Latest California Headlines
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Calif. Governor Signs Law to Ban Teen Cell Phone Use While Driving
Sep 14 2007 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed SB 33 by Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, banning teenage drivers from using all electronic devices — such as cell phones, pagers and laptops — while behind the...
Association Urges Calif. Governor Not to Increase Trial Lawyer Payments
Sep 13 2007 // The Civil Justice Association of California is criticizing trial lawyers of trying to fill their pockets and is asking Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to protect consumers by vetoing a plan that would increase contingency...
Calif. Passes Bill to Fund Earthquake Authority with $1.3 Billion from Insurers
Sep 13 2007 // The California Legislature has passed SB 430, designating $1.3 billion from participating insurers to fund the California Earthquake Authority (CEA). This additional $1.3 billlion contribution is being made with no...
Calif. Association Urges Governor to Sign Workers Comp Bill
Sep 13 2007 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law legislation that it said could encourage expansion of the workers’ compensation insurance market in...
Calif. Legislative Session Ends, Governor Calls Special Session
Sep 13 2007 // California’s legislative session for 2007 ended with a flurry yesterday, but at least two priorities failed to materialize, causing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call special sessions to focus on those issues. Topics...
Calif. DOI Appoints Deputy Commissioner of Consumer Services and Market Conduct
Sep 12 2007 // Tony Cignarale has been named deputy commissioner of consumer services and market conduct for the California Department of Insurance. Since August 1, 2007, Cignarale has been the acting deputy commissioner in that...
Rowlett Appointed Claims Manager in Stockton for Calif. SCIF
Sep 12 2007 // Janet Rowlett has been promoted to claims manager of the Stockton District Office for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. Rowlett brings 21-years of workers’ compensation experience to her new post...
Calif. Orders Recall of Organic Cream after Finding Listeria
Sep 12 2007 // California agriculture officials ordered an organic dairy to recall and quarantine some of its Grade A raw cream after finding product that contained a bacteria that can cause serious or fatal infections in children, the...
Calif. State Fund Appoints Claims Operations Manager
Sep 11 2007 // Keith Kincaid has been promoted to claims operations manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Glendale operations. Kincaid brings 15 years of workers’ compensation experience to his...
Calif. Bills, Laws Target Teen Drivers’ Cell Phones and Text Messages
Sep 11 2007 // Narin Leininger knows about the risks of talking on a cell phone or sending text messages while driving. The 16-year-old high school junior says he’d only use his phone behind the wheel in an emergency — a flat...
Shifting Winds Push Smoke from California Sierra Fire
Sep 11 2007 // Shifting winds sent smoke from a growing wildfire in the remote northeast Sierra Nevada back toward the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco Bay area on Sunday, officials said. Wind gusts pushed the flames toward the south...
Calif. State Fund Appoints Ponce Field Services Manager in Oxnard
Sep 10 2007 // Richard Ponce has been appointed Oxnard District office field services manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. In his new post he will manage the district office’s underwriting, auditing and...
Farmers Names Sgoureva Regional VP in California
Sep 5 2007 // Farmers Insurance Group, Inc., announced that Russina Sgoureva has joined the company as regional vice president of auto product management for California. Previously, she spent more than five years with Progressive...
Calif. Cites Garment Employers for Avoiding Workers’ Comp Insurance
Sep 5 2007 // Investigators with California’s Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) recently targeted businesses in the garment industry that were operating illegally. The businesses visited were in Los Angeles and...
Henriette Reaches Hurricane Strength; Threatens Baja Calif.
Sep 4 2007 // Felix has a little sister in the Pacific Ocean that has already caused the deaths of 8 people from landslides triggered by heavy rains near Acapulco. The storm first formed last Thursday, Aug. 30, and has been steadily...
Calif. Bill to Lower Industry Support for Earthquake Coverage
Sep 4 2007 // California homeowners who buy earthquake insurance through the state-run California Earthquake Authority (CEA) could see their premiums rise under a bill that passed an Assembly committee over opposition from the state...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Insurers oppose proposed Calif. workers’ comp deductible Some California insurers are asking the Legislature to reconsider a proposal that they say will dramatically boost workers’ compensation temporary...
Calif. approves Geico rate reduction
Sep 3 2007 // The California Department of Insurance has announced it has approved GEICO’s 10.8 percent rate reduction in personal auto insurance policies. The reduction should translate into $65.8 million in overall savings for...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Calif. State Fund names Frank new president The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has selected Janet Frank to be its new president. Frank, currently executive vice president of North American Field Operations...
Fraud Roundup
Sep 3 2007 // Calif. brothers arrested for fraud Two brothers in Woodland Hills, Calif., have been arrested and charged with felony insurance fraud, conspiracy and perjury. According to the California Department of Insurance, Masood D....
