Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Chubb Reduces California Auto Rates An Average of 34 Percent
Aug 23 2006 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is lowering its automobile insurance rates in California by an average of 34 percent. Furthermore, the company said it is rolling out new coverage options including high limits of...
Calif. State Fund Eureka Employees Raise Funds for Cancer Society
Aug 23 2006 // California State Fund Eureka District Office employees raised nearly $18,000 for the American Cancer Society Humboldt County’s 15th annual “Relay For Life.” The relay, held at the College of the Redwoods,...
Two Riverside Residents Arrested for Grand Theft, Perjury
Aug 23 2006 // Following a 10-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) Investigation Division, two Riverside, Calif., residents have been arrested. Kent Morgan, 43, of Murrieta, and owner of Rancho Bail...
Businesses File First in Series of Lawsuits Against Competitors Hiring Undocumented Immigrants
Aug 23 2006 // Frustrated businesses took their fight against illegal immigration to a Los Angeles court Tuesday, filing the first in a series of lawsuits accusing competitors of hiring illegal workers to achieve an unfair...
Insurance Industry Foundation Hosts 9th Annual Volunteer Week
Aug 22 2006 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation is hosting its 9th Annual Volunteer Week from Oct. 14 – 21, 2006, in communities across California. Volunteer Week 2006, sponsored by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, provides...
King Insurance Offers California Agents Errors and Omissions Program
Aug 21 2006 // King Insurance has implemented a California insurance agents and brokers errors and omissions specialty program, underwritten by Lloyd’s of London. The product is geared to fit the needs of smaller independent agents...
It Figures
Aug 21 2006 // 175 Number of Americans who die from extreme heat in a normal year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Young children, elderly people and those who are sick or overweight are more likely to become...
California agents-brokers face new rule
Aug 21 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has issued new ethics regulation requiring all fire and casualty broker-agents and life agents to complete a four-hour “ethics approved” course each renewal period...
Judge denies California insurers’ lawsuit to stop auto rate regs
Aug 21 2006 // A Sacramento Superior Court judge has rejected the insurance industry’s request for an injunction against auto insurance rate regulation reforms in California, but the legal challenges will not end...
Claims myth fuels fear of building skateboarding parks
Aug 21 2006 // Cities across North America often shy away from building skate parks, citing fear of liability as the main reason for pause. However, the Skate Park Association of the United States of America (SPAUSA) shows statistically...
Golf Course Risks and Greek Mythology
Aug 21 2006 // In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a deceitful king who was condemned to spend eternity pushing a giant boulder up a mountain. As Sisyphus approached the peak of the mountain, the rock would elude him and roll back down to...
Claims myth fuels fear of building skateboarding parks
Aug 21 2006 // Cities across North America often shy away from building skate parks, citing fear of liability as the main reason for pause. However, the Skate Park Association of the United States of America (SPAUSA) shows statistically...
State Farm Files for Rate Reduction
Aug 18 2006 // State Farm Insurance, California’s largest auto insurer, has applied for an 8 percent average reduction for its policyholders while simultaneously implementing new auto rate regulations, according to the Department...
California Workers’ Comp Rate Filing Submitted
Aug 18 2006 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has submitted its Jan. 1, 2007 pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending changes to the California...
Calif. Commissioner Calls Court Ruling on Auto Regs a Victory
Aug 17 2006 // On Wednesday afternoon, the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento, Calif., refused to overturn a Superior Court ruling that required insurers to comply with the new auto rating regulations. “Once again the...
Calif. Governor, Commissioner Propose Legislation To Oversee State Fund
Aug 16 2006 // California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi have jointly submitted legislation to establish oversight responsibility and regulatory authority for the State Compensation...
Hawaii Seeks Order to Liquidate Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty
Aug 16 2006 // Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt has filed an application for an Order of Liquidation of The Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Co. Ltd. The order seeks to authorize Commissioner Schmidt as liquidator to take...
Report Warns of More Frequent Coastal Flooding and Rising Sea Levels
Aug 15 2006 // The California Climate Action Team has released a summary report of 17 scientific studies examining the potential impacts of climate change on California. Heat-trapping gases threaten to cause more frequent coastal floods,...
Calif. Blue Cross Spent 78.9 Percent of Premium on Patients In 2004-05
Aug 15 2006 // For the fifth year running, Blue Cross of California has spent less than 80 percent of premium dollars on patient care, according to a report released by the California Medical Association. Blue Cross, the state’s...
Agents Association Accuses Garamendi of Using Office to Win Votes
Aug 14 2006 // The Western Insurance Agents Association, Rancho Cordova, Calif., has issued a statement responding to California Insurance Commissioner Garamendi’s auto rate regulations. It reads: Americans would be hard pressed to...
