Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Garamendi, Poizner Take California Elections
Nov 8 2006 // In Tuesday’s election, former California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi won the election for lieutenant governor by a narrow margin of 49.5 percent to Republican Tom McClintock’s 44.9 percent, according...
Calif. AAA’s Pentis Joins Commerce Group to Run Operations Outside Mass.
Nov 7 2006 // The Commerce Group, Inc. in Massachusetts announced that Lawrence R. Pentis of California will join the company’s senior executive team. He will be responsible for insurance operations outside of Massachusetts as the...
Calif. Commissioner: Bustamante and Poizner in the Final Stretch
Nov 7 2006 // Going into today’s election, Democratic candidates in California have the lead in the races for attorney general, state treasurer, controller and secretary of state, according to a Field Poll released Friday. But...
E. coli expedites need for recall and business interruption coverage
Nov 6 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the...
Spinach contamination demonstrates need for recall and business interruption coverages
Nov 6 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections associated with fresh spinach consumption and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that...
Calif. approves reinsurance regs
Nov 6 2006 // California’s Office of Administrative Law has approved “Reinsurance Accounting, Agreements and Oversight” regulations proposed by the Department of Insurance. The regulations set forth the principal...
Many California Hispanics unaware of uninsured motorists requirements
Nov 6 2006 // On Oct. 1, 2006, the California Department of Motor Vehicles began enforcing Senate Bill 1500 that requires the DMV to suspend a vehicle’s registration if the vehicle does not have a valid insurance policy or bond....
Open claims files handled by California Insurance Guaranty Association drop
Nov 6 2006 // The number of open claims files being handled by the California Insurance Guaranty Association (CIGA) has dropped from a high of 85,000 to around 48,000, of which more than 40,000 are the result of workers’...
Calif. auto body regulations would increase rates
Nov 6 2006 // California policyholders would see their automobile insurance premiums increase, under proposed Department of Insurance regulations that mandate payments to auto body shops for insured repair work, according to three...
New Markets
Nov 6 2006 // Privacy and Security Coverage Enhancements Nuts & Bolts: Underwriting manager and claims administrator Euclid Managers LLC have a set of security and privacy coverage enhancements that can be endorsed onto any of the...
Spinach contamination demonstrates need for recall and business interruption coverage
Nov 5 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections associated with fresh spinach consumption and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that...
Spinach contamination demonstrates need for recall and business interruption coverages
Nov 5 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections associated with fresh spinach consumption and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that...
E. coli expedites need for recall and business interruption coverage
Nov 5 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the...
News Currents
Nov 5 2006 // Calif. auto body regulations would increase rates California policyholders would see their automobile insurance premiums increase, under proposed Department of Insurance regulations that mandate payments to auto body shops...
Calif. approves reinsurance regs
Nov 5 2006 // California’s Office of Administrative Law has approved “Reinsurance Accounting, Agreements and Oversight” regulations proposed by the Department of Insurance. The regulations set forth the principal...
New Markets
Nov 5 2006 // Non-Profit Organization D&O Liability Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is offering a not-for-profit directors and officers program designed to insure small to medium IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3...
Open claims files handled by California Insurance Guaranty Association drop
Nov 5 2006 // The number of open claims files being handled by the California Insurance Guaranty Association (CIGA) has dropped from a high of 85,000 to around 48,000, of which more than 40,000 are the result of workers’...
Calif. Commissioner Reaches Settlement with UnumProvident
Nov 3 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has reached a settlement with UnumProvident Corp., Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, and Unum Life Insurance Company of America to ensure that all compensation...
Calif. State Fund To Recieve $35,000 in Restitution
Nov 3 2006 // An employee of a Chatsworth, Calif., construction company has been ordered to pay $35,263 in restitution to the California State Compensation Insurance Fund in a workers’ compensation insurance fraud case. Alejandro...
Farmers Dedicates Campus in Agoura Hills, Calif.
Nov 2 2006 // Farmers Insurance Group plans to dedicate a new, 120,000-square-foot agent, claims, leadership and management training facility — The University of Farmers — at a ribbon cutting ceremony to be held at 10:45 a.m., Nov....
