We now have a new insurance commissioner. It likely will take decades before the legacy of John Garamendi, former insurance commissioner and now lieutenant governor, will be forgotten. Garamendi set …
Maryland Commissioner Asks to Be Secondary Receiver of Fremont Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven Orr asks a judge to appoint him a secondary receiver of California-based workers’ compensation insurer Fremont Indemnity …
SAN JOSE – It was an upbeat Steve Poizner who took the oath of office moments ago as California’s fourth elected insurance commissioner. The event was attended by the Silicon Valley who’s who crowd, friends, campaign supporters, and those hangers-on, groupies and neer do wells known as the insurance industry. Poizner addressed three major areas …
The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation has announced the unanimous election of Commissioner John C. Wilson, a contract accreditation consultant to the California Association of Joint Powers Authorities, as chairman for 2007. According to the CHSWC, Wilson has held positions with the California Chamber of Commerce and the California Coalition on …
SACRAMENTO – Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante will not be spending the next four years in the California insurance commissioner’s suite. After a grueling race in which, Bustamante says, money spoke louder than words, Cruz conceded to Republican Steve Poizner in the insurance commissioner’s race last night around 9:30 p.m. While Bustamante was humble in defeat, …
Oklahoma Incumbent Seeking First Full Term Kim Holland, who was appointed by Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry last year to replace her disgraced predecessor, is seeking her first full term as …
California, N.Y. Regulators Settle Unum Provident Case The offices of California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announce that they have settled an investigation on …
Providence Publications Endorses Steve Poizner The race for Insurance Commissioner attracts far too little attention in the general media and in the minds of consumers and businesses, both of who depend so much upon a healthy marketplace and economy. It is the second most economically powerful post in the State, behind the Governor. The Commissioner …