Latest California Headlines
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Heavy Rainfall in California Wildfire Zones Could Lead to Landslides, Flooding
Nov 26 2008 // As heavy rainfall is forecasted for Southern California, particularly in areas recently ravaged by destructive wildfires, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner advised all Californians to check their coverage and evaluate...
Safeco And Golden Eagle Insurance Announce New California Regional Operations
Nov 25 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Golden Eagle Insurance, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their California...
California Commissioner Applauds Insurance Education at Cal State Fullerton
Nov 24 2008 // “You are the current and future business leaders of the state of California,” California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner told an audience at California State University in Fullerton on Oct. 17, 2008. In...
California Deploys Enforcement Officers in Santa Barbara
Nov 24 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has activated a disaster fraud task force in Santa Barbara, which includes the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud and Investigation Divisions, the Santa Barbara...
California Insured Fire Losses Could Reach $800 Million
Nov 21 2008 // As the fires continue to burn in parts of southern California, industry analysts are predicting insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre and Tea Fires will range from $600 million to $800 million. Catastrophe risk...
California Labor Commissioner Issues Fines of $267,600 During Statewide Enforcement Activity
Nov 21 2008 // Investigators from the California Labor Commissioners’ Office issued 71 citations totaling $267,600 in fines in a two-day statewide enforcement sweep of businesses in the agricultural industry including nurseries,...
California Announces 2009 Workers’ Comp Insurance Assessment Rates
Nov 21 2008 // The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has issued 2009 assessment rates for User Funding, the Uninsured Employer Benefit Trust Fund, the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund, the Occupational Safety &...
Insurance Experts To Aid Sayre and Freeway Fire Survivors in California
Nov 20 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that he will deploy Department of Insurance (CDI) consumer information experts to help Sayre Fire survivors with recovery efforts. Commissioner Poizner dispatched...
Officials Blame Santa Barbara Wildfire on Bonfire
Nov 20 2008 // A bonfire built by college students and never fully extinguished was responsible for the massive wildfire in Santa Barbara that destroyed 210 homes, many of them multimillion-dollar properties, authorities said. An...
California’s Emergency Fire Costs Hit $305 Million; Governor To Propose Insurance Surcharge
Nov 20 2008 // The Southern California wildfires are burning a bigger hole in California’s budget, adding to the state’s $11.2 billion deficit, the governor’s finance spokesman said. The state has spent $305 million on...
Study Links Parkinson’s, Agricultural Fungicide
Nov 20 2008 // A new study has made a connection between Parkinson’s disease and residents in California’s San Joaquin Valley who have experienced long-term exposure to certain pesticides. A University of California, Los...
California State Fund Extends Credit Relief to Policyholders Affected by Southern California Fires
Nov 19 2008 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund announced it will extend credit to policyholders who have suffered financial loss or business disruption caused by the fires in Montecito, Orange County and Sylmar. To date,...
California Assemblyman Dave Jones To Seek Insurance Commissioner Spot
Nov 19 2008 // Just two weeks have passed since the Nov. 4, 2008, election, but California Assemblyman Dave Jones has already announced plans to seek the state’s Insurance Commissioner position in 2010. Jones, D-Sacramento,...
Schwarzenegger Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration
Nov 19 2008 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is asking the Bush administration to declare Southern California a federal disaster site after fires tore through wide swaths of the region. According to a letter the governor sent to...
Majority of Southern California Wildfires Contained
Nov 19 2008 // Firefighters are still working on containing two of the fires burning in Southern California. In the past five days, more than 42,000 acres have burned, and close to 1,000 properties have been destroyed, according to CAL...
Obama Vows Climate Action Despite Financial Crisis
Nov 19 2008 // Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States would “engage vigorously” in climate change talks when he is president, and he pledged to work to reduce emissions sharply by 2020, despite the financial...
Firefighters Make Gains on Southern California Wildfires
Nov 18 2008 // Firefighters made progress on extinguishing the fires burning in Southern California yesterday, thanks to reduced wind conditions. To date, three of the five fires have been contained, although more than 44,000 acres have...
Insurance Information Network Of California Offers Fire Victims Recovery, Claims Info
Nov 18 2008 // With displaced residents of the Southern California fires now returning to their neighborhoods, several home and business owners are now finding themselves facing dozens of questions before they rebuild. To help navigate...
Fire Victims Should Seek Safety, Make Contact with Insurers
Nov 18 2008 // As firefighters work to contain the Tea, Sayre, and Freeway Complex fires throughout Southern California, property/casualty insurance companies are on the ground reaching out to policyholders to facilitate immediate...
California Mobile Homes Could Face New Fire Prevention Building Codes
Nov 18 2008 // In response to the fires burning in Southern California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared states of emergencies in Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties. Meanwhile, the Governor indicated during...
