Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report: California Self-Insured Workers’ Comp Claims Rose Only Slightly Last Year
Jun 21 2018 // California public self-insured workers’ compensation claims from fiscal year 2016-2017 rose less than 0.4 percent compared to the corresponding data from the prior year despite a 2.9 percent Increase in covered...
Zenefits in California Names Vaughn as Senior Vice President of Business Operations
Jun 20 2018 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Zenefits has named Issac Vaughn to its executive team as senior vice president of business operations. He reports to Jay Fulcher, chairman and CEO. Vaughn will work with the Zenefits’...
Court Rules Failed California Workers’ Comp Insurer Can’t Use Special Funds for Administrative Expenses
Jun 20 2018 // The Appellate Court of Illinois has issued a decision supporting California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and the California Insurance Guarantee Association’s position that Lumbermens California workers’...
EPIC Adds Crystal & Co.’s Chu as Vice President in Southern California
Jun 19 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Brian Chu in Southern California as a vice president. Chu will be based in EPIC’s Downtown Los Angeles office, reporting to Jim Gillette, president of EPIC’s...
Safety Agency to Watch Tesla Car Fire Exam Following California Incident
Jun 19 2018 // The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a technical specialist to observe Tesla Inc.’s examination of a Model S that caught fire in California on Friday, the agency said in a statement. The action is not...
Risk Strategies Acquires Craford Benefit Consultants in California
Jun 18 2018 // Risk Strategies has acquired San Rafael, Calif.-based Craford Benefit Consultants. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Craford is an employee consulting and benefits brokerage firm that also has offices in Portland, Ore....
Maggie Bender-Johnson Named President of Warren G. Bender in California
Jun 18 2018 // Sacramento, Calif.-based Warren G. Bender Co. has named Maggie Bender-Johnson president. Bender-Johnson, formerly vice president of operations, has been a part of Warren G. Bender since 2005. Her father, Stephen Bender,...
Coffee Doesn’t Need a Cancer Warning, California Agency Says
Jun 18 2018 // Starbucks Corp. and other coffee retailers are looking to get a reprieve in a legal battle over whether they need to post warnings in California that a cup of java contains chemicals known to cause cancer. The California...
More Employers Adopting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy for Marijuana Use
Jun 18 2018 // FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need workers. Hotels in Las Vegas are desperate to fill jobs. Those employers and many others are...
Keeping Up With Construction Insurance
Jun 18 2018 // Brokers who specialize in the construction industry love their clients and are very committed to keeping up with their needs. Ask them, “So what’s new?” and the conversations inevitably veer off in...
California State Fund Says It Reduced Opioid Prescriptions by 60%
Jun 18 2018 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is reporting a significant reduction in the number of opioid prescriptions for injured workers through a program launched four years ago. State Fund’s...
California’s First Cannabis Business Owners Policy Approved
Jun 18 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved the first Cannabis Business Owners Policy in the State of California. The American Association of Insurance Services designed the new CannaBOP program for cannabis...
Bonding with California’s Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Deployment Regs
Jun 18 2018 // A new legislative framework for autonomous vehicle testing and deployment in California created this year is expected to lead to a strong wave of development of this technology in the state. In February 2018, the Office of...
WCIRB: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium to be Down Again This Year
Jun 15 2018 // Lower workers’ compensation rates in California will bring down written premium once again this year, according to a forecast from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. That revelation is expected...
California Wildfire Survivor Bills Pass Senate Committee
Jun 15 2018 // Four bills sponsored by the California Department of Insurance that the department believes will strengthen consumer protections for wildfire survivors have passed the Senate Insurance Committee with unanimous, bipartisan...
EEOC Sues Tapioca Express in California for Sexual Harassment
Jun 15 2018 // Tapioca Express, a South El Monte, Calif.-based milk tea franchise, and two of its franchisees violated federal law by subjecting female employees to sexual harassment and forcing some to quit because of the abuse, the...
California Doctor Indicted in $700K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 13 2018 // Dr. Gary Royce Wisner, 61, of Lodi, Calif., is scheduled for arraignment today at the San Joaquin County Superior Court on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly bilking insurers out of more than $700,000 by...
Farmers in California Names Howard as Chief Claims Officer
Jun 13 2018 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Farmers Insurance has been named Rob Howard chief claims officer Howard was head of claims shared services. He joined Farmers in 1987 as a claims representative in St. Louis, Mo., relocating to...
EPIC Adds McNulty as Wine & Beverage Practice Leader in California
Jun 13 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Michael McNulty managing principal and wine and beverage practice leader. McNulty will be based in San Francisco, Calif., and report to Curt Perata, EPIC’s Pacific...
Charity First in California Names Dyson Area Executive Vice President
Jun 13 2018 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Charity First has promoted Maureen Dyson to area executive vice president. She will lead company operations, including program growth and direction, product offerings, marketing and staff...
