Latest California Headlines
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Everest Joins California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Governing Committee
Apr 24 2017 // The Everest National Insurance Co. has joined the Governing Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. The WCIRB Governing Committee is responsible for setting policy and overseeing...
Managers Made Errors in Handling California Dam Crisis
Apr 21 2017 // Late in the afternoon of Feb. 12, Sheriff Kory Honea was at the emergency operations center for the tallest dam in America when he overheard someone say something that stopped him in his tracks: “This is not...
California University Settles Law School Dean Harassment Suit for $1.7M
Apr 20 2017 // The University of California’s governing board has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement that will be paid out over the next decade to an employee who accused the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school of sexual...
Calexit Supporters End 2018 Bid for California Independence
Apr 19 2017 // Supporters of a long-shot bid to make California an independent nation have ended their effort to put it to a statewide vote next year, despite the extra interest it drew after last year’s election of Republican...
California Awards Contractor $275M Contract to Fix Troubled Dam
Apr 19 2017 // California water officials say they have awarded a contract to repair Oroville Dam’s two damaged spillways to a Nebraska construction company. The Department of Water Resources announced that Kiewit Corp. of Omaha...
Apple Soon Will Begin Road-Testing Self-Driving Car Software: Source
Apr 18 2017 // Apple Inc. will soon take its self-driving car software platform to public streets for the first time, a major step that gets the world’s largest technology company into a crowded race to reshape transportation. The...
California Company Recalls Vegetarian Snacks over Unlisted Peanuts
Apr 18 2017 // A Los Angeles-area company is voluntarily recalling one of its vegetarian snacks because it may contain trace amounts of unlisted peanuts. The firm, Beyond Meat, said in a release that peanuts were detected in some of its...
All Risks Launches Commercial Earthquake Program
Apr 18 2017 // All Risks, Ltd. has introduced a new Specialty Property Earthquake Program with an exclusive A.M. Best “A” rated carrier. The Specialty Property Earthquake Program provides difference in conditions insurance,...
Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Written Premium up in 2016
Apr 17 2017 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has completed its report on statewide workers’ comp insurer loss and premium experience through Dec. 31, 2016. The major findings of the WCIRB...
Southern California Couple that Charged Police with Racism Arrested For Fraud
Apr 17 2017 // A Southern California couple that had filed an official complaint accusing police officers of racism, has been arrested for insurance fraud and filing a false police report. Lamont Goodwin, 33, and Sylvia Camarillo, 31,...
California State Fund 2016 Report Shows 128K Policies Written
Apr 17 2017 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s 2016 annual report shows a net income of $192 million in 2016. Other important highlights from the newly released report include: 128,000 policies written in...
Online Tool Locates California Agents, Brokers Who Speak a Foreign Language
Apr 17 2017 // The California Department of Insurance has launched an online language locator tool to enable consumers to find insurance agents and brokers in their area who speak their language. The tool gives access to information on...
Report: Claims from Workers in California’s Sierras Involve Only 4 Industries
Apr 17 2017 // More than half of all claims from workers living in California’s Sierras involve only four industries, according to a report from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The CWCI’s California...
Owners of California Hotel Cleaning Firm Plead Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 17 2017 // The owners of a cleaning company serving luxury hotels in Southern California and Nevada have pleaded guilty in connection with a nearly $7 million insurance and tax scam. Hyok “Steven” Kwon and his wife, Woo...
California Worker’s Comp Governing Committee Votes for Lower Mid-Year Filing
Apr 17 2017 // The insurer and public members of the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau Governing Committee have voted to authorize the Governing Committee to submit a lower mid-year pure premium rate filing to the California...
Jury Awards $4.5M in California Group Home Neglect Case
Apr 13 2017 // A former resident of a children’s group home in Northern California has been awarded nearly $4.5 million after jurors found he was severely neglected by the home’s caregivers while living at the facility. The...
Brennan Named Account Manager at Cavignac & Associates in California
Apr 13 2017 // San Diego, Ca.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Julie Brennan as senior account manager within the agency’s construction practice. Brennan will serve as the main point-of-contact at the agency for both...
California Farmers Get First Full Water Supply in More than a Decade
Apr 12 2017 // Farmers in a vast region of California will receive their fully contracted amount of irrigation water this year for the first time in more than a decade. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced the allocation this week...
California Jury Returns $454M Verdict in Hospital Gown Suit
Apr 12 2017 // Kimberly-Clark and its spinoff medical technology firm Halyard Health have been hit with $454 million in compensatory and punitive damages, after a federal jury found the companies misled California buyers about the...
Alliant in California Forms Specialty Group, Names Arkely President
Apr 12 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has combined its portfolio of specialty insurance practices under one banner forming the Alliant specialty group. The group will be led by Peter Arkley, who is with...
