Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Low Cost Auto Program Expanded to 11 Counties
Aug 17 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has expanded the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program to Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Humboldt, Placer, San Benito, Shasta, Sutter, Tuolumne and Yuba...
Calif. Suspects Arrested for $20,000 in Auto Insurance Fraud
Aug 16 2007 // An investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division and four additional state law enforcement groups has led to the arrest of multiple alleged automobile insurance fraud perpetrators. Four...
Bunke Named VP Underwriter of Colemont – Southern California
Aug 16 2007 // Colemont Insurance Brokers has promoted Tom Bunke to vice president – underwriter of Colemont – Southern California. Bunke joined Colemont in March 2001. He began his career with the G.J. Sullivan Co. and...
Insurers Oppose Proposed Calif. Workers’ Comp Deductible
Aug 16 2007 // Some California insurers are asking the Legislature to reconsider a proposal that they say will boost workers’ compensation temporary disability payments to injured workers dramatically. The American Insurance...
Calif. State Fund Names Frank New President
Aug 15 2007 // 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 for CNA Financial, is scheduled to begin...
Calif. Modifies Benefit Notice Rules
Aug 15 2007 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a 15-day notice of revisions to proposed workers’ compensation benefit notice and medical provider network regulations. The DWC has modified its...
SullianCurtisMonroe Opens Office in Corona, Calif.
Aug 13 2007 // Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC, has opened a new office in Corona, Calif. at Corona Pointe, 980 Montecito, First Floor, Corona, CA 92879. The company said the new office should help to...
Calif. Surplus Lines Premiums Down 11%
Aug 9 2007 // The Surplus Line Association of California is reporting that premiums in the Golden State are trending down. According to the group, “premiums processed in the first three months of 2007 decreased by 11.75 percent....
Calif. Appeals Court Says Workers’ Comp Sole Remedy in Workplace
Aug 8 2007 // The California Court of Appeals has ruled that claims of assault and battery and emotional distress are barred by the workers’ compensation exclusivity rule, meaning that workers’ compensation is the only...
Calif. Commissioner Vows To Continue Cleaning Up State Fund
Aug 8 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner pledged to continue improving the state workers’ compensation insurer, California State Compensation Insurance Fund. Speaking at the joint Chartered Property Casualty...
Beecher Carlson Appoints Vella to Exec. Liability Team in Calif.
Aug 7 2007 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson, an insurance and risk management brokerage, has expanded its Executive Liability team with the addition of Mark Vella as vice president. Vella will focus on business and client development...
N.J. Court: Out-of-Stater Can Be Sued for Libel for Web Postings
Aug 6 2007 // An out-of-state resident can be sued for libel in New Jersey for statements posted to a Web site forum because his comments targeted a New Jersey resident, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled. The ruling in Danna...
People and Places
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson take over the reins of PCI on...
People
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson take over the reins of PCI on...
People
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson take over the reins of PCI on...
News Currents
Aug 6 2007 // Calif. State Bar considers mandatory malpractice insurance disclosure The California State Bar is considering whether lawyers in the Golden State should be required to disclose whether they have malpractice...
Calif. launches online system for agency licensing
Aug 6 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has announced that the Department of Insurance has created an online service for organizations applying for an insurance agency license. The online filing service is designed...
News Currents
Aug 6 2007 // Court rules liability waiver invalid when there is gross negligence The California Supreme Court has ruled that a signed liability waiver is useless in protecting a government entity from gross negligence and only good in...
Task force to investigate former SCIF employees
Aug 6 2007 // Three California agencies have formed a task force to investigate the state’s workers’ compensation insurer, California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF). The California Highway Patrol, California...
Commercial Lines Leaders
Aug 6 2007 // About the Commercial Lines Leaders: The Commercial Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in April. This list utilizes only...
