Latest California Headlines
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California Fire Season Likely to Get Worse
Jun 26 2008 // Following nearly 8,000 lightning strikes that set more than 800 wildfires across Northern California, a meterologist is predicting much worse conditions throughout the rest of the fire season. “This doesn’t...
California Firefighters Battle More Than 800 Blazes; Evacuations Ordered
Jun 24 2008 // Hundreds of wildfires sparked by lightning have flared across the heart of wine country and remote forests in Northern California, the latest batch of destructive blazes in the bone-dry state. As of Monday, June 23, 2008,...
California Sends Assistance to Fire Survivors in Butte County
Jun 24 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner deployed Department of Insurance (CDI) consumer information experts to help Butte County fire survivors with recovery efforts. Governor Schwarzenegger announced the creation...
OneBeacon to Acquire California’s Entertainment Brokers
Jun 24 2008 // OneBeacon Insurance Group has agreed to acquire Entertainment Brokers International Insurance Services, a California managing agency specializing in the entertainment, sports and leisure industries. The sale is expected to...
Insurance Information Network of California Offers Residents Fire Toolkit
Jun 23 2008 // The Insurance Information Network of California is offering residents an interactive toolkit to help them prepare, survive and recover from future fires. According to IINC, the electronic toolkit is being released one year...
California Considering Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance
Jun 23 2008 // California’s Department of Insurance is hosting a workshop at 10 a.m., Monday, June 23, 2008, to solicit input on bringing “pay-as-you-drive” automobile insurance to the state. According to the DOI,...
California Deploys Investigators to Fire Zones
Jun 20 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that he has dispatched California Department of Insurance investigators to the Humboldt and Ophir Fire zones to provide assistance to fire survivors as they face...
California Senate Approves Agent-Broker, Spyware Bills
Jun 20 2008 // California’s Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee approved two bills — one allowing insurance cmpanies to require spyware to be installed in vehicles, and the other clarifying the duties of an agent...
Allstate Dropping Appeal of Calif. Auto Rate Cuts
Jun 20 2008 // Insurer Allstate Corp said it has dropped its bid to fight a reduction on auto policy rates imposed earlier this year by California’s insurance regulator. An Allstate spokesman, in an e-mailed statement, said the...
California State Fund Appoints Shiroma Program Manager
Jun 19 2008 // Matthew Shiroma has been promoted to program manager of the newly created contracts and purchasing department for California State Compensation Insurance Fund. The department oversees the purchasing of capital equipment,...
AIG Private Client Group Expands Wildfire Protection Services
Jun 19 2008 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of the personal lines property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc., announced that its Wildfire Protection Unit service has doubled the number of...
Wells Fargo Insurance Services Founds Western Division of Industry Charitable Foundation
Jun 17 2008 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation has launched a new Western Division. After 15 years operating solely in California, the Foundation has expanded to include all areas of the Western United States. Wells Fargo...
California Senate Considers Agent-Broker Bill, Consumer Group Challenges Legislation
Jun 17 2008 // Three pieces of legislation will be heard in the Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance committee on Wednesday, June 17, 2008. Assemblyman Jared Huffman’s AB 2800 would allow insurance companies to require drivers to...
Anderson & Murison Offers Umbrella for Commercial Exposures in California
Jun 16 2008 // Los Angeles-based Anderson & Murison Inc. can now write a personal umbrella policy that includes coverage for commercial exposures for California only. The “big umbrella” is an extension of the...
Firefighters in California Struggling to Get Upper Hand on Fire
Jun 16 2008 // High wind on Saturday, June 13, 2008, continued to stoke fires across Northern California that had destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee. At least 66 homes had been destroyed with 17 others...
California Report Details How to Reduce Fraudulent Claims
Jun 16 2008 // Commissioner Takes Action on Five Recommendations Insurance fraud in California totals more than $15 billion each year, costing each resident an average of more than $500 per year. That’s the estimate published in a...
People
Jun 16 2008 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Pete McPartland president and CEO. McPartland comes from General Casualty in Sun Prairie, Wis., where he led insurance operations for QBE...
California Appeals Court Upholds Cap on Workers’ Comp Treatments
Jun 16 2008 // A Court of Appeal in California rejected a constitutional challenge to the number of visits a worker is entitled to for chiropractic, physical therapy or occupational therapy visits under the state’s workers’...
California Regulator Says Insurance Needs Local Regulation, More Modernization
Jun 16 2008 // Insurance is best regulated at the local level. That’s the opinion of California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, who shared his views during his welcome address to the National Association of Insurance...
Workers’ Comp Insurance Deserves Extra Caution in Construction Market
Jun 16 2008 // Move from Residential to Commercial Construction Increasing Risk Severity Following legislative reforms, the slowing economy and soft market conditions, workers’ compensation insurance carriers are eager to build...
