Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Commissioner Proposes Pay-As-You-Drive Regulations
Aug 27 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has proposed regulations that would make green auto insurance option available for California consumers. If implemented, pay-as-you-drive auto insurance would allow motorists...
California Drop Lowers U.S. Workers’ Compensation Payments
Aug 26 2008 // U.S. workers’ compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for workers disabled by workplace injuries or diseases declined in 2006, according to a study released by the National Academy of Social...
California Names Deputy Commissioner of Enforcement Branch
Aug 26 2008 // California Department of Insurance Fraud Division Bureau Chief Rick Plein has been appointed deputy commissioner of the Enforcement Branch. Plein will replace retiring Deputy Commissioner Dale Banda. Plein has more than 19...
California State Fund Makes Two Staff Appointments
Aug 26 2008 // Stephen Ray has been appointed manager of the Utilization Review and Lien Unit for California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Claims/Rehabilitation Department. Ray was hired as a claims adjuster in the...
More Farm Deaths in California Heat
Aug 22 2008 // California, the nation’s leader in heat-related deaths among farmworkers, sought to turn that trend around three years ago with new laws aimed at ensuring people toiling in sweltering fields had such basics as a...
M.J. Hall Offers Homeowners Market in California
Aug 22 2008 // M.J. Hall has a preferred, admitted homeowners market that is rated “A-” by A.M. Best for California. For the California territory, an ISO HO 2000 program includes HO-3 HO4 HO-5 and HO-6. Coverage is available...
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Awards 2008 Grants
Aug 22 2008 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation based in Walnut Creek, Calif., has awarded its 2008 charitable grants to outstanding nonprofit agencies in California. The following organizations received recognition and...
Insurance Information Network of California Expands Spanish-Language Resources
Aug 21 2008 // As the Latino population continues to grow in California, the Insurance Information Network of California IINC has made it a priority to reach out to Spanish-speaking consumers with helpful tips on shopping for insurance,...
Entrepreneurs at Heart
Aug 21 2008 // People think and act differently when they’re owners. They take more ability to shape the outcome of the company. Privately-owned companies can be more nimble in the marketplace, and this is very important...
Mid-Year 2008: Securities Lawsuit Filings Remain Up
Aug 21 2008 // The continued steady subprime and credit crisis-related lawsuit filing level suggests that the litigation wave will continue during the second half of 2008. Is litigation stemming from the subprime- and credit...
Responding to an Insurance Department Request for Assistance
Aug 21 2008 // providing [the Department of Insurance] a well-crafted response. Receiving a letter from the California Department of Insurance concerning a customer’s complaint is truly an unsettling experience for many agents. The...
By Robert Jablon
Aug 21 2008 // California Orders Allstate to Cut Home Insurance Rates 28.5% Allstate Corp. has been ordered to cut its California homeowner insurance rates by more than 25 percent, a move that will save consumers an estimated $255...
California High Court Clarifies Policies on Workers’ Comp Utilization Reviews
Aug 21 2008 // utilization review process when considering requests for treatment. Employers must conduct utilization reviews when deciding whether to approve or deny an injured employee’s request for workers’ compensation...
NATIONAL COVERAGE
Aug 21 2008 // S&P Says Nationals Safe, While Midwest- Focused Insurers at Risk N2 | Washington Report House Subcommittee Moves Key Federal Insurance Regulation Bills N4 | Home Insurers Bitten by $350 Million in Dog Claims Average...
Majority of California Wildfires Contained, 100 Homes Destroyed
Aug 21 2008 // The California wildfires, with smoke drifting out to the Pacific Ocean (L), are seen in this NASA satellite image released July 9, 2008. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES). More than 1,400 fires that burned as part of...
California Fines 18 Hospitals for Care Problems
Aug 20 2008 // Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations, including leaving surgical instruments inside patients and causing the death of one patient by improperly inserting an intravenous catheter. The...
Conduit Insurance Offers Mini-Wrap in California, Arizona, Nevada
Aug 19 2008 // Conduit Insurance Services of Irvine, Calif., has a new residential wrap market – “mini-wrap” available in California, Arizona and Nevada. The program is designed for smaller single-family and...
Insurance Staffing: Industry Needs “Innovative Mindset”
Aug 19 2008 // Looking into the future of the insurance industry, Julie Davis, executive vice president for Aon Corp. said there are internal challenges to climbing the corporate ladder with an innovative mindset. Speaking at a recent...
Simone Rejoins Aon Risk Services of Southern California
Aug 19 2008 // Aon Risk Services of Southern California, a unit of Aon Corp., announced that Philip A. Simone has joined the firm as senior vice president for Aon Risk Services. He will be based in Irvine, Calif. Simone brings more than...
California Legislature Passes Agent-Broker Bill
Aug 15 2008 // Assemblyman Joe Coto’s Assembly Bill 2956, which will clarify the duties of an agent versus those of a broker, has passed both the California Assembly and Senate. The bill will now be held at the Assembly desk until...
