Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Hartford Pilots New Internet Quote System in California
Jan 24 2001 // The Hartford Financial Services Group began piloting its new interactive quote system for personal auto with four agencies in California last month. The web-based system allows participating insurance agencies to obtain an...
IICF Names Southern California Regional Vice President
Jan 23 2001 // Janet Kidd joined the Insurance Industry Charitable Fund as regional vice president for Southern California. Kidd’s responsibilities include handling all aspects of fundraising and program development in Southern...
Fund Eyed for Privatization; Industry Balks at Comptroller’s Recommendation to Sell TWCIF
Jan 22 2001 // As part of an effort to privatize government units, Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander has recommended that the Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fund be sold to the highest bidder. The...
Liability Insurers and Rights of Reimbursement
Jan 22 2001 // Liability insurers face three especially difficult litigation problems. One of them arises when an insurance contract provides that an insurer has a duty to defend, and it is not clear from the plaintiff’s petition...
NAII To File Amicus Brief in Claims Handling Case
Jan 19 2001 // The California Court of Appeal has requested that the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) file an amicus brief in a case that addresses controversial public policy issues regarding claims handling and...
Second Person Prosecuted In Calif. Insurance Scandal
Jan 19 2001 // A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday, accusing a football coach who operated a camp for troubled children of mail fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. It was the second such indictment in the...
ACE Exposure to Calif. Utility Crunch Could Be $140 Million
Jan 18 2001 // In an unusual move Bermuda-based Ace Ltd. issued a statement revealing a potential loss exposure of $140 million as a result of the credit crisis which has hit Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric...
Workplace Injuries in California at Lowest Rate Since 1971
Jan 18 2001 // Job-related nonfatal injury/illness rates in 1999 continued to decrease, reaching a record low of 6.3 workers injured out of every 100, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of...
Calif. Earthquake Authority Selects Financial Modeler
Jan 17 2001 // As the California Earthquake Authority continues its strategic planning process, its most recent step was to select Paratus Consulting, a newly founded San Francisco-based consultancy, as its financial modeler. Paratus...
PIFC Looks Back on the Seven Years Since the Northridge Quake
Jan 17 2001 // Exactly seven years ago to the day, America experienced its most costly insurance disaster as the Northridge earthquake rumbled through California, killing 60 people and destroying or damaging thousands of homes,...
California Realtors Introduce 2001 Legislative Package to Stem Housing Crisis
Jan 16 2001 // In an attempt to provide a solution for California’s current housing affordability crisis, the California Association of REALTORS® presented its 2001 legislative agenda. The legislation, which is designed to help...
California Workers’ Comp: A Market on the Brink
Jan 15 2001 // Although they just squeaked past the January 1 crunch time, both carriers and buyers of workers’ compensation are having anything but a Happy New Year. Combined with the slipping economy, the crisis in the...
‘Sorry’ Law Goes Into Effect in California
Jan 12 2001 // A new law that allows Californians to apologize at the scene of an accident without penalty went into effect on Jan. 1. Drivers who had previously held their tongues for fear of admitting guilt can now express their...
Welcome to our First Ever
Jan 8 2001 // The demarcation between years always seems to take on a contemplative aspect. We look back to where we’ve been, and then look forward to weigh our expectations. Will the market continue to harden? Will the dot-coms...
Former Calif. Agent Arrested on Warrant Charging 127 Criminal Violations
Jan 4 2001 // Following a six-month investigation, former insurance agent Charles Stanley Tigner was arrested on a Tulare County Superior Court warrant. Among the 127 criminal violations charged in the warrant are insurance fraud, grand...
New Rules in Place for Construction, Drilling, Logging & Mining Workers in Calif.
Jan 3 2001 // California workers employed in on-site occupations in the construction, drilling, logging and mining industries started the new year off with new workplace rules. In the past, employees in these industries have worked...
Calif. Appeals Court Ruling Nullifies Prop. 103 Provisions
Jan 2 2001 // A California appeals court ruled Friday that auto insurers can calculate premiums based on where a customer lives, a ruling that could result in a California Supreme Court showdown. The decision from the 1st District Court...
Calif. Insurance Executive Leaves Firm for Non-Profit Sector
Dec 29 2000 // Greg Gallion, current vice president of American Title Co. in Bakersfield, Calif. will become chief executive of the nonprofit blood bank Houchin Blood Services where he has served as a board member for four...
Calif. Court Rules Legal Malpractice Suits Can Extend to Public Defenders
Dec 21 2000 // The California Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 18 that public defenders can face malpractice lawsuits, much the same as private defense lawyers. Public defenders, who represent the poor, do not have the same immunity to...
Insurer Groups File Another Lawsuit Against SB 1899
Dec 21 2000 // Another lawsuit was filed yesterday in Los Angeles County Superior Court against SB 1899. Authored by Senate President Pro Tem John Burton (D-San Francisco), and signed into law by Governor Davis, SB 1899 allows certain...
