Latest California Headlines
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Injured Workers Opioid Use on Rise in California, Washington
Jun 3 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a larger report on opioid use by injured workers. This particular part covers the U.S. Western Region. A national story appeared in the last issue of Insurance Journal. That article can...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Insurers Return on Worth Up
May 31 2013 // California workers’ compensation insurers’ average return on net worth increased for the second year in a row in 2011, according to the latest National Association of Insurance Commissioners report on insurer...
Cochrane Acquires Prowest In California
May 31 2013 // Spokane, Wash.-based Cochrane & Company, a western-regional surplus lines brokerage and managing general agent, has acquired Prowest Insurance Services Inc. The name and operations of Prowest, a Folsom, Calif.-based...
Ex-Chivas USA Employees File Discrimination Suit in California
May 31 2013 // Two former Chivas USA youth coaches have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Major League Soccer team, claiming they were fired because they aren’t Mexican or Latino. The suit was filed Tuesday by Daniel...
EQECAT: Likely No Damage From Two California Quakes
May 31 2013 // According to EQECAT’s CatWatch on two moderate sized earthquakes in California this week there should be little to no damage is expected. Two moderate sized earthquakes were felt in California: a magnitude 5.7 in...
Digital Insurance Acquires Fallick in Northern California
May 30 2013 // Employee benefits agency Digital Insurance has acquired Fallick Insurance Services of Mountain View, Calif. Fallick joins the Los Altos/Silicon Valley office of Digital Benefit Advisors, a division of Digital...
Fakhimi To Lead MassMutual’s Sacramento Office
May 30 2013 // MassMutual San Francisco’s General Agent Robert B. Fakhimi will expand his responsibilities with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. and lead MassMutual Northern California in Sacramento. In addition to this new...
Utility Sued Over Northern California Canal Break
May 30 2013 // Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has been hit by a pair of lawsuits over its handling of a canal failure two years ago that forced thousands of Placer County residents to ration water. The Sacramento Bee reported the suits...
Boxer Wants Probe On Troubled California Nuclear Plant
May 29 2013 // U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer wants the Justice Department to investigate if California utility executives deceived federal regulators about an equipment swap at the San Onofre nuclear power plant that eventually led to a...
Workplace Wellness Has Only Modest Effect on Bottom Lines, Waistlines: RAND
May 29 2013 // A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the Affordable Care...
Tiny Southern California Agency Earns B Corp Status
May 28 2013 // Merely bringing your A-game may not be enough to entice certain companies to give you their business, especially those who are looking for environmentally or socially conscious partners. Following the challenging recession...
Jordan Joins Lockton as Health Risk Consultant in California
May 28 2013 // Robert Jordan has joined the Southern California operations of Lockton Insurance Brokers as health risk solutions consultant. Jordan’s has nearly 20 years of experience, including corporate human resources, risk...
N.Y. Assembly’s Anti-Concurrent Causation Bill Moves Forward
May 24 2013 // The New York State Assembly’s insurance committee on Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit the insurers’ use of anti-concurrent causation (ACC) clauses in the state. The bill, A07455, is now eligible to...
California Offers Glimpse Into Health Insurance Prices Under Obamacare
May 24 2013 // California unveiled prices on Thursday that consumers will pay for a selection of health plans offered through the state under the Affordable Care Act, providing a glimpse into how health care reform may look as it is...
Feds Take Over California High-Risk Insurance Program
May 23 2013 // About 17,000 Californians with serious medical problems will be moved from a state-run stopgap health insurance program to a federal plan starting in July, ensuring they will have no break in medical coverage until the...
London Underwriter Becomes First to Insure California Carbon Credits
May 23 2013 // Parhelion Underwriting Ltd. became the first insurer to offer a policy to protect companies from the invalidation of carbon offset credits sold as part of California’s cap-and-trade program. Parhelion, based in...
$70M Reduction For Auto Club’s Southern California Drivers
May 22 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and Robert Bouttier, CEO of the Automobile Club of Southern California, announced a rate reduction for Auto Club policyholders in California totaling $70 million. The reduction...
Edison, CPUC Reach $37M Settlement on Southern California Fire
May 22 2013 // The California Public Utilities Commission has reached a proposed $37 million settlement with Southern California Edison over fallen power lines blamed for starting the October 2007 Malibu Canyon Fire. Santa Ana winds...
McDonald-Leavitt Names Heglin Benefits Specialist in California
May 21 2013 // Santa Rosa, Calif.-based McDonald-Leavitt Insurance Agency named Steve Heglin as a benefits specialist. Prior to joining the agency he worked for MetLife. Heglin previously owned a real estate appraisal...
Bill Ensures Paid Family Leave For California Workers
May 21 2013 // California businesses would be prohibited from firing or retaliating against employees who take advantage of the state’s paid family leave program under a job-protection bill moving through the Legislature. The...
