Latest California Headlines
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Calif. Comm. Poizner Abandons Uninsured Driver Initiative
Feb 27 2008 // By Julie Lake California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has withdrawn support for a proposed ballot initiative that would have required state and local law enforcement officers to remove the license plates of, and...
Calif. State Fund Appoints Clark Vice President
Feb 27 2008 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has appointed Thomas D. Clark to vice president and member of the Executive Committee. “Tom’s extensive experience in marketing as well as claims will be...
Canceled Insured Awarded $9M Against Calif. Health Insurer
Feb 26 2008 // A woman who had her medical insurance coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer has been awarded more than $9 million (euro6.06 million) in a case against one of California’s largest health...
Calif. AG Settles Antitrust Lawsuit Against Barr Pharmaceuticals
Feb 26 2008 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. settled an antitrust lawsuit on Monday that charged Barr Pharmaceuticals with taking $20 million for keeping off the market a cheaper, generic version of the oral...
Industry Groups Call Calif. Auto Repair Bill “Anti-Consumer”
Feb 26 2008 // The Association of California Insurance Companies, the American Insurance Association and the Personal Insurance Federation of California have announced their opposition to California Senate Bill 1167, a bill that the...
Calif. Department of Insurance Denies it Violated Claims Adjusting Firm’s Settlement Terms
Feb 24 2008 // Matthew Todd, vice president of Paramount Disaster Recovery Inc., is claiming a media release by California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner misrepresented Paramount’s actions related to a recent lawsuit as well...
Consumer Groups Challenge USAA Rate Filing
Feb 24 2008 // The Greenlining Institute is the most recent consumer protection organization to file a petition with the California Department of Insurance over a proposed rate filing by the United States Automobile Association....
Calif. Bill Seeks to Ban Alleged Bias in Workers’ Comp Awards
Feb 24 2008 // A Democratic lawmaker is pushing legislation in California that would prohibit doctors from considering age, race or genetic factors in determining the size of workers’ compensation benefits for employees who suffer...
People
Feb 24 2008 // San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC named Jim O’Connell principal. He also will serve as director of development for programs, specialty insurance solutions. In that role, he is responsible for both regional and...
Larson & Rosenberger Merges Calif. and Utah CPA Firms
Feb 22 2008 // Utah-based CPA firm Larson & Co. announced a merger with Los Angeles-based Rosenberger Schwartz & Co. The merged firm, Larson & Rosenberger, combines 32 years of insurance auditing and tax expertise, as well...
RMS and ImageCat Report on Costly 2007 Wildfire Season
Feb 21 2008 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) and ImageCat, Inc., issued a joint research report Wednesday on the 2007 U.S. wildfire season. With a potential $2.5 billion in insured losses in California alone, last year ranks as one of...
Flood Map Changes Worry Sacramento Officials, Builders
Feb 21 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s plans to designate Sacramento’s fast-growing Natomas sector, north of the Sacramento and American rivers, as a Special Flood Hazard Area AE Zone in December is stirring...
Fitzpatrick and Fuhrman Join Wells Fargo Calif. Office
Feb 20 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services’ ABD Insurance and Financial Services division, a provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, announces the addition of two sales executives to the...
Calif. Bill Seeks to Ban Discrimination in Workers’ Comp Awards
Feb 12 2008 // A Democratic lawmaker is pushing legislation in California that would prohibit doctors from considering age, race or genetic factors in determining the size of workers’ compensation benefits for employees who suffer...
Calif. State Fund Appoints Collet Claims Manager
Feb 11 2008 // Robert Collet has been promoted to claims manager for the California State Fund’s Oxnard District Office. Collet joined the State Fund in 1988 when he was hired as a claims adjuster for the organization’s...
Farmers Hires Ruggiero as VP Legislative/Regulatory Affairs
Feb 11 2008 // Farmers Insurance Group, Inc., announced that Denise Ruggiero has joined the company as vice president, legislative and regulatory affairs. “Denise will be a key player in the legislative and regulatory arenas in all...
New Markets
Feb 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Private and Parochial Schools Nuts &...
People
Feb 10 2008 // The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group in Santa Cruz, Calif., appointed Kim Aday to vice president finance/treasurer. Aday joined the group in 1997 in the position of accountant. In early 2001, she was promoted to...
U.S. Disaster Plan Takes Lessons From Katrina, Calif.’s Wildfires
Feb 10 2008 // Streamlined document called ‘essential tool for emergency managers’ in public and private sectors The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a new comprehensive disaster plan for the country that...
Business Moves
Feb 10 2008 // Genstar, Confie Seguros, Westline San Francisco-based Genstar Capital LLC, a middle market private equity firm, has partnered with insurance industry executives and Westline Corp. to establish Confie Seguros, a company...
