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Mar 26 2007 // Long Haul Trucking Program Nuts and Bolts: M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. has a long haul trucking program for long haul truckers garaged in California. The program covers liability, physical damage, cargo and trucker’s...
Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures
Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states. Surplus line brokers...
Calif. jury returns asbestos verdict of more than $868,000
Mar 26 2007 // A San Francisco jury has ruled in favor of the family of a drywall taper in a products liability case against a former manufacturer and supplier of asbestos-containing joint compound, spray texture and acoustical ceiling...
UCLA study indicates most Calif. workers OK with workers’ comp care
Mar 26 2007 // The vast majority of injured workers in California have access to quality medical care, yet a majority still suffer from injuries even after a year of care, according to a study conducted by the UCLA Center for Health...
Calif. State Fund Appoints New Interim President
Mar 21 2007 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Board of Directors announced they have appointed Lawrence E. Mulryan interim president. Mulryan will oversee State Fund operations while the Board conducts a...
Health Proposals Would Reduce Uninsured and Costs, Analysis Finds
Mar 20 2007 // Many current Congressional health care proposals could significantly reduce the number of uninsured Americans and also decrease overall health care expenditures including those for insurance administration and prescription...
Calif. Bay Area Faces Landslide Hazards
Mar 20 2007 // Although well aware of the region’s earthquake threat, many San Francisco Bay Area residents are uninformed about another dangerous geologic hazard: landslides triggered by heavy rainfall. According to the U.S....
Study: States Getting Tougher on Fighting Fraud
Mar 20 2007 // States are taking a more proactive approach to fighting insurance fraud, with a 6.4 percent overall rise in fraud convictions between 2004 and 2005, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. In its recent study...
Calif.’s Agents Alliance Moves Board to Sacramento
Mar 20 2007 // The Board of Directors of the Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers has moved its headquarters to Sacramento, Calif. “Sacramento is where all the key players in the political and regulatory arena are based,”...
Calif. Jury Returns Asbestos Verdict of More Than $868,000
Mar 19 2007 // A San Francisco jury has ruled in favor of the family of a drywall taper in a products liability case against a former manufacturer and supplier of asbestos-containing joint compound, spray texture and acoustical ceiling...
PSIC Reduces Rates in the California Homeowners Market
Mar 16 2007 // Property and casualty insurer Pacific Specialty Insurance Co. has rate reductions in its suite of residential property products in California. Rates have been reduced 17 percent on preferred homeowners HO-3, 11 percent on...
Calif. State Fund to Host Workplace Safety Seminar in Bakersfield
Mar 14 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a workplace safety seminar in Bakersfield, Calif., on March 20. The seminar will cover ergonomic workplace strategies, safety basics, and Cal/OSHA’s...
Calif. Attorney Sentenced Two Years in Insurance Scam
Mar 14 2007 // An attorney who stole nearly $400,000 in insurance refunds from his doctor clients and then tried to cover his tracks by faking bank statements and kiting checks was sentenced to two years in prison. Michael Suverkrubbe,...
Firefighters Still Fighting Calif. Blaze Started with Stolen Car
Mar 14 2007 // Highway security videotape could hold clues about who torched a stolen car and triggered a fierce wildfire near the hills southeast of Los Angeles. Investigators believe the 2,036-acre brush fire in the Anaheim Hills...
News Currents
Mar 12 2007 // Insurers lose steam in auto rate reg fight A California Superior Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit that challenged rules requiring auto insurers to base their rates primarily on drivers’ records instead of where...
Business Moves
Mar 12 2007 // Royal Sun, Arrowpoint Capital Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn conditionally approved a management buyout of Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations. Denn ruled that there is no legal or...
EEEC Conducts San Diego Restaurant Enforcement Sweeps
Mar 9 2007 // Investigators with the Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) issued 23 citations in March to businesses in the restaurant industry. A total of 32 restaurants were visited in San Diego and Orange Counties...
UCLA Study Indicates Most Calif. Workers OK With Workers’ Comp Care
Mar 7 2007 // The vast majority of injured workers in California have access to quality medical care, yet a majority still suffer from injuries even after a year of care, according to a study conducted by the UCLA Center for Health...
Two Arrested in Calif. for Staging Auto Accidents
Mar 7 2007 // Two suspects in California have been arrested in connection with staging automobile accidents and filing insurance claims for medical treatment they falsely claimed to have received in other countries, according to the...
Calif. Man Caught for Arranging “Theft” of Truck
Mar 6 2007 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division have arrested a Newhall, Calif., man for allegedly staging the theft of his high-end pickup truck in a scheme to defraud his auto insurance...
