Latest California Headlines
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California Lodge Owner Convicted Of Insurance Premium Fraud
Oct 31 2013 // Brookdale Lodge owner Sanjiv Kakkar, 52, was sentenced to 364 days in jail and three years of probation after pleading no contest for two felony counts including insurance premium fraud and failing to maintain...
Jury Awards $150M In Southern California Wrongful Death Case
Oct 30 2013 // A jury has awarded more than $150 million in damages to a 13-year-old girl who watched her family burn to death in a fiery crash on a Southern California freeway. “It’s hard for her to comprehend” the...
Hergesell Joins Barney & Barney in Southern California
Oct 30 2013 // Todd Hergesell has joined Barney & Barney LLC in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Hergesell will work with a team of professionals offering commercial property/casualty insurance, employee benefits, workers compensation,...
Fitch Affirms California Earthquake Authority’s ‘A’ Rating
Oct 29 2013 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the “A” rating on California Earthquake Authority’s outstanding fixed-rate revenue bonds, which mature on July 1, 2016. Fitch has also affirmed CEA’s Issuer Default Rating...
DWC OKs Carve-Out Covering 22K Southern California Workers
Oct 29 2013 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation announced a carve-out agreement between seven Southern California United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local unions, Vons and Super A Foods. The agreement covers an...
ISU Francis-Pinney Names Bone Advisor in Northern California
Oct 28 2013 // ISU Francis-Pinney Insurance Services Inc. named Tom Bone to the title of risk insurance advisor. Bone will continue to work with his existing clients and develop new relationships with employers, and he will lead a team...
Family Members Sue Over Fatal California Limo Fire
Oct 28 2013 // Family members of the victims of a fatal Bay Area limousine fire in California have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against six different companies. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the lawsuit claims the companies were...
California Woman Sues McDonald’s Over Coffee Burns
Oct 25 2013 // A Fresno County woman who says she suffered second-degree burns when she spilled hot coffee on her lap at the drive-up window of a McDonald’s has filed suit against the fast-food chain. The Fresno Bee reported...
$32M In California To Fight Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 24 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones awarded $32 million in grants to district attorneys across 36 counties in the state to combat workers’ compensation fraud. The grants, funded through employer assessments,...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires G. S. Levine in California
Oct 24 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired G. S. Levine Insurance Services Inc. in San Diego, Calif. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. G. S. Levine is a retail insurance broker providing property/casualty,...
NTSB: 2 Dead BART Workers In California Charge Of Own Safety
Oct 24 2013 // National Transportation Safety Board investigators say under Bay Area Rapid Transit rules, the two track workers who were killed in an accident Saturday were responsible for their own safety. James Southworth, the...
Leavitt Group Names Newman in Southern California
Oct 24 2013 // The Leavitt Group named Angela Newman vice president in its national restaurant insurance program. Newman will work in the Covina, Calif. office. Newman has more than 25 years of experience, and specializes in risk...
California Construction Firm Owner, Family Sentenced for WC Fraud
Oct 22 2013 // The owner of a Northern California construction company and his family members in were convicted of committing workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud. Jeffrey Thranow, 59, owner of Costa Bella Builders was...
SCM Names White Communications Director in Southern California
Oct 22 2013 // SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC named Candice White director of marketing and communications in its Irvine, Calif. office. White has experience in creative marketing, project management, brand development,...
Edgewood Partners in California Said to Seek Bids
Oct 16 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center LLP is working with Bank of America Corp. to solicit offers, according to the people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the process is private. The San Mateo,...
2nd Worker Dies At 49ers Stadium Construction Site In California
Oct 16 2013 // All work has stopped at the new $1.2 billion San Francisco 49ers showcase stadium while police, firefighters and state workplace safety officials investigate a second deadly workplace accident there in less than four...
Interesting but Quiet Year for California Lawmakers on Workers’ Comp
Oct 15 2013 // After the behemoth workers’ compensation reform law passed in 2012, state lawmakers this year enacted only a handful of measures that may affect or relate to workers’ compensation. Bills signed by Gov. Jerry...
For-Profit College Company Sued By California
Oct 15 2013 // California’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing a for-profit college company of misrepresenting job placement rates, false advertising and other deceptive practices to lure low-income residents to take out...
California Governor Vetoes Sex Abuse Lawsuit Bill
Oct 15 2013 // Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Saturday that would have allowed some lawsuits victims who are now barred by the statute of limitations to file lawsuits against private institutions that employed their abusers. Brown said...
Number of Homes at Risk of Wildfire in Western States Jumps 62%: CoreLogic
Oct 11 2013 // The number of homes at risk from wildfires in western U.S. states jumped 62 percent in the past year as more properties were developed in fire-prone areas, according to a report released on Thursday. About 1.2 million...
