Latest California Headlines
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Watchdog Group Ranks Best, Worst States in Disciplining Doctors
Apr 22 2009 // Most states, including California and Florida, are failing to adequately discipline doctors who are practicing substandard medicine, according to the latest annual ranking of state medical boards by the watchdog group...
Signs Around Los Angeles Beaches Warn of Tsunami Threat
Apr 20 2009 // Like many Californians who put down roots in earthquake country, Robin Rudisill knows the “Big One” could strike without warning. Yet from her Venice beachfront duplex, Rudisill worries about a different...
Risk Factors for Technology Industry Changing with the Economy
Apr 20 2009 // Today’s technology leaders face challenging times in unprecedented circumstances. Many of the risk factors that topped the list of greatest concerns for tech companies — foreign competition, intellectual...
California Low-Cost Auto Program Available in Palm Springs
Apr 20 2009 // In light of skyrocketing unemployment rates and harsh economic conditions, California Insurance Commissioner Poizner offered struggling Palm Springs residents an affordable automobile insurance option through the...
California 2008 Workers’ Comp Premiums Written Decrease 20%
Apr 20 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has published its summary of insurer experience reported up to Dec. 31, 2008. California written premium for 2008 is estimated at approximately $10.4...
Examinations Under Oath: The Basics
Apr 20 2009 // Understanding the Rights and Obligations Imposed on the Insured One of the most powerful tools available to an insurer in adjusting first-party property claims is the right to examine the insured under oath (EUO). Thus, it...
California Reconsiders En Banc Decisions
Apr 20 2009 // The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has decided to reconsider its earlier en banc decisions in Ogilvie v. City and County of San Francisco, Almaraz v. Environmental Recovery Services and Guzman v....
People
Apr 20 2009 // Thoits Insurance of San Jose, Calif., promoted Paul Saich to CEO. Saich replaces Don Way, who had been with Thoits for 44 years, and will remain as chairman of the board. Saich joined Thoits Insurance in 1996 and most...
Overall Thefts Cool, But California Remains Top Spot for Vehicle Thefts
Apr 13 2009 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that 2008 marked the nation’s fifth consecutive year of declining vehicle thefts in the United States. Although most areas experienced a reduction in vehicle theft,...
California Workers’ Comp Appeals Board to Reconsider En Banc Decisions
Apr 10 2009 // The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has decided to reconsider its earlier en banc decisions in Ogilvie v. City and County of San Francisco, Almaraz v. Environmental Recovery Services and Guzman v....
Salmonella Found in Central California Pistachio Plant
Apr 8 2009 // Federal officials confirmed they found traces of salmonella in a central California pistachio processing plant that sparked a nationwide recall of the nut. The Food and Drug Administration said state and federal inspectors...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Permanent Disability Ratings Not Bound by AMA Guides
Apr 7 2009 // The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board recently ruled on two permanent disability (PD) workers’ compensation insurance cases that physicians are not necessarily bound by the American Medical...
Calif. Rating Bureau Recommends 24.4% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Apr 6 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) has recommended to the California Department of Insurance (DOI) to implement a 24.4 percent increase in pure premium rates that would take...
It Figures
Apr 6 2009 // $28.2 Billion Amount insurers contributed to California’s gross state product in 2006, according to a report by the Insurance Information Institute. The report also noted insurers accounted for nearly 300,000 jobs in...
California House Evaluates Health Insurance Compensation Disclosure Bill
Apr 6 2009 // California Assembly Member Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, has introduced AB 1521, “Health care coverage: solicitation,” that would establish a fiduciary duty for persons or entities that submit an application to a...
California Construction Workers Chronically Uninsured
Apr 6 2009 // California construction workers are more likely than workers in any other industry statewide to be chronically uninsured, according to a Center on Policy Initiatives study. The California construction industry is expected...
Cambridge General Offers Logger’s Liability Insurance in California
Apr 3 2009 // With all of the devastating fires that have occurred in California within the past few years, Cambridge General Agency has seen an increasing need for logger’s liability insurance. This type of policy provides...
Magnitude 4.3 Earthquake Shakes Northern California, Reveals New Fault
Apr 2 2009 // A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck near Santa Clara Valley Calif., this week near Mt. Hamilton, revealing a fault scientists did not know existed, according to the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif. According to...
Swett & Crawford, CalChamber Offer Employment Practices Liability Insurance
Apr 2 2009 // Atlanta-based Swett & Crawford, a provider of specialty employment practices liability coverage, and the California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber), announced the availability of an enhanced EPL insurance policy that...
Association To Administer California Insurance Careers Program
Mar 30 2009 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has begun administration of a California-wide insurance careers program that unites community colleges, workforce investment boards, businesses, and the K-12...
