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Calif. Agent Groups Ask Governor to Sign AB 393; NAII Asks for Veto
Aug 29 2000 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Legislative Counsel (ABL), with the backing of eight trade associations representing the great majority of California’s nearly 300,000 licensed insurance agents and...
Legislature Unanimously Confirms Low’s Nomination as Calif. Ins. Commissioner
Aug 28 2000 // On Aug. 24, the full Assembly approved retired Court of Appeal Justice Harry Low’s appointment by Governor Gray Davis to replace former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush who resigned from office, effective...
Calif. Bill Extends Quake Claims; Heads to Governor’s Desk
Aug 28 2000 // A bill that could give thousands of Northridge earthquake victims another chance to file damage claims is on its way to Calif. Gov. Gray Davis. The bill, approved 21-7 Friday by the state’s Senate, was prompted by...
Quake Claims Bill Continues to Shake Up Industry Groups
Aug 23 2000 // On Monday, the California Assembly passed SB 1899, a bill that lifts for one year the expired statute of limitations on damage claims from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Both the National Association of Independent...
NON-OEM RULING QUESTIONED
Aug 21 2000 // Collision Parts Network, a Fresno auto parts distributor, filed a lawsuit asking the California Supreme Court to declare the 1999 Illinois court decision that resulted in insurers suspending their use of competitive...
State Fund Removed from Credit Watch
Aug 21 2000 // California’s largest workers’ comp carrier, State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), was removed from Credit Watch status by Standard & Poor’s (S&P), which also reaffirmed the company’s...
Bill Places New Requirements on Insurance Websites
Aug 18 2000 // Calif. Governor Gray Davis signed a bill last week requiring certain information to be posted on websites for all insurance producers and companies transacting insurance with California residents. Specifically, AB 2251...
Calif. Insurers Unveil Affordable Housing Investment
Aug 16 2000 // IMPACT Community Capital, comprised of a group of California’s leading insurance companies, unveiled a first-of-its-kind pooled investment in affordable housing for communities throughout that state. In addition, it...
IBA West and State Fund Offer New Group Workers’ Comp Program
Aug 16 2000 // IBAgroupcomp is a new California group workers’ compensation insurance plan developed by IBA West and the State Compensation Insurance Fund. Designed to reduce the net cost of workers’ compensation insurance...
CDI Whistle-Blower Goes Back to Work
Aug 15 2000 // Cindy Ossias, the attorney in the California Department of Insurance (CDI) who disclosed several preliminary market conduct examinations to the Legislature, will not lose her job at the Department. Acting Insurance...
Kuhn Joins The St. Paul as Calif.’s Regional President
Aug 10 2000 // The St. Paul Companies announced that David Kuhn joined the company as regional vice president for California. He will be based in the Brea office to oversee operations in the Golden State. Prior to joining The St. Paul,...
S&P Removes State Fund from Credit Watch
Aug 8 2000 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) removed State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), California’s largest workers’ comp carrier, from “Credit Watch” status and reaffirmed the company’s A...
Davis Appoints California Insurance Commissioner
Aug 7 2000 // On July 31, California Gov. Gray Davis appointed retired Court of Appeal Justice Harry Low to replace former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush who resigned from office last month. The 69-year-old Democrat served as...
Are Calif. Agents Giving Low-Cost Auto the Cold Shoulder’
Aug 7 2000 // California’s low-cost auto insurance program is off and running, but a major question has already come up regarding those agents who are certified to write business for the program-how willing are they to actively...
Calif. Nonprofits Charitable Risk Pool Plans National Expansion
Aug 7 2000 // For more than a decade, National Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) has borne the unique distinction of being a nonprofit organization which insures other nonprofit groups in the state of California. Now, thanks to a...
Davis Appoints California Insurance Commissioner
Aug 7 2000 // On July 31, California Gov. Gray Davis appointed retired Court of Appeal Justice Harry Low to replace former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush who resigned from office last month. The 69-year-old Democrat served as...
Legislators Called on to Enact Calif. Ins. Policyholder Bill of Rights
Aug 4 2000 // Representatives of California’s leading consumer protection organizations and a representative of the Northridge earthquake victims’ association, Community Assisting Recovery (CARe), challenged legislators...
State Farm Cuts Auto Rates in California
Aug 4 2000 // Further evidence that the personal auto market is far from making a complete turn: State Farm, California’s largest insurer of passenger cars, will drop rates in the state an average of 5.0 percent, effective Sept....
Auto Parts Distributor Files Lawsuit, Declares Replacement Parts Ruling Invalid In California
Aug 2 2000 // Collision Parts Network, a Fresno auto parts distributor, filed a lawsuit asking a California Supreme Court to declare the 1999 Illinois court decision that resulted in insurers suspending their use of competitive...
California Insurance Commissioner Appointed
Aug 1 2000 // California Gov. Gray Davis appointed on Monday retired Court of Appeal Justice Harry Low to replace former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush who resigned from office last month. Low, 69, served as a judge in the San...
