Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Santa Clara Man Sentenced In Bogus Insurance Company Scheme
Oct 11 2006 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced a Santa Clara man who operated an unlicensed automobile insurance company will serve five years formal probation and pay restitution to his victims. The charges resulted from...
Leadership Changes in Colemont – Southern California
Oct 10 2006 // Colemont Insurance Brokers announced that Casey Hamlin, who served as office president of the company’s Southern California operations, has been named chairman of Colemont – Southern California. “Casey...
Insurance Charity Foundation Opens in N.Y.; Plans National Expansion
Oct 10 2006 // A California organization seeking to be a collective voice for insurance industry philanthropy has launched a New York division, kicking off what it hopes will become a nationwide expansion. The Insurance Industry...
Association launches attack on Garamendi regulations
Oct 9 2006 // California’s Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has launched a legal attack on what it is calling California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s attempt to illegally redefine agent and...
California anticipates lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates 6.3 percent
Oct 9 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced on Sept. 28 that he will likely recommend a further reduction in the state’s workers’ compensation insurance rates of at least an additional 6.3...
COURT RULES HURT PRISON GUARD NOT ENTITLED TO WORKERS’ COMP
Oct 9 2006 // A California correctional officer who was hurt while helping at an accident while on his way to work is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Third Appellate District Court of Appeal has ruled. The...
Schwarzenegger vetoes California’s last-minute punitive damages bill
Oct 9 2006 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed SB 832 by Sen. Don Perata, D-Oakland, that would have required by law that 75 percent of all punitive damage awards go to the state treasury rather than to the victim. In...
California governor vetoes workers’ compensation bills
Oct 9 2006 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed two bills that he said would have undermined the bipartisan workers’ compensation reforms passed by the legislature in 2004. “When I ran for office, skyrocketing...
Calif. attorney general sues automakers over global warming
Oct 9 2006 // Automakers should be held liable for contributions to global warming, according to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Thus, he recently filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging...
Fraud Roundup
Oct 9 2006 // Colorado agent pleads guilty A Billings, Mont., insurance agent has pleaded guilty to issuing $160,000 in construction bonds on behalf of two insurance companies and keeping the premiums. Michael D. Hutton, 59, also...
Fraud Roundup
Oct 9 2006 // Colorado agent pleads guilty A Billings, Mont., insurance agent has pleaded guilty to issuing $160,000 in construction bonds on behalf of two insurance companies and keeping the premiums. Michael D. Hutton, 59, also...
Calif. attorney general sues automakers over global warming
Oct 9 2006 // Automakers should be held liable for contributions to global warming, according to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Thus, he recently filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging...
Business Moves
Oct 9 2006 // Safeco moves to New York Stock Exchange, to Lay off 240 Seattle-based Safeco intends to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Safeco anticipates the trading of its common stock to commence on the...
Schwarzenegger vetoes California’s last-minute punitive damages bill
Oct 9 2006 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed SB 832 by Sen. Don Perata, D-Oakland, that would have required by law that 75 percent of all punitive damage awards go to the state treasury rather than to the victim. In...
Association launches attack on Garamendi regulations
Oct 9 2006 // California’s Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has launched a legal attack on what it is calling California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s attempt to illegally redefine agent and...
California governor vetoes workers’ compensation bills
Oct 9 2006 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed two bills that he said would have undermined the bipartisan workers’ compensation reforms passed by the legislature in 2004. “When I ran for office, skyrocketing...
Court rules hurt prison guard not entitledto workers’ comp
Oct 9 2006 // A California correctional officer who was hurt while helping at an accident while on his way to work is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Third Appellate District Court of Appeal has ruled. The...
California anticipates lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates 6.3 percent
Oct 9 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced on Sept. 28 that he will likely recommend a further reduction in the state’s workers’ compensation insurance rates of at least an additional 6.3...
Cal/OSHA Cites California Ski Resort Following Patrolmen Deaths
Oct 7 2006 // The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), cited Mammoth Mountain Ski Area $49,865 following an investigation into the accidental deaths of three of...
Minn. Life Group Opens Office in Southern Calif.
Oct 6 2006 // St. Paul-based Minnesota Life Group Insurance recently announced the opening of a sales and service office at 450 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale, Calif. The company provides web-based group life insurance and dental benefits...
