Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Chiropractor, Legal Arrested
Jul 4 2005 // An Encino chiropractor and her legal assistant have been arrested and charged with two counts each of insurance fraud following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance Fraud Division. Chiropractor Nasrin...
ACIC OPPOSES CREDIT BILL:
Jul 4 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies is opposing legislation which would eliminate rather than regulate credit-based insurance scoring, according to ACIC President Sam Sorich. The bill is SB 603 by Sen....
Making a Difference
Jul 4 2005 // Recently it was brought to my attention that the Insurance Information Network of California became the recipient of the prestigious Silver Anvil award for their efforts in dispersing information after the 2003 California...
People & Places
Jul 4 2005 // Suzanne Matheson Suzanne Matheson has joined Los Angeles-based Elkins/Jones Insurance Agencyas vice president. Previously, Matheson was managing director at Tegner Miller in Santa Monica with iMANAGEMENTgroup, which she...
CAS Attendees Hear of Positive Trends from Calif. Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jul 4 2005 // Insurers, and especially self-insurers, are seeing positive trends as a result of the workers’ compensation reforms in California, experts on the subject told attendees at the recent Casualty Actuarial Society Spring...
Calif. Commissioner Discusses Workers’ Comp, Homeowners’ Insurance
Jul 4 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently took time out from his schedule to chat with Insurance Journal Online Editor Dave Thomas regarding SB 938, “use it and lose it” practices against...
Editor’s Note: Making a Difference
Jul 4 2005 // Recently it was brought to my attention that the Insurance Information Network of California became the recipient of the prestigious Silver Anvil award for their efforts in dispersing information after the 2003 California...
Calif. Department of Insurance Chief Lists Expectations for Market Conduct
Jul 4 2005 // Joel Laucher, chief of Market Conduct at the California Department of Insurance, recently spoke to attendees at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Inland Marine Underwriters Association about California’s requirements...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // ACIC OPPOSES CREDIT BILL: The Association of California Insurance Companies is opposing legislation which would eliminate rather than regulate credit-based insurance scoring, according to ACIC President Sam Sorich. The...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // ACIC OPPOSES CREDIT BILL: The Association of California Insurance Companies is opposing legislation which would eliminate rather than regulate credit-based insurance scoring, according to ACIC President Sam Sorich. The...
Calif. Assembly Committee Says No to Credit Scoring Ban
Jul 1 2005 // The California Assembly Insurance Committee voted down SB 603, authored by Senator Deborah Ortiz (D-Sacramento), which would have banned insurers’ use of credit-based information. “We are pleased the committee...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Rate Regulation Bill Fails Passage
Jun 30 2005 // The California Assembly Insurance Committee said June 29 now is not the time for rate regulation and it was too early to judge the impact of the historic workers’ compensation reforms (SB 899) on rates, reported the...
AIA: Insurers Lowering Rates, Price Controls Damage California Workers’ Comp System
Jun 29 2005 // California’s workers’ compensation insurers have been filing historic rate decreases with the Department of Insurance, demonstrating that the 2003-2004 reforms are working, according to the American Insurance...
AIG Private Client Group Launches Mobile Wildfire Protection Unit for Calif. Policyholders
Jun 28 2005 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced the creation and deployment of its Wildfire Protection Unit, the first mobile...
Yates & Assoc. Adds New Admitted Transportation Carrier
Jun 27 2005 // Yates’ commercial transportation department has just added a new Admitted carrier to its line up and the carrier is hungry for new business from California agents according to Barbara Parker-Hatch, executive vice...
Firefighters Gain Against Southern California Wildfires
Jun 27 2005 // The worst danger from California’s first major wildfires of the season seemed to have subsided Friday, but officials said the blazes should serve as a reminder of what’s to come in the region, where heavy...
Allstate Will Repay California Policyholders $30M
Jun 27 2005 // Allstate Insurance Company will pay $30 million to California auto and homeowner policyholders that were overcharged, according to the Los Angeles Times. Approximately 250,000 customers will receive refunds, while the...
Liberty Mutual Expands Home Replacement Cost Coverage for Calif. Catastrophe Victims
Jun 24 2005 // When this year’s wildfires rage across California, will a home insurance policy be enough to pay to repair or rebuild a damaged house? Maybe … but maybe not. Yet some California homeowners are less concerned...
Arizona Wildfire Grows; Firefighters Gaining on California Blaze That Destroyed 6 Homes
Jun 23 2005 // A number of multimillion-dollar homes were in danger of falling Thursday in Arizona as firefighters for another day did battle with a wildfire that was threatening an area some 20 miles from Phoenix. Officials said some...
Olson Joins Bliss & Glennon, Palm Desert Area
Jun 22 2005 // Robert P. Abramson, president of Bliss & Glennon Inc. announced the hiring of Robert Olson as a broker in the Palm Desert area. Bob Olson adds over 20 years of experience in the excess and surplus lines...
