Latest California Headlines

All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.

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...

Calif. State Fund Files an Average 14% Rate Decrease

Jun 1 2005 // State Compensation Insurance Fund has filed an average collectible rate decrease of 14 percent on new and renewal workers’ compensation policies with an effective date on or after July 1, 2005. The filing includes a...

Zenith Files 12% Reduction in Its Calif. Workers’ Comp Rates

May 31 2005 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Company, has filed with the California Department of Insurance its workers’ compensation rates for use in California on or...

Leaders Come Together to Discuss Future of Terrorism Insurance June 20

May 30 2005 // Leaders from the public and private sectors from throughout the nation will take part in the National Symposium on the Future of Terrorism Risk Insurance on the campus of the University of Southern California on June 20,...