Latest California Headlines
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Injured Workers Opioid Use on Rise in California, Washington
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp Washington and California are among states in the U.S. Western...
California Health Exchange Also Will Offer Voter Registration
May 20 2013 // California will become the first state to offer voter registration through its health insurance marketplace later this year. Millions of Californians will get the chance to register at the same time they are buying...
Space Mountain Reopens at Disneyland After Workplace Appeal Dropped
May 20 2013 // One of Disneyland’s most popular rides finally reopened in May after the company declined to appeal a workplace safety case. The attraction was closed in April after state officials said safety rules were violated...
Bill Limits California Workers’ Comp for Pro Athletes
May 20 2013 // Professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states would no longer be able to file workers’ compensation claims in California under a bill that has passed the state Assembly. Supporters...
California Surplus Lines: LLC Bill Thriving
May 20 2013 // Among a horde of bills wending its way through California’s Legislature, there’s an innocuous looking bill with simple language to change a few words in existing law that could have a great deal of meaning to...
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp
May 17 2013 // Prev Next Drug Overdose Death Rates Drug overdose death rates in the U.S. more than tripled since 1990. In 2008, more than 36,000 people died from drug overdoses, and most of the deaths were caused by prescription drugs....
Five Arrested In California Million-Dollar Mobile Phone Insurance Scam
May 17 2013 // Five Northern California residents were arrested by California Department of Insurance fraud investigators and booked into the Sacramento County jail and charged with multiple felony counts related to alleged insurance...
State Senate OKs California Ski Safety Legislation
May 15 2013 // The state Senate passed a bill that would require California ski resorts to prepare an annual safety plan and post those reports on their websites. Lawmakers passed SB564 on a 24-8 partisan vote. The bill by Democratic...
Skantharaja Named President of Tangram in Northern California
May 15 2013 // Managing General Agency Tangram Insurance Services has named Rekha Skantharaja president. Skantharaja will be working to expand the company’s existing programs, as well as to develop new programs...
EPIC Names Beale Employee Benefits Consultant in California
May 13 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Kris Beale an employee benefits division senior compliance consultant in its San Francisco, Calif. office. Beale will assist EPIC clients with federal, state, and local health care...
Leavitt Taps Hungrecker in Central California
May 10 2013 // Leavitt Central Coast Insurance Services named Mike Hungrecker as a financial advisor in central California. Hungrecker has more than 20 years of experience. He specializes in retirement planning, life insurance, and...
Jury Awards $8.8M in Southern Calif. Police Killing
May 10 2013 // A jury has awarded $8.8 million to the family of a robber who was shot and killed by a police officer east of Los Angeles in Culver City. The Los Angeles Times reported a federal jury issued the verdict on...
California Exchange Granted Secrecy
May 10 2013 // The California agency overseeing national health care reforms was granted sweeping authority to conceal spending on contractors that will perform most of its functions. The degree of secrecy the Legislature gave Covered...
California Attorney General Files Suit Against JPMorgan Chase
May 9 2013 // California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Thursday filed an enforcement action against JPMorgan Chase & Co. alleging the bank engaged in fraudulent and unlawful debt-collection practices against tens of thousands...
Paper: No Safety Inspections For Smaller California Limos
May 8 2013 // The limousine that burst into flames and killed five women in Northern California wasn’t required to undergo a state safety inspection, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News. The limo burst into flames...
Bill to Fix California Surplus Lines, LLC Contractors Law Thriving
May 7 2013 // As a horde of bills that’s introduced each year wends their way through both houses of California’s Legislature, a few people in the insurance industry are watching closely an innocuous looking bill with simple...
Insurance Inc. Opens Second Location in Southern California
May 7 2013 // Insurance Incorporated has opened an office in Upland, Calif. to serve business owners and consumers located in San Bernardino County and surrounding areas. The office will be led by Tom Thomas, who has 30 years’...
Rockwood Decreases Agent E&O Rates in Massachusetts, California, Texas
May 7 2013 // Rockwood Programs has implemented underwriting guideline changes to its P&C Agents E&O program. The modifications will result in a rate decrease in the states of California, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Texas. The...
Space Mountain Reopens At Disneyland After Workplace Appeal Dropped
May 7 2013 // One of Disneyland’s most popular rides has reopened after the company declined to appeal a workplace safety case. The attraction was closed in April after state officials said safety rules were violated when a...
Investigators Want PG&E Fines to Exceed $1B For California Blast
May 7 2013 // The California agency investigating a deadly pipeline explosion and the City of San Bruno are set to propose major fines they say Pacific Gas & Electric Co. should pay for its negligence leading up to the blast. The...
