Latest California Headlines
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Washington Commissioner Deems Zenefits’ Free Software Offer Illegal
Dec 1 2016 // This story has been updated with comment from Zenefits. Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler ordered Zenefits to cease free distribution of its employee benefits software, saying the tactic violates state...
Oklahoma Earthquakes: The Emerging Risk from Induced Seismicity
Dec 1 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. California is typically the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of earthquake activity in the U.S. In recent years, however, the central U.S. – especially...
California is Taking Global Warming Fight to Dairy Cows
Nov 30 2016 // California is taking its fight against global warming to the farm. The nation’s leading agricultural state is now targeting greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock. Despite strong opposition from...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Reforms Saving $1.3B Annually
Nov 30 2016 // A look back at the performance of a law reforming California’s worker’s compensation system that took effect in 2013 shows more than $1 billion in savings has been created. The Workers’ Compensation...
PG&E in California Announces $85M Diablo Canyon Closure Deal
Nov 30 2016 // Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay $85 million to neighboring cities and a school district affected by the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, the California utility announced. The state’s...
California Bar Wants to Ban Sex Between Lawyers And Clients
Nov 29 2016 // The nation’s largest state bar association is overhauling ethics rules for attorneys for the first time in 30 years, and some lawyers are unhappy about a proposal that would open them up to discipline for having sex...
California Fines Online Benefits Firm Zenefits $7M Over Unlicensed Employees
Nov 28 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today levied $7 million in penalties against online benefits broker Zenefits for multiple license violations. Zenefits was charged with allowing unlicensed employees to transact...
Will Legal Weed in California Increase Demand for It from Injured Workers?
Nov 21 2016 // Just how legalized weed in California will impact workers’ compensation is still uncertain, but what is certain is that the insurance industry can soon expect to be grappling with issues around paying for marijuana...
Report: Big One Along Full Length of San Andreas Could Be Quite Destructive
Nov 21 2016 // A large earthquake along the San Andreas fault impacting both Northern and Southern California at the same time could wreak much more havoc than most may believe. Such an event, once considered impossible up until...
AG Defends California Insurance Commissioner’s Regulatory Move
Nov 21 2016 // The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments this month, during which the Attorney General’s office in a suit filed by the insurance industry defended a regulatory move by Insurance Dave Jones. The regulation...
Trump Settles University Fraud Claims for $25 Million, Avoids Trial
Nov 20 2016 // President-elect Donald Trump agreed to pay $25 million to settle claims that his defunct Trump University cheated more than 6,000 students with false promises of teaching them his real estate secrets. The accord, announced...
Jones: Undocumented License Law in California May Have Led to UM Drop
Nov 17 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that Assembly Bill 60, a law which provided driver’s licenses to those who could not submit proof of legal presence in the U.S., may have led to a modest...
Uber Working to Settle with California Drivers over Employee Benefits
Nov 17 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. is trying to finalize a settlement with California drivers to resolve potentially billions of dollars in claims stemming from the company’s refusal to give them the protections and benefits of...
Felony Charges for California Pair in $250K Classic Car Theft Claim
Nov 16 2016 // Two people from California were arrested on a scheme allegedly involving the reported theft of an expensive classic car. Constantine Petros, 54, of Petaluma, was arrested on Oct. 19 in Sonoma County. Also arrested was...
Trucking Company Settles California Discrimination Case with Sikhs for $260K
Nov 16 2016 // A national trucking company has agreed to pay $260,000 to settle discrimination complaints by four Sikh drivers who were denied jobs for refusing to take drug tests that would have violated their religious beliefs. J.B....
DIR: California Independent Medical Review Shows Improvements
Nov 16 2016 // A California Department of Industrial Relations progress report shows continuing improvement of the state’s Independent Medical Review process. IMR is the medical dispute resolution process that uses medical...
Sober-living Home Operators in California Charged in $176M Fraud Scheme
Nov 15 2016 // Former operators of a Southern California sober-living operation have been charged with fraud for allegedly keeping hundreds of people in what the state insurance commissioner calls a “never-ending cycle of...
EPIC Adds Haycock as Producer in Northern California
Nov 15 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has hired Rick Haycock as a property/casualty insurance producer in Northern California. Haycock will be responsible for new business development and the design and management of...
Report: Big One Along Full-length of San Andreas Could be Quite Destructive
Nov 15 2016 // A large earthquake along the San Andreas fault impacting both Northern and Southern California at the same time could wreak much more havoc than most may believe. Such an event, once considered impossible up until...
California Earthquake Risk: New Science is Transforming the Way Earthquake Risk is Managed
Nov 15 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Recent changes in earthquake hazard science in California are transforming the way we think about managing earthquake risk. The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture...
