Latest California Headlines
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Calif. DWC Approves SB 228/AB227 Updates to WC Pamphlets
Oct 27 2003 // The Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation has approved updates to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute pamphlets and posting notices used by employers and insurers to meet...
Calif. Commissioner Meets with Gov.-Elect Schwarzenegger
Oct 24 2003 // Focusing the spotlight on solutions to California’s economic problems, State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi urged Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger to convene a special session of the legislature on...
Half of California Homes Face Wildfire Dangers
Oct 23 2003 // More than half of California’s 12.5 million homes face wildfire dangers that pose a financial loss potential well in excess of $106 billion, according to state fire statistics and insurance industry analysis. These...
Calif. Commissioner Unveils Second Phase of Reform Plan
Oct 22 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi outlined the second phase of his workers’ compensation reform plan Oct. 21. The reform legislation that he helped shape during the first phase of this effort is...
Keenan & Associates Brings New WC Program to Calif. Schools
Oct 21 2003 // Keenan & Associates has created and implemented a new generation workers’ compensation program – a hybrid self-insurance and re-insurance model that now covers 381 school districts and community colleges...
Calif. Couple Charged with Fraud
Oct 21 2003 // Criminal charges of insurance fraud have been filed against Cory and Tiffany Thurlow of Modesto, Calif. by the District Attorneys Office of Stanislaus County. They are charged with two felony counts and a...
Speakers at CIWA Breakfast Underscore Role of Local Wholesale Brokers’ Assoc.
Oct 20 2003 // Richard Bouhan, executive director of NAPSLO, and California Insurance lobbyist Dietmar Grellman of Norwood & Associates stressed the need for vigilance and activism at a breakfast sponsored by the California...
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Happy 80th Birthday Insurance Journal
Oct 20 2003 // Not many businesses can make the claim, “we’re 80 years old.” Now Insurance Journal can. It’s hard to believe we started in Los Angeles in 1923 as a life insurance magazine. My family came on the...
Schwarzenegger Elected Calif. Governor
Oct 20 2003 // It was a lot more expensive as opposed to a plane or bus ticket, but Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t seem to mind spending nearly $23 million to go to Sacramento. Schwarzenegger reportedly spent that much on his...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Reforms Met with Hesitation
Oct 20 2003 // Calif. Gov. Gray Davis, with much fanfare and hoopla, signed this year’s workers’ comp reform package, citing estimates that the bills will wring more than $4 million in yearly costs from the California’s...
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
So. California Producer School Scholarship Applications Being Accepted
Oct 20 2003 // Insurance Journal magazine is now accepting applications for the 2004 Matt Wells Scholarship for Producer Development. In partnership with the National Alliance School for Producer Development, Insurance Journal is...
American Agents Alliance Conference Focuses on the Future
Oct 20 2003 // More than 1,400 agents and brokers ventured out to an oasis in Indian Wells, Calif., to take part in the American Agents Alliance 29th Annual Conference and Expo held on Oct. 8-12. The four-day event, held at the...
Happy 80th Birthday Insurance Journal
Oct 20 2003 // Not many businesses can make the claim, “we’re 80 years old.” Now Insurance Journal can. It’s hard to believe we started in Los Angeles in 1923 as a life insurance magazine. My family came on the...
SIAA Adds Master Agency in Calif.
Oct 16 2003 // SIAA Inc., the largest network of partnering independent insurance agencies in the country, announced that Tague Insurance Agency of Carlsbad, Calif. has established Tague 3M Insurance Alliance Inc. as a SIAA Master Agency...
Calif. Congressman Makes Statement on Credit Lyonnais Settlement Deadline
Oct 16 2003 // Congressman Doug Ose (R-Sacramento) made the following statement on the deadline day for the proposed settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Credit Lyonnais. “The time for discussion and negotiation...
Farmers Receives Approval for Lower Rates for Calif. Homeowners
Oct 15 2003 // The Farmers Insurance Group® of Companies announced it has received approval for a rate reduction from the California Department of Insurance on homeowners business in the state of California. Beginning with renewals...
Calif. Trio Pleads Guilty to Auto Fraud Scheme
Oct 14 2003 // Three men pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts on Sept. 10 involving an automobile insurance fraud scam that was exposed during a three-year joint investigation by CDI, California Highway Patrol, National Insurance...
Keenan & Assoc. Teams With Enwisen to Launch Keenan Personal Choice
Oct 10 2003 // Torrance, Calif.-based Keenan & Associates has signed an agreement with Enwisen Inc., to provide a rich suite of online employee benefits information and decision support tools to 350,000 of its employee benefits...
