Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
GNW-Evergreen of Los Angeles Completes Phase 2 of Merger
Aug 31 2005 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based GNW-Evergreen Insurance Services LLC announced completion of phase 2 of its merger. The newly completed 20,000-square-foot state-of-the-art insurance facility in Encino, California will allow...
California’s State Fund to Disclose Broker Commissions to Policyholders
Aug 28 2005 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that it will disclose broker commissions to policyholders beginning Oct. 1, 2005. Insurance quotes and terms letters will display the commission rate paid to...
California Authority Approves Earthquake Insurance Rate Reduction
Aug 26 2005 // The California Earthquake Authority has voted to reduce earthquake insurance premiums by 22 percent, in hopes that it will encourage more homeowners to purchase or renew earthquake coverage. The proposal will now go before...
California Considers Quake Insurance Rate Reduction
Aug 25 2005 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger and other state officials who are part of the California Earthquake Authority are considering whether to reduce quake insurance rates in the state by 22 percent. The proposal before...
Calif. Chiropractors Nabbed in Scam
Aug 25 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Thursday announced the arrests of an El Dorado County chiropractor and three Central Valley chiropractors on multiple felony counts, including insurance fraud. Joseph R....
WIAA Invited to Submit Testimony on Latest Addition to Garamendi Agenda
Aug 24 2005 // D’Arelli Says “Here They Go Again” Rancho Cordova…The California Department of Insurance has invited leaders within the insurance industry to participate in “prenotice discussions”...
ACIC Says Calif. is Car Theft Capital
Aug 24 2005 // It’s not surprising that the National Insurance Crime Bureau ranks California as the car theft capital of the United States, according to Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance...
California Repeats as the Nation’s Auto Theft Hot Spot
Aug 23 2005 //
Calif. Food Service Assistant Nailed in Comp Scam
Aug 23 2005 // Sandra Canas, 45, of Daly City, California was sentenced recently for workers’ compensation fraud. Canas was ordered to pay full restitution of $29,735, serve three months in jail, and three years probation, by Judge...
USI Holdings Finalizes Purchase of Calif. P/C Operation
Aug 22 2005 // USI Holdings Corporation announced the closing of the acquisition of Burlingame, Calif.-based retail property & casualty firm operating as Winthrop Insurance Plans. This operation has been providing employee property...
Is the New “American Dream” Owning a Converted Apartment?
Aug 22 2005 // When I first heard from someone I knew that was excited about purchasing an apartment that had been “converted” into a condominium, it really piqued my curiosity. Excited? Purchased? Apartment? Converted?? I...
Court Rules that Calif. Country Club Discriminated Against Lesbian Couple
Aug 22 2005 // California’s highest court ruled that country clubs must offer gay members who register as domestic partners the same discounts given to married ones–a decision that could apply to other businesses such as...
Is the New “American Dream” Owning a Converted Apartment?
Aug 22 2005 // When I first heard from someone I knew that was excited about purchasing an apartment that had been “converted” into a condominium, it really piqued my curiosity. Excited? Purchased? Apartment? Converted?? I...
Is the New “American Dream” Owning a Converted Apartment?
Aug 22 2005 // When I first heard from someone I knew that was excited about purchasing an apartment that had been “converted” into a condominium, it really piqued my curiosity. Excited? Purchased? Apartment? Converted?? I...
Court Rules that Calif. Country Club Discriminated Against Lesbian Couple
Aug 22 2005 // California’s highest court ruled that country clubs must offer gay members who register as domestic partners the same discounts given to married ones – a decision that could apply to other businesses such as...
News Briefs
Aug 22 2005 // WIAA SUBMITS COMMENTS ON LATEST GARAMENDI AGENDA PROPOSAL: The Western Insurance Agents Association submitted comments to the California Department of Insurance opposing yet another over-reaching proposed regulation...
Bare market for residential
Aug 22 2005 // As construction development in the United States reaches an all time peak, with overall spending up 7.5 percent in 2005 compared to 2004, agents and brokers writing contractor business are having a tough time locating...
Beecher Carlson Expands Health Care Practice; Adds Seven Executives
Aug 18 2005 // Beecher Carlson, an insurance and risk management company, announced that it has expanded its National Health Care Practice with the appointment of seven industry professionals. The team expansion increases Beecher...
Shifting Commuter Habits Can Cut Insurance Costs in Calif.
Aug 18 2005 // With gasoline prices creeping past $3 per gallon in some areas, California commuters may turn to public transportation to ease the gas crunch. But they may not realize that making a habit of public transportation may also...
Furlong Appointed So. California President of Armstrong/Robitaille Inc.
Aug 12 2005 // Paul K. Furlong, FCII, has been appointed southern California president of Fullerton, Calif.-based Armstrong/Robitaille Inc., according to Johannes (Johs) Worsoe, executive vice president and chairman of UBOC Insurance...
