A number of new insurance-related bills will go into law in California on Jan. 1, 2005. They include: Auto Insurance AB 2677 (Ridley-Thomas – Auto Insurance: Cost Estimates) requires insurers to provide personal auto insurance consumers with their lowest price …
The year 2004 saw a little bit of everything across the Western Region. Workers’ comp, homeowners, med-mal, and even insurance fraud topped the list of the most talked about stories. We compiled these recaps based on your feedback–these are the …
Lobbying has been around for as long as any single profession has been around, but it has changed. It isn’t what it used to be,” said John Norwood, managing partner of Norwood & Mattoch, one of Sacramento’s most powerful lobbying …
The American Agents Alliance congratulated State Senator Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough) on the passage of SB 1500. Her legislation, which puts an end to debate over electronic auto insurance policy data sharing, as well as requiring the DMV to cancel vehicle …
At a Department of Insurance rate hearing in San Francisco on Sept. 15, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau recommended that insurers raise workers’ comp rates by 3.5 percent in January 2005. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed reform package SB 899 …
Continuing to act on his pledge to improve California’s business climate and prevent expensive litigation and abuse by special interest groups, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed legislation sponsored by personal injury attorneys that would have increased the cost of insurance …
Over 1,400 independent agents and brokers from California and Arizona descended upon Indian Wells, California this September for the 2004 American Agents Alliance Conference & Expo. Attendees took advantage of numerous continuing education opportunities over the five-day conference, which also …
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill by Senator Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) that would allow undocumented aliens access to California driver’s licenses, according to the Pasadena Star-News. AB 2895 is essentially an amended version of last year’s SB 60 (also …
The American Agents Alliance congratulated State Senator Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough) on the passage of SB 1500. Her legislation, which puts an end to debate over electronic auto insurance policy data sharing, as well as requiring the DMV to cancel vehicle …
Continuing to act on his pledge to improve California’s business climate and prevent expensive litigation and abuse by special interest groups, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has vetoed legislation sponsored by personal injury attorneys that would have increased the cost of …
