Latest California Headlines
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California Names Deputy Insurance Commissioner for Community Relations
Oct 24 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that Heather Lambert will serve as deputy insurance commissioner for community relations. Lambert previously served as external affairs coordinator in the Office of...
California Commissioner Announces 5% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Oct 24 2008 // Rejecting the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s (WCIRB) call for a 16 percent increase in the benchmark for determining workers’ compensation costs, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner...
California Opens Local Assistance Center for Wildfire Victims
Oct 22 2008 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the establishment of a Local Assistance Center to help victims of the recent Southern California wildfires. The center, located at Dexter Park, in Sylmar, Calif., will...
California Recovers Nearly $13 Million Following 2007 Wildfires
Oct 21 2008 // Nearly one year after the October 2007 wildfires, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that the state’s Department of Insurance has recovered more than $12.7 million from insurance companies by...
Willis Report: California May See Less Shaking in Earthquake
Oct 21 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, a global insurance broker, has released a report summarizing recent changes in the scientific view of seismic hazard in the United States. The report has been added to the curriculum of the Associate...
Wanted: Florida Agencies Focusing on Hispanic Market
Oct 20 2008 // Sunshine State High on List of States for Agency Acquisitions by Consolidators Behind Confie Seguros The movers behind the insurance agency consolidation firm Confie Seguros say they are well-positioned to meet their goal...
Shrinking Citizens Signals Progress in Florida Property Market
Oct 20 2008 // Florida remains focused on recovery of its property insurance market. But new rules for reinsurers, a national catastrophe plan and the use of occupational rating in insurance are also on the radar of Florida Insurance...
Regulatory Compliance
Oct 20 2008 // Retention of Business Records Most people dread record keeping, whether it is logging expenses, travel mileage, billable hours, laps on the treadmill or the birthday presents given to family friends. Although it is...
California Approves Legislation To Transform Workers’ Comp Insurer
Oct 20 2008 // Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed Assembly Bill 1874 and Senate Bill 1145 into law to help increase transparency and strengthen corporate governance at the Golden State’s workers’ compensation...
California Bans Texting While Driving
Oct 20 2008 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reinforced his commitment to keeping California’s roads safe by signing legislation that prohibits drivers from using text messaging devices while operating a motor...
Armed & Ready to Outsell the Competition
Oct 20 2008 // West Coast’s Interwest Insurance Services Remains Militant on Sales Top 100 Agency Profile Ranking: 12 Agency Name: InterWest Insurance Services Inc. Headquarters: Sacramento, Calif. Year Founded: 1992 Additional...
Surplus Lines Association of California Increases Stamping Fee
Oct 17 2008 // The Surplus Lines Association of California Executive Committee and the Stamping Committee has approved an increase in the stamping free from 0.125 percent to 0.225 percent, effective Jan. 1, 2009. All new policies,...
California Reminds Fire Evacuees of Additional Living Expenses Coverage
Oct 16 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is reminding residents who have been evacuated from fire zones in Southern California that they may be eligible for reimbursement for additional living expenses due to...
Confie Seguros Acquires Alamo Auto Insurance Group
Oct 16 2008 // Confie Seguros, a provider of auto insurance with an emphasis on serving Hispanic consumers, has acquired auto insurance brokerage Alamo Auto Insurance. The acquisition of San Antonio-based Alamo expands Confie...
Aon Selling Auto Insurance Broker in California to Mercury General
Oct 15 2008 // Mercury Casualty Co., the largest insurance subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp., has agreed to buy Auto Insurance Specialists Inc. from Aon Corp. AIS is an independent broker and major producer of...
Public School Officials Can Be Liable for Not Responding to Harassment Claims
Oct 15 2008 // A California school district could be liable for damages for an inadequate response to peer sexual orientation harassment suffered by students on campus, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. According to Megan Donovan...
AIR Describes Hurricane Norbert’s Passage over Baja California, Mexico
Oct 13 2008 // AIR Worldwide’s latest bulletin on Pacific Ocean Hurricane Norbert traces the storm’s passage over the southern Baja Peninsula, the Gulf of California, and its eventual landfall on the west coast of Mexico....
California Agents Alliance Offers Errors & Omissions Program
Oct 10 2008 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents & Brokers is offering a new errors and omissions program for its members. The program offers rates as low as $1,500 per year, broad coverage and various options through the American...
Hurricane Norbert Threatens Baja California
Oct 9 2008 // The most recent bulletin from Miami’s National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Norbert is now threatening “the Southern Baja California peninsula.” Maximum sustained winds are near 135 mph (215...
Drug Stayed on Hospital Shelves Despite Recall
Oct 8 2008 // Nearly 100 pharmacists and the hospitals they work for face fines for failing to remove a blood thinner from their shelves after a federal recall last winter, a California state agency said. The recalled drug heparin was...
