Latest California Headlines
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New Online Calif. Service Available for License Renewals, Address Changes
Feb 17 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi reported that a new online system that will allow licensees to renew licenses and change their address of record paper free is available. Prior to the new service, licensees...
Calif. Palo Alto Groups Lose Bid to Break from ZIP Code for Auto Rates
Feb 16 2006 // Several hundred California residents who say they’re paying too much for car insurance tried and failed to convince the U.S. Postal Service to allow them to migrate to a ZIP code where insurers charge cheaper...
Freeman Joins California’s Arthur Gallagher & Co.
Feb 16 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Insurance Brokers of California Inc. in San Francisco has announced that Mark Freeman has joined the firm as area president. He will be responsible for the San Francisco financial district...
G.J. Sullivan Offers Online Rating Program for Personal Umbrella in Calif.
Feb 16 2006 // G.J. Sullivan Co. has launched an online rating program for personal umbrella policies in California. This platform will allow the company’s agents to register and begin rating and binding business. This will also...
Former Calif. Farmers Agent Sentenced for Premium Theft
Feb 16 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that Gary Calcagno, 48, of Carlsbad, Calif., has been sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay $13,460 restitution for stealing premiums from 20...
Acordia Names Van Ness Managing Director for Central, Northern Calif.
Feb 16 2006 // Acordia, the insurance brokerage subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., has named Greg Van Ness managing director for all of its insurance brokerage operations in Northern and Central California, including the San Francisco...
Delgado Appointed to Calif. Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers Board
Feb 15 2006 // Carlos Delgado, CLU (Danmar Insurance Services, Riverside), has agreed to serve on the Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers’ board of directors. Delgado, a 35-year industry veteran, began his insurance career in...
Calif. State Fund Raises More than $100,000 for United Way
Feb 14 2006 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund employees have raised more than $102,000 in donations for United Way in its annual Bay Area California State Employees Charitable Campaign Drive. Donations collected will help...
Calif. Man Arrested on Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Feb 13 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced the arrest of Alejandro Ruiz Lopez, 26, on felony charges of workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation revealed that Lopez allegedly falsified a...
Todd R. Soll Moves from Beverly Hills to Encino, Calif.
Feb 13 2006 // Todd R. Soll Insurance Services Inc., intermediaries for healthcare professional liability, has moved to larger offices in Encino, Calif. The new address will be 17547 Ventura Blvd., Ste 304, Encino, CA 91316. The national...
Up to 700 Women in West Not Told about Placenta Registry
Feb 13 2006 // As many as 700 women along the West Coast were not told that an institute financed by the insurance industry kept their placentas after giving birth in order to protect doctors and hospitals from potential lawsuits,...
Houston Brother, Sister Arrested in Multi-Million Dollar Medical Fraud Case
Feb 10 2006 // In a joint operation involving the Orange County (California) District Attorney, California Department of Insurance, California Franchise Tax Board, Harris County (Texas) Sheriff, and Harris County District...
Commission Says Calif. Gov. Cut Permanently Disabled Comp in Half
Feb 10 2006 // VotersInjuredatWork.org and the California Applicants Attorneys Association reacted to a report adopted by the State of California’s Commission on Health & Safety & Workers’ Compensation finding that...
IBA West Opposes Workers’ Comp Ballot Initiatives
Feb 9 2006 // Earlier this week, leaders of California’s business community announced they would fight any efforts to reverse the workers’ compensation reforms enacted in 2004 (Senate Bill 899). The group announced the...
Network E&S Insurance Hires Gomez for Calif. Office
Feb 7 2006 // Network E&S Insurance Brokers LLC, a California based wholesale broker, has hired Matt Gomez as a casualty and property broker in the Calabasas office. He will concentrate on writing general liability/products,...
Cypress Premium Opens Calif. Office
Feb 6 2006 // Cypress Premium Funding Inc. has opened an office in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., to provide services and products for the commercial property and casualty insurance industry. John Ratliff, president and owner of the new...
South Coast General Offers New Market for Auto Detailers in Calif.
Feb 6 2006 // South Coast General Insurance is offering a new market for auto detailers and car detailers in California. The coverage includes business property and general liability for home-based businesses. Policy limits are $1...
Bush Notes 10 Calif. Counties Eligible for Storm Assistance
Feb 6 2006 // President George W. Bush declared 10 California counties that were battered by storms and flooding over the holidays as disaster areas where homeowners and businesses will be eligible for federal aid, the White House...
Proposed Calif. reinsurance regulations could hurt business
Feb 6 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has proposed new reinsurance oversight regulations, which several insurance industry associations said are “unnecessary, burdensome and anti-market competition,” according...
People & Places
Feb 6 2006 // Bob Amado, president of Colemont’s Northern California offices, has retired, effective Jan. 1, 2006. Doris Barnett has been named his successor. Amado joined Colemont in 1997 and was instrumental in growing the...
