Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California’s Workers’ Comp System: On the Verge of Collapse
Dec 19 2000 // At the beginning of 2000, the Insurance Journal described the California workers’ compensation market as “crazy,” “turbulent” and “chaotic.” Now, at the end of the year, a more...
WSS Extends its Calif. Residential Flood & Landslide Program
Dec 18 2000 // Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. announced that its California Residential Flood & Landslide Program, operating since December 1998, will be replaced with the extension of the Natural Catastrophe...
Calif. Health Official Report Charges Nursing Care Facility Provided Poor Care
Dec 14 2000 // The Windsor Gardens Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home located in San Diego, Calif., was recently shut down by the California Department of Health Services. Officials indicated they will request the...
CDI Arraigns Palmdale, Calif. Man on Insurance Fraud Charges
Dec 13 2000 // Edwin F. Santiago of Palmdale, Calif., was arraigned on Dec. 11 on one felony count of insurance fraud following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance investigations branch. Santiago, 41, was booked...
Calif. Court Limits Negligence Suits Against Builders
Dec 13 2000 // Insurers, as well as builders, were victorious last week on the construction defect litigation battlegrounds. The California Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 4 that homeowners cannot sue builders for negligence unless there has...
Prudential California Realty, Tanner Insurance Brokers Join to Sell HO Coverage
Dec 12 2000 // Homeowners will soon be able to buy homeowners insurance through their realtors, thanks to a joint venture between Prudential California Realty and Tanner Companies, LLC, one of the largest regional brokers in...
Angels of the Industry Argonaut, Alaskas National
Dec 11 2000 // Far from being uncaring, the insurance industry contributes millions of dollars every year to charitable causes. Following are just a few of the ‘angels’ of our industry-those who took the time and energy to...
ABD Receives Endorsement From Contractors Association
Dec 11 2000 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services has been designated an “Endorsed Safety Services Provider” of the Associated General Contractors of California. AGC is the nation’s largest and oldest construction...
HIH Sells Renewal Rights to Argonaut, Alaska National
Dec 11 2000 // In the latest action in the volatile workers’ compensation arena, Argonaut Insurance Company announced it will acquire the renewal rights and other tangible assets associated with the workers’ comp business of...
NO RULING FOR NORTHRIDGE
Dec 11 2000 // The California Supreme Court refused to rule in a case brought forward by several insurance groups that contested the constitutionality of a state law giving Northridge earthquake victims an additional year to reopen...
Insurance Executive Ray D. Johnson Jr. Passes Away
Dec 8 2000 // Ray D. Johnson Jr., former president, CEO and chairman of Republic Indemnity Company of America, recently passed away. In a career in the insurance industry which spanned 48 years, Johnson served as the president of...
Broker from North Hollywood Pleads No Contest
Dec 7 2000 // Insurance broker Shahin Sean Pelaseyed, 46, of North Hollywood has pled no contest to one count of grand theft of insurance premiums in a Van Nuys Superior Court. The Van Nuys Attorney’s Office and Pelaseyed reached...
Insurers Request for Ruling on Northridge Claim Extension Refused
Dec 4 2000 // The California Supreme Court last week refused to rule in a case brought forward by several insurance groups that contested the constitutionality of a state law giving Northridge earthquake victims an additional year to...
Quackenbush Whistle-blower Cleared of Wrongdoing
Dec 1 2000 // Cindy Ossias, a California Department of Insurance lawyer, was exonerated of violating lawyers’ ethics by the State Bar of California. Last June, Ossias leaked information to an Assembly Insurance Committee...
HIH Sells W/C Book, Ceases Writing New Business
Nov 29 2000 // San Francisco-based HIH America Compensation and Liability Insurance Company is selling the renewal rights and other tangible assets associated with its large account California workers’ compensation business to...
Artisan Contractor Class Stays Strong – Despite Construction Defect Litigation, Hardening Market and
Nov 27 2000 // The building boom across much of the country resulting from nearly 10 years of economic expansion has also resulted in a business boom for artisan contractors. As individuals in some of the country’s hottest markets...
Fremont Cuts P/C Staff, Focuses on Thrift & Loan Profits
Nov 27 2000 // As part of a cost-cutting initiative, Santa Monica, Calif.-based Fremont General Corp. has reduced the production and claim service offices of Fremont Compensation Insurance Group from 41 to 24. Of these remaining offices...
Reach of Contruction Defect Litigation Extends Beyond Condos
Nov 27 2000 // Editor’s note: Following the cover story “Cracks in the Stucco: Construction Defect Litigation Spreads” in our July 24, 2000, issue, several readers called in to share stories of how the problem of...
Orange Co. Calif. Woman Arrested on Insurance Fraud, Forgery Charges
Nov 22 2000 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch arrested Lucinda Anne Hatch of Orange County on two felony counts of insurance fraud and one felony count of forgery. Hatch, 36, was...
Calif. Officials Seek Dismissal of Insurance Settlements
Nov 21 2000 // On Nov. 20, Attorney General Bill Lockyer, joined by Insurance Commissioner Harry Low, asked a court to void controversial earthquake settlements that allowed insurance companies to donate to foundations rather than face...
