Latest California Headlines
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Smith Joins AmWins Brokerage in California
Mar 20 2008 // Sheryl Smith has joined AmWINS Insurance Brokerage of California as senior vice president. Formerly assistant vice president at Crump Insurance Services, Smith has 25 years of insurance industry experience, from claims...
Allstate Lowering Auto Rates in California
Mar 19 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced a 15.9 percent decrease in auto insurance rates for customers of Allstate Insurance Co. and Allstate Indemnity Co. This $244 million reduction culminates months of...
California Earthquake Authority Names Pomeroy CEO
Mar 18 2008 // The Governing Board of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) announced the hiring of Glenn A. Pomeroy as the CEA’s CEO. He will assume the position on April 1. Pomeroy has extensive experience in public service...
Jury Awards $20 Million to California Couple in Asbestos Case
Mar 14 2008 // A San Francisco jury awarded $20 million to a couple who was alledgedly exposed to asbestos by construction materials sold by Atlanta-based Georgia Pacific Corp. Joan and Daniel Mahoney filed the suit in 2006, after...
Group Says California Has Not Dropped Uninsured Motorist Initiative
Mar 14 2008 // Consumer advocacy and public policy reserach group The Greenlining Institute is questioning whether California Commissioner Steve Poizner made a “masked attempt to target the poor.” According to a letter sent...
California Workers’ Comp Division Evaluates Case Management System
Mar 11 2008 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently hosted a public meeting at its Oakland headquarters to discuss how implementation of the division’s new case management program will affect...
Calif. Pet Insurer Notes UK Growth
Mar 11 2008 // Santa Ana, Calif.- based ensurApet, Inc. has issued a bulletin, which notes that “health insurance for pets in the United Kingdom is growing at a record rate.” CEO, Russell Smith stated: “According to...
Union General Offers Apartment Coverage in California
Mar 10 2008 // Union General has an “A+” rated carrier offering both monoline and package coverage for apartments in California. Multiple lines of coverage can be provided such as general liability, property, inland marine...
Former Calif. Regulator Shoots Fla. Man During Arrest
Mar 10 2008 // Former California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, who resigned in scandal in 2000, has resurfaced as a sheriff’s deputy in Fort Myers in southwest Florida. Lee County Deputy Quackenbush, 54, was placed on...
It Figures
Mar 10 2008 // $41 Million A $41 million settlement has been reached between pharmacy benefits management firm Caremark Rx LLC and 29 states over charges that the company and two of its subsidiaries, Caremark LLC and CaremarkPCS LLC...
Declarations
Mar 10 2008 // Scrap the Destructive Plans “The U.S. Forest Service adopted illegal forest management plans that threaten California’s pristine national forests with road construction and oil drilling. … The Forest...
As the Soft Market Continues, Calif. Wholesalers Seek Specialty Niches
Mar 10 2008 // Relationships with agents, brokers and regulators critical to CIWA members The members of the California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) play a vital role in the state’s insurance market. To find out how...
People
Mar 10 2008 // Denver-based Van Gilder added three persons to its staff. Tony Dodd joined the firm as an account executive specializing in homeowner association risk management programs. Kyle Krisman assumed the role of business...
Study Reports on Costly 2007 Wildfire Season
Mar 10 2008 // With a potential $2.5 billion in insured losses in California alone, last year ranks as one of the costliest wildfire seasons in recent history, according to Risk Management Solutions’ (RMS) and ImageCat Inc.’s...
Insurers Call Calif. Auto Repair Bill ‘Anti-Consumer’; Claim Bill Would Deny Information to Consumer
Mar 10 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...
Former California Commissioner Facing Further Scrutiny
Mar 10 2008 // California’s former insurance commissioner, who resigned during a 2000 election scandal, is again facing scrutiny — this time as a Florida lawman who shot someone he was trying to arrest. Lee County Deputy Chuck...
Calif. Commissioner Poizner Abandons Uninsured Driver Initiative
Mar 10 2008 // 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 eventually...
California Surplus Line Association Elects New Officers
Mar 5 2008 // Members of the Surplus Line Association of California (SLA) elected Warren Stanley as their chairman during the SLA 2008 Annual Meeting. Stanley is principal of Wholesale Connection Insurance Services in Woodland Hills,...
California Doctor Arraigned for Fraud
Mar 4 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that due that an alleged fraud perpetrator has been arraigned for committing insurance fraud. Dr. Jon Fields, 53, of West Hills, Calif., filed a long term...
Former California Insurance Commissioner Facing Further Scrutiny
Mar 3 2008 // California’s former insurance commissioner, who resigned during a 2000 election scandal, is again facing scrutiny — this time as a Florida lawman who shot someone he was trying to arrest. Lee County Deputy...
