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California Workers’ Comp Division Files Medical Fee Schedule Amendment
Dec 16 2016 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has adopted and filed an amendment to the official medical fee schedule hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers section with the Secretary...
California Commissioner Issues Anti-Steering Regulations
Dec 16 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has issued new Anti-Steering in Auto Body Repair regulations that he says increase protections to prevent consumers from being misled or claims delayed when a collision-damaged...
California Vs. Uber in Legal Bout over Self-driving Cars
Dec 16 2016 // Uber is riding its self-driving cars into a legal showdown with California regulators. The ridesharing company is refusing to obey demands by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles that it immediately stop picking...
California’s Workers’ Comp Division Posts Adjustments to Medical Fee Schedule
Dec 15 2016 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted an order adjusting the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) section of the official medical fee schedule to conform...
Data Provider Location Inc. Gets California Department of Insurance OK
Dec 15 2016 // Location Inc. announced that the California Department of Insurance has approved its predictive crime analytics for rate filing, making it the 12th state the firm has received approval for rate filings. Location Inc....
Moderate Quake Shakes California’s Central Coast
Dec 15 2016 // California’s central coast was rattled overnight by a 3.9-magnitude earthquake. San Luis Obispo County Sgt. Dave Nottenkamper says he felt a single sharp jolt just before 4 a.m. Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey...
California Orders Uber to Halt Self-Driving Operations
Dec 15 2016 // California regulators warned ride-hailing company Uber on Wednesday that it would face legal action if it did not immediately stop giving people in San Francisco rides in self-driving cars until it receives permission from...
U.S. Issues New Safety Rules for Underground Gas Storage Facilities
Dec 15 2016 // The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued an interim final rule (IFR) revising pipeline safety regulations to address safety issues related to underground natural gas storage...
Insurer Community Investments in California Earn $10M in Tax Credits
Dec 14 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced $10 million in tax credits awarded to 15 insurance companies and other investors that made more than $50 million in capital investments into California’s...
‘Disruptor’ Hippo in California Raises $14M in New Funding Round
Dec 14 2016 // Mountain View, Calif.-based startup Hippo today announced it has closed a $14 million Series A round. The funding was led by Horizons Ventures, which invests in disruptive technology and startups. It was joined by RPM...
Uber’s ‘Self-Driving’ Cars Already Roaming Streets of San Francisco
Dec 14 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. continues to dive head first into autonomous vehicles. Just don’t call them that in California. Starting today, Uber is letting customers in San Francisco hop in a self-driving car, if...
California’s Surplus Export List Getting Interest Ahead of Upcoming Hearing
Dec 13 2016 // Ben McKay, executive director of the Surplus Lines Association of California, said his phone has been quite a bit busier lately ahead of a public hearing on Friday on the state’s export list. People in the insurance...
California Workers’ Comp Medical Mileage Rate Will Decline for 2017
Dec 13 2016 // The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the standard mileage rate for business miles will decline 0.5 cents per mile to 53.5 cents per mile as of Jan. 1, 2017. The California Workers’ Compensation Institute...
Stone Creek Adds Lee in Northern California
Dec 13 2016 // Stone Creek Insurance Agency has named Jonathan Lee a personal lines broker in its Northern California office. Lee specializes in autos, motorcycles, RVs, homes, life insurance, and liability. He will specialize in flood...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Issues Report on 3Q Insurer Experience
Dec 13 2016 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Tuesday issued its report on statewide workers’ comp insurer loss and premium experience through Sept 30, which among other things shows that...
Dual Commercial Adds Nesterenko and Lynch in California
Dec 12 2016 // DUAL Commercial has named Melanie Nesterenko and Brian Lynch to their environmental team. Nesterenko and Lynch, both senior underwriters, will be based in San Francisco, Calif. Nesterenko has more than 25 years of...
California Commissioner Orders Investigation into Charges against Wells Fargo
Dec 12 2016 // Update: This story has been updated with a response from Wells Fargo. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today directed the California Department of Insurance to launch an investigation into allegations made by former...
Worker Crushed to Death in Incident at Southern California Landfill
Dec 12 2016 // Authorities say a construction worker has been crushed to death at a landfill in Southern California. Capt. Daryll Milliot with the Orange County Fire Authority says the man in his mid-to-late 30s was killed at Prima...
Suit Accuses California University of Mishandling Sex Assault Reports
Dec 9 2016 // A Stanford University graduate student claimed in a federal lawsuit that the school failed to adequately investigate and discipline a former student who was a “known sexual predator” while attending the college...
Study: California Medical Payments Per Comp Claim Decreased After Reforms
Dec 9 2016 // California Senate Bill 863 may have contributed to decreases in medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in 2013 and 2014, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The WCRI study...
