Latest California Headlines
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California Insurance Agent Arrested for Identity Theft And Forgery
Oct 22 2019 // Insurance agent Richard Valdriz, 52, has been charged with thirteen felony counts including identity theft, forgery, and grand theft after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance reportedly found that he...
Vape Pioneer Whose Product Sickened Dozens Started in Southern California
Oct 22 2019 // Some of the people rushing to emergency rooms thought the CBD vape they inhaled would help like a gentle medicine. Others puffed it for fun. What the vapors delivered instead was a jolt of synthetic marijuana, and with it...
California Roofer Arrested For Workers’ Comp Fraud, $50K Loss to Insurer
Oct 21 2019 // Herbert Allen Kelly III, 65, of Rancho Murieta, Calif., owner of Kelly Roofing Co., has been arrested on six felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud after allegedly underreporting his business’ payroll and...
California Workers’ Comp Institute Summarizes 2019 Legislation
Oct 21 2019 // Among the 870 bills that California Gov. Gavin Newsom acted upon for 2019 that were passed by the state Legislature, there were about 20 that may hold interest for the workers’ compensation community. The California...
California Balks at Applied Underwriters Sale, Questions Subsidiary’s Move to New Mexico
Oct 21 2019 // The California Department of Insurance has denied an application for approval of the sale of California Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Applied Underwriters that was sold in a massive deal that has been under scrutiny over...
California Threatened by More Blackouts With Wind Gusts
Oct 21 2019 // Almost two weeks after 2.3 million people in California suffered through forced blackouts, the state’s utilities are warning they may have to cut power again with dry, gusting winds raising the threat of...
Financial, Legal Advisors Scamming Elderly Has Become Big Business
Oct 21 2019 // Terry Ann McIntosh’s financial nightmare began four years ago, soon after she hired a caregiver through a family services website. McIntosh, then 75 and in a wheelchair, had assumed that the young woman who...
Medical Provider Fraud: The Most Common Schemes to Watch For
Oct 21 2019 // While most insurance claims are legitimate, studies indicate that 10% or more of all property/casualty insurance claims are fraudulent. In the workers’ compensation industry, combatting fraud can seem like a game of...
California Export List Hearing for Surplus Lines Slated for November
Oct 21 2019 // Parametric earthquake coverage and terrorism coverage are among the potential items on the 2019 Export List hearing being held next month by the California Department of Insurance. Adding a risk or coverage to the export...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Releases Cost Monitoring Update on Reforms
Oct 21 2019 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California in mid-October issued a prospective estimate of the cost impact of Senate Bill 863, the sweeping workers’ comp reform bill signed into law in...
26 Insurers Extend Time for 2017 California Wildfire Victims for Living Expenses
Oct 18 2019 // Twenty-six insurers have agreed to extend the time limits for 2017 wildfire survivors to access additional living expense benefits. The companies represent a majority of the total losses from the devastating 2017 wildfires...
PG&E Noteholders, California Wildfire Victims File Formal Reorganization Plan
Oct 18 2019 // Noteholders of PG&E Corp. and a committee for victims of the wildfires that pushed the power producer into bankruptcy filed a formal reorganization plan on Thursday for the company, proposing they get effectively all...
California Governor’s OK of Cannabis Tax Bill Among Several Industry-Related Bills He Signed
Oct 17 2019 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been quite friendly to the cannabis industry lately, signing into law more than a half-dozen cannabis-industry related bills. The bills were intended to add to or subtract from the...
California-based Chip Maker Intel Paying $5M in Pay Discrimination Allegations
Oct 17 2019 // The Labor Department says it has reached a $5 million settlement with chip maker Intel Corp. over allegations of pay discrimination against its female, African American and Hispanic employees. As part of the agreement,...
Authorities Looking for Cause of California Fuel Fire
Oct 17 2019 // A fire that destroyed thousands of gallons of fuel at a San Francisco Bay Area tank farm and trapped thousands in their homes to avoid potentially dangerous air will be investigated to determine the cause, officials...
Burnham Risk in California Names Huttinger Executive Vice President and Partner
Oct 17 2019 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Risk has named John Huttinger executive vice president and partner. The change was made following Burnham’s acquisition of SeaTech Insurance Agency Inc./Pacific Unified Insurance last...
Higher Than Usual Number of Items Could be Added at California Surplus Export List Hearing
Oct 16 2019 // Getting items on California’s surplus lines export list is no easy task. Just ask Ben McKay, executive director of the Surplus Line Association of California. McKay can recall only a few coverages that have been...
United Valley Names Rogers Business Development Manager in California
Oct 16 2019 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Brian J. Rogers business development manager. Rogers has more than 24 years of property/casualty experience. His previous roles include producer, sales leader, sales manager,...
California Fuel Tank Fire Contained, Ending Order for Residents to Take Shelter
Oct 16 2019 // A fire at a San Francisco-area fuel terminal is contained after spewing black smoke high in the air, snarling rush-hour traffic and prompting officials to ask residents to take shelter. Authorities are working to assess...
Western Growers in California Names Reininger Senior Account Manager
Oct 16 2019 // Western Growers Insurance Services has named Marlo Reininger senior account manager. Reininger will work with the WGIS sales team in developing relationships with food and agriculture customers, and identifying risk and...
