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 …
CDI Seeking Victims of Jailed Roseville Broker The California Department of Insurance wants consumers who may have been victimized by a Roseville insurance broker to come forward. Mindy Elizabeth Latorre …
SeaBright Shares Surge on Third Quarter Report Shares of SeaBright Insurance Holdings Inc., which has a wholly owned subsidiary that is a workers’ compensation underwriter, jump after the company reports …
Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported net income of $72.2 million, or $1.94 per share, for the third quarter of 2006 compared to net income of $23.0 million, or $0.63 per share, for the third quarter of 2005. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $183.8 million, or $4.95 per share, compared …
California State Compensation Insurance Fund is offering a free, 4-hour workshop covering California and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fieldworker training requirements for agricultural pesticides, Nov. 15 in Oxnard. The Environmental Protection Agency revised the Worker Protection Standard for agricultural pesticides in August 1992. It requires that agricultural workers receive training in basic pesticide safety. The …
New Assembly Insurance Committee Chair Chosen The speaker has spoken and the new Assembly Insurance Committee chair is in place. Find out who he is and what industry lobbyists think …
Bustamante Keeps Some Insurers’ Donations Despite promising to return donations from insurance companies, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante has kept tens of thousands of dollars from them and accepted money from …
State Fund to Hold Ergonomics Seminar Next Month The California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s San Francisco District Office is planning a free seminar on ergonomics, to be held November 8. …