Latest California Headlines
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Ocasek Describes Stamping Office Operations at AAMGA University
Jun 6 2005 // Illinois’ surplus line association chief offered a history and overview of the group’s activities in a presentation to the 9th annual meeting of the American Association of Managing General Agents in Orlando,...
Los Angeles Area Quake Could Result in 7,600 Dead; Major Property Damage
Jun 6 2005 // Potential earthquakes on the Puente Hills fault beneath the Los Angeles area could result in 3,000 to 18,000 fatalities, 142,000 to 735,000 displaced households, and more than $250 billion in total damages, according to...
INSURERS LOSE IN STRINGFELLOW ACID PITS JURY TRIAL:
Jun 6 2005 // Insurance companies must pay to clean up a hazardous waste dump, the Stringfellow Acid Pits. A Riverside County, California jury on May 16, 2005 found in favor of the State of California and against CNA, Wausau, Yosemite,...
ACIC OPPOSES EXTENDING LOW COST AUTO PROGRAM:
Jun 6 2005 // Without first conducting a thorough evaluation, it is premature to expand California’s low-cost auto insurance program from two counties to the entire state, according to the Association of California Insurance...
Former California Broker Goes to Jail
Jun 6 2005 // Former Vallejo insurance broker Jimmie Earl Jackson, who pled guilty to felony grand theft in Solano County Superior Court May 5, was sentenced to 180 days in County Jail and ordered to serve three years of formal...
Ocasek Describes Stamping Office Operations at AAMGA University
Jun 6 2005 // Illinois’ surplus line association chief offered a history and overview of the group’s activities in a presentation to the 9th annual meeting of the American Association of Managing General Agents in Orlando,...
Fire Season 2005: Protect Your Clients from Wildfire Dangers
Jun 6 2005 // California and its Western counterparts are just beginning to enter the 2005 wildfire season, and as usual, fire risk is extremely high. Are your clients prepared to protect their homes and property from the potential...
Los Angeles Area Quake Could Result in 7,600 Dead, Major Property Damage
Jun 6 2005 // Potential earthquakes on the Puente Hills fault beneath the Los Angeles area could result in 3,000 to 18,000 fatalities, 142,000 to 735,000 displaced households, and more than $250 billion in total damages, according to...
Bradley Poe
Jun 6 2005 // The Harry W. Gorst Co. has hired Bradley T. Poe to manage its new Irvine, California office. He will be responsible for new business and staffing. Poe began his career on the retail side of the business almost 14 years...
Former California Broker Goes to Jail
Jun 6 2005 // Former Vallejo insurance broker Jimmie Earl Jackson, who pled guilty to felony grand theft in Solano County Superior Court May 5, was sentenced to 180 days in County Jail and ordered to serve three years of formal...
News Briefs
Jun 6 2005 // AIA OPPOSES CALIF. BILL TO LIMIT HOME INVENTORIES: A bill approved by the California Senate May 25 that prevents insurers from requiring claimants to itemize personal property lost in a disaster is well intended, but will...
Bradley Poe
Jun 6 2005 // The Harry W. Gorst Co. has hired Bradley T. Poe to manage its new Irvine, California office. He will be responsible for new business and staffing. Poe began his career on the retail side of the business almost 14 years...
News Briefs
Jun 6 2005 // AIA OPPOSES CALIF. BILL TO LIMIT HOME INVENTORIES: A bill approved by the California Senate May 25 that prevents insurers from requiring claimants to itemize personal property lost in a disaster is well intended, but will...
Los Angeles Area Quake Could Result in 7,600 Dead, Major Property Damage
Jun 6 2005 // Potential earthquakes on the Puente Hills fault beneath the Los Angeles area could result in 3,000 to 18,000 fatalities, 142,000 to 735,000 displaced households, and more than $250 billion in total damages, according to...
Fire Season 2005: Protect Your Clients from Wildfire Dangers
Jun 6 2005 // California and its Western counterparts are just beginning to enter the 2005 wildfire season, and as usual, fire risk is extremely high. Are your clients prepared to protect their homes and property from the potential...
Former California Broker Goes to Jail
Jun 6 2005 // Former Vallejo insurance broker Jimmie Earl Jackson, who pled guilty to felony grand theft in Solano County Superior Court May 5, was sentenced to 180 days in County Jail and ordered to serve three years of formal...
For Boat Owners and the Agents Who Write Them, Location and Experience Matter
Jun 6 2005 // There were more than 17.6 million recreational boats in use in the United States in 2004, and an estimated 69 million people involved in boating activities, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. Since...
AIA Comments on Calif. Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease; Bill to Regulate Rates
Jun 2 2005 // A day after the California Senate gave the go-ahead for a bill to regulate workers’ compensation rates, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi (D) has recommended that insurers base premiums on a decreased pure...
Garamendi Calls for 18% Decrease in Work Comp Pure Premium Rate
Jun 1 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi called for an 18 percent decrease in workers’ compensation pure premium rates and issued the following statement on June 1: “The historic workers’...
ACIC President Responds to Calif. Commissioner’s Comp Rate Cut
Jun 1 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies’ President Sam Sorich made the following statement in response to California Insurance Commissioner’s recommended workers’ compensation rate reduction of...
