of the Workers’ Compensation Action Network (WCAN) have launched a campaign to oppose more than $60 million in new annual workers’ compensation assessments being proposed in California. The new...
MySpace, Web Servers Not Liable for Assaults, California Court Rules
Jul 2 2009 // Internet servers like MySpace cannot be held liable when minors are sexually assaulted by people they first meet on a website, a California appeals court ruled in an opinion filed late Tuesday. The ruling by the Second...
Employers Direct Stops Writing Workers’ Comp Insurance in California
Jul 1 2009 // Citing the strain of escalating medical costs on the workers’ compensation system, increasingly intense price competition, and the uncertainty over the sustainability of the 2003-2004 legislative reforms due to...
California-Based ICW Group Upgrades, Rebrands Based on Agent Feedback
Jun 30 2009 // Truly listening to what agents have to say can make a world of difference in how an insurance company is run and organized. Just ask the folks at San Diego-based ICW Group Insurance Companies, an Insurance Journal-ranked...
Commissioner Directs California Insurers To Divest Iranian Government Holdings
Jun 30 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that he will launch an effort to probe insurance company investments for ties to Iran and immediately direct California-based insurance companies to divest any...
California Efforts To Reduce Prison Budget Would Hurt Fraud Fighting
Jun 29 2009 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed downgrading insurance crimes in California from felonies to misdemeanors to help reduce the prison budget — a move that insurance and fraud experts say would have...
Agents, Brokers To See 6% Fee Reduction in California
Jun 29 2009 // California insurance agents, brokers and adjusters will see a reduction in fees, thanks to California Department of Insurance (CDI) changes that take effect July 1, 2009. The 6 precent reduction in fees will apply to...
California Broker Lawson-Hawks Acquires Truckee Insurance
Jun 25 2009 // Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., has acquired Truckee, California Insurance Agency. Terms of the transaction were...
California Commissioner Seeks Comments on PAYD Auto Insurance
Jun 25 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has issued proposed regulations for Pay-Drive (Usage Based Auto Insurance), and is accepting public comments on the proposal until 5 p.m., Thursday, July 9, 2009. According...
Potential Sale of California Workers’ Comp Insurer Assets Creates Concerns
Jun 25 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said he is “troubled by the details of the proposal” to sell some assets of the state’s workers’ compensation insurance, State Compensation Insurance...
California Governor Proposes Selling Some State Workers’ Comp Insurer Assets
Jun 24 2009 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to sell a portion of the state workers’ compensation insurer State Compensation Insurance Fund for $1 billion, Rachel Cameron, deputy press secretary for the...
Former California State Fund Employees Being Investigated
Jun 22 2009 // Law enforcement officials on June 19 served multiple search warrants to former employees and director of the California State Compensation Insurance Fund. Erica Derryck, spokeswoman for the San Francisco District...
California Legislature Considers Personal, Professional Liability Issues
Jun 22 2009 // The California Legislature is scheduled to hear at least two bills this week pertaining to insurance. SB 39 Torts: Personal Liability Immunity would clarify that disaster service workers who perform disaster services...
California Motorcycle Collisions on the Rise
Jun 22 2009 // As more travelers take to the road for summer vacations, the California Highway Patrol is warning all drivers — motorcyclists included — to take road safety seriously California Highway Patrol (CHP)...
California Commissioner Please With Proposed Office of National Insurance
Jun 18 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner generally seems pleased the President Obama has proposed an Office of National Insurance without creating a federal regulator. “The administration’s plan avoids...
California El Camino Association Installs New Officers
Jun 17 2009 // The California El Camino chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society has installed new officers and directors for 2009-2010. New officers are: President Peggy L. Brennan of Zenith Insurance;...
Study: California Workers’ Comp Claims Climbed 23%, Despite Reforms
Jun 17 2009 // A new California Workers’ Compensation Institute study on post-reform changes in California workers’ compensation medical payments confirms that since accident year (AY) 2005, insurer payments for treatment,...
