Latest California Headlines
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Norwood & Assoc. Adds Capitol Veterans
Mar 26 2004 // The Sacramento-based lobbying firm of Norwood & Associates announced that Michael Mattoch and Peter Conlin have joined the firm. Mattoch, formerly chief consultant and counsel to the California Assembly Insurance...
Western Growers Endorses Workers’ Comp Initiative
Mar 25 2004 // Western Growers’ board of directors last week unanimously voted to endorse the Workers’ Compensation Reform and Accountability Act, the proposed workers’ compensation initiative. The Act targets fraud and...
Workers’ Comp Provider CRM Expands into Calif. with Three New Programs
Mar 25 2004 // To respond to the growing needs in California for affordable workers’ compensation insurance, Compensation Risk Managers (CRM) has begun offering coverage through three new programs, available through independent...
ESIS Appoints Burkhardt Assistant VP for So. Calif.
Mar 24 2004 // ESIS Inc., the risk management services arm of ACE USA, announced the appointment of Edward Burkhardt as Assistant Vice President, Client Services. Burkhardt will be based in Los Angeles and will have overall...
Calif. Commissioner Issues Workers’ Comp Rate Proposal
Mar 23 2004 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi made the following statement regarding his issuance of a rate proposal to ensure that workers’ compensation reform savings are passed on to employers: “During the...
Workers in Mass., Pa. Fare Better After Injuries Than In Other States
Mar 22 2004 // Injured workers located in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania report more satisfactory outcomes than their counter parts in Texas, according to a study by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study,...
Employers Direct Contracts with No. Cal. Builders Assoc.
Mar 22 2004 // Employers Direct Insurance Company (EDIC) has contracted with the Home Builders Association of Northern California (HBANC) to provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage to selected members. EDIC works directly...
Calif. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Fix in a Week
Mar 22 2004 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned state legislators that unless they reach a deal next week to repair California’s costly workers’ compensation system, he’ll bypass them and go to voters to fix the...
Revised Workers’ Comp Estimates Misconstrued by Senator, Commissioner
Mar 22 2004 // California Senator Richard Alarcón (D-San Fernando Valley) came down on the insurance industry March 10, demanding that workers’ compensation insurers cut their premium rates immediately to reflect revised industry...
NAMIC First to Join PIFC as Associate Member
Mar 22 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently joined the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) as an associate member. According to Jerry Davies, PIFC communications director, NAMIC...
Applicant Attorneys Desperate to Maintain Job Killing Work Comp System
Mar 22 2004 // Applicant attorneys, labor and industrial physicians are attempting to divert attention from the real cost drivers in California’s workers’ compensation system. Despite overwhelming evidence from the Insurance...
Workers’ Comp Reform: Legislative Deal or Ballot Initiative’
Mar 22 2004 // California Governor Arnold Schwarz-enegger said in a March 11 press conference that he might be willing to compromise with legislators on workers’ comp reforms after some key industry figures were revised, according...
All Wrapped Up in Workers’ Comp
Mar 22 2004 // No surprise, but with the first quarter of 2004 drawing to a close, workers’ compensation remains, as it has been for many years, one of the most troubled lines of insurance in the United States. On a calendar year...
Insurance Rates Spike in California, Study Shows
Mar 18 2004 // Californians paid more for health insurance from their employers in 2003 than workers in any other state, according to a study released March 16. Insurance premiums rose 15.8 percent last year, the biggest increase in four...
Calif. Agent Pleads Guilty to Selling Phony Policies
Mar 18 2004 // California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators are seeking additional victims in the case of a West Sacramento insurance agent/broker who sold phony policies to more than two dozen construction firms, bilking them...
Calif. Commissioner Says Insurers Could Live with Some Rate Regulation
Mar 18 2004 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, in an apparent change in direction, said recently that California could regulate workers’ compensation insurance rates in a way that wouldn’t discourage insurers...
Calif. Commissioner Warns Workers’ Comp Savings Could Vanish
Mar 16 2004 // The billions of dollars in savings from last year’s workers’ compensation reform legislation will never fully materialize unless lawmakers pass important “cleanup” measures to fine tune the new...
ACIC Comments on Calif. Workers’ Comp Cost Information
Mar 12 2004 // The following is a statement by Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC): Information released by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is being...
Calif. Commissioner Wants to Lure Insurers Back to State
Mar 12 2004 // Continuing his push to reform the state’s broken workers’ compensation system, Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi will travel to New York to meet with executives of some of the country’s largest...
Gibson Appointed Vice President of AIA Western Region
Mar 11 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced today that Kenneth L. Gibson has been appointed vice president of the association’s Western region, based in Sacramento. Gibson will oversee all of AIA’s state...
