Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ex-Southern California Firefighter Sentenced For Fake Workers’ Comp
Mar 8 2013 // Prosecutors say a Los Angeles city firefighter has been sentenced to probation for filing workers’ compensation claims at the same time he was competing in mixed martial arts fighting. The district attorney’s...
Jones on License Fee Hike, Affordable Care Act
Mar 7 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones treaded lightly when discussing a fee increase on insurance licenses to be announced officially next week, but didn’t pull any punches when delivering his thoughts on...
Report Questions Insurer Readiness, Attitudes on Climate Change
Mar 7 2013 // A report out Thursday that details responses to a climate change survey from insurers doing business in California, Washington and New York shows many insurers are prepared to deal with today’s extreme weather...
Nursing Home Giant Guilty in California Wrongful Death Suit
Mar 7 2013 // A Sacramento Superior Court jury has returned verdicts of wrongful death and elder abuse against the nation’s largest assisted living company. The Sacramento Bee reported the trial now enters the punitive-damages...
USG adds Angi and Van Zanten to California Operations
Mar 7 2013 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agent added producers/brokers Joyce Chambers and Angi Van Zanten. Chambers has more than 20 years of experience in insurance. Most recently Chambers...
California Insurance Commissioner, Mercury Tangle Over Rate Reduction
Mar 5 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued a decision providing for an 8.18 percent rate reduction in homeowners insurance by Mercury Casualty Co., and then slammed the carrier for filing suit challenging the...
Beazley Adds Kim to Medical Liability Team in California
Mar 5 2013 // Michelle Kim has joined Beazley and will be located in the Glendale, Calif. office, adding to the company’s miscellaneous medical team. Kim worked for six years as the allied healthcare product head at Hiscox. Kim...
Heffernan N.Y. Branch Hires Vice President, Professional Lines Practice
Mar 5 2013 // California-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers recently hired Brian Leidell to join its New York City office as vice president, professional lines practice. Leidell was most recently practicing insurance law for an...
California Woman Dies After Nurse Refuses To Do CPR
Mar 5 2013 // A county official says a dispatcher followed general protocols when she pleaded with an independent living facility nurse to perform CPR on a woman who later died in California. The statement came Monday after the facility...
Aon Names Five in Northern California Office
Mar 5 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, made several additions to its San Francisco, Calif. office. Aon appointed Curtis Ingram as vice president, Payal Chahal as broker, Jeffery Rogers as...
Passing of Torch at California Workers’ Compensation Institute
Mar 4 2013 // Workers’ compensation wonk Alex Swedlow will become the fourth president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute in 50 years following the announced retirement on Monday of J. Michael Nolan as...
PPIB Names Schoenthal Underwriting and Production Manager in California
Mar 4 2013 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage named Jennifer Schoenthal underwriting and production. Schoenthal will manage PPIB’s underwriting department in Novato, Calif. Schoenthal will report to Susan Preston,...
EPIC Names Thomas Chief Strategy Officer in California
Mar 4 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Derek Thomas chief strategy officer and managing principal. Thomas will be based in EPIC’s San Francisco office and he will report to EPIC co-founder and president, John Hahn....
Burnham Names Asensio VP of Compliance in California
Mar 4 2013 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services named Richard P. Asensio vice president, director of compliance. Asensio will work with clients to help them choose the best options while meeting HCR requirements....
Simpson Named VP of Underwriting, Marketing for CompWest in California
Mar 4 2013 // CompWest Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Accident Fund Holdings Inc., named Gene J. Simpson vice president of underwriting and marketing. Simpson recently joined CompWest’s senior management team and is responsible...
Krishnan 1st Chief Information Office at Woodruff-Sawyer in California
Mar 1 2013 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Ravi Krishnan as the firm’s first chief information officer. Krishnan will be responsible for optimizing Woodruff-Sawyer’s existing technology,...
California Bill Battles Workers’ Comp Claims from Athletes
Mar 1 2013 // A California legislator has introduced a bill that would address a “loophole” in which pro athletes, mostly National Football League players, are getting workers’ compensation benefits despite having...
California County Sued Over Prison Suicide Attempt
Mar 1 2013 // Parents of a convicted robber who was left brain-damaged after an alleged prison suicide attempt are suing Riverside County and the state. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported the suit claims Christopher Godair is a...
Transgender Woman Sues California Baptist University For Expulsion
Mar 1 2013 // A transgender woman is suing California Baptist University for expelling her after she revealed on MTV’s “True Life” that she is biologically male. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported 25-year-old...
Southern California Hotel Sued Over Corpse in Water
Feb 28 2013 // Two former guests of a Southern California hotel where a 21-year-old woman’s corpse was found floating in a rooftop water tank have sued. A lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against the...
