Latest California Headlines
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Lien Fees Working Out in California Workers’ Comp
Jul 2 2013 // Jason Molnar makes a living deep in the trenches of workers’ compensation battles in California, so you’d think when there was a no show from an opponent at an official lien hearing that he’d be relieved...
California’s Low Cost Auto Insurance Program Reduces Rates
Jul 2 2013 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) is reducing rates for the California Low Cost Auto Insurance Program (CLCA) for the second year in a row. With annual premiums starting between $226 and $338, the program helps...
Corelogic in Southern California Buying Marshall & Swift/Boeckh
Jul 2 2013 // Real estate data provider CoreLogic is buying Marshall & Swift/Boeckh and DataQuick Information Solutions for $661 million, helping to broaden its property/casualty insurance services and add to its existing property...
Cardoso Joins the Leavitt Group in Northern California
Jul 1 2013 // The Leavitt Group’s Concord, Calif. office named Paul Cardoso as an account executive in the employee benefits division. Cardoso comes has a background in sales and has worked for various Fortune 500 companies,...
Monarch Names McLeod Vice President in Southern California
Jul 1 2013 // La Crescenta, Calif.-based Monarch E & S Insurance named Stefanie McLeod assistant vice president of personal lines heading up the personal liability division. McLeod has been with Monarch for nearly 11 years. Before...
Marni Wood Joins iUnlimited Investigative Services as a California Senior Claims Consultant
Jul 1 2013 // Sacramento, CA, 7/1/13 – iUnlimited announced today that Marni Wood joined the iUnlimited Investigative Services team serving the Northern California area out of their Sacramento office as an experienced Investigations...
Study: California Low-Wage Workers Cheated Of Awards
Jun 28 2013 // A new study says thousands of low-paid California workers were cheated out of money they won against employers who broke the law. The report, to be released Thursday, says many companies escaped judgment by dissolving and...
Mom Sues Monster Over Teen’s Death in California
Jun 27 2013 // The mother of a teenager who died from cardiac arrhythmia last year is blaming his death on Corona, Calif.-based Monster Beverage Corp., alleging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that his death was caused by habitually drinking...
Car Thefts Up for First Time in Years
Jun 26 2013 // U.S. auto thefts probably rose in 2012 after eight straight years of declines as criminals took advantage of California’s budget cuts and reduced police forces, an insurance-industry group said. Thefts rose 1.3...
Colleges Could Face Lawsuits Following Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
Jun 26 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action may force universities to re-examine their admissions policies and face waves of litigation about race- based admission. In a 7-1 ruling yesterday, the justices...
EPLI in Southern California Playing ‘Hard’ to Get
Jun 25 2013 // Employment practices in California is a known and growing concern for insurers, agents and employers, and that concern has some carriers ramping up rates dramatically or quietly pulling back from the area, say those...
EPIC, Dowling Capital Form Protector Holdings to Capture Hispanic Market
Jun 24 2013 // As the Hispanic and Latino populations continue to grow, so should the insurance company options available to them. That is the thinking of one new Hispanic-focused insurance venture. Paul Areida, CEO of the newly formed...
Southern California Man Sues Costco Over Hepatitis A Outbreak
Jun 21 2013 // A Burbank man has sued Costco, claiming he got hepatitis A from frozen berries that have been linked to illnesses in eight states. City News Service reported Greg Patterson’s lawsuit is at least the fifth filed in...
Suit Filed Over Southern California Border Patrol Chase Death
Jun 19 2013 // The parents of a man who died when his car burst into flames during a Border Patrol chase in San Diego County is suing the government for wrongful death. Twenty-five-year-old Alex Martin of Texas died in March of 2012....
Colorado Wildfire Burns More Than 500 Homes, New Blazes in West
Jun 19 2013 // The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames and allowed damage assessment teams to enter charred neighborhoods, as other threatening blazes grew in Alaska and...
Willis Taps Foley to Drive P/C Business in Northern California
Jun 19 2013 // Willis North America named Kristen Foley as client advocate and senior vice president of property/casualty for Willis of Northern California. Foley will be responsible for business development and expanding Willis’...
SullivanCurtisMonroe Names Petsche as VP in Southern California
Jun 18 2013 // SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC named Thomas Petsche as a vice president at its Los Angeles location. Prior to joining SCM’s group benefits division, Petsche was with Gallagher Benefits Services. He has...
California Insurance Commissioner: Bar Anthem From Health Exchange
Jun 18 2013 // California’s insurance commissioner wants to exclude Anthem Blue Cross from the state’s new health exchange for small businesses, saying it’s made excessive rate hikes. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones...
New Residential Earthquake Claim Program Introduced by American Claims Management and QBE
Jun 18 2013 // San Diego, CA, 06/18/13 – American Claims Management Inc. (ACM), a national third party administrator (TPA), is pleased to announce that it has been appointed as the TPA for a new residential earthquake claim program for...
Jury Awards $55M To California Man in Gang Shooting
Jun 17 2013 // A jury has awarded $55 million to a Southern California man who lost his legs because he claims a private security firm’s guard failed to protect him from gang members who shot him at an apartment building. Jurors...
