Latest California Headlines
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Northern California Business Owner Sentenced For Premium Fraud
Feb 27 2013 // A Northern California business owner has been sentenced for workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud and pay over $2 million in restitution to insurers, the California Department of Insurance announced on...
Judge Leans Toward Letting Jackson Suit in California Continue
Feb 27 2013 // A judge says she is inclined to allow a lawsuit by Michael Jackson’s mother against concert promoter AEG she claims is responsible for her son’s death to go to trial on a single claim. Superior Court Judge...
PG&E Boosts Training After Deaths Of 3 California Workers
Feb 26 2013 // Officials at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. are boosting the utility’s training on safety procedures after the deaths of three workers in three years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The deaths prompted PG&E...
Court OKs Salmonella Treatment for California Almonds
Feb 26 2013 // An appeals court ruled Friday that federal officials have the authority to require that all California almonds be treated for salmonella following outbreaks linked to almonds from the state. The ruling by the U.S. Court of...
California Best Buy Stores Must Pay $875K In Pricing Suit
Feb 25 2013 // A Riverside County judge has ordered Best Buy Stores to pay nearly $900,000 and to institute a special discount program to settle a lawsuit alleging the company charged more than advertised prices at some California...
How Agents Help Nonprofits in Hard Times
Feb 25 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong. The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
$8.5 Million Awarded In California Boy’s Death
Feb 25 2013 // A Fresno County jury has awarded $8.5 million in a lawsuit alleging county social workers failed to protect a 10-year-old boy who was fatally beaten by his mother’s boyfriend. The civil jury handed down its verdict...
Capital Names Chatterton Vice President in Central California
Feb 25 2013 // Monterey, Calif.-based–Capital Insurance Group named Arne Chatterton vice president of field operations and business relations. The appointment is effective March 1. He was most recently senior vice president of the...
Report: Athletes Cash In On California Workers’ Comp
Feb 25 2013 // California’s workers’ compensation system has awarded millions of dollars in benefits for job-related injuries to thousands of professional athletes, including many who played for out-of-state teams, according...
Report Suggests Compounders Adapted to California Price Controls
Feb 25 2013 // Think California’s new workers’ compensation reform law addressed just about every aspect of an unwieldy system which, few would argue, desperately needs fixing? Think again. A report on compounding drugs...
People – West
Feb 25 2013 // Oakland, Calif.-based Dealey, Renton & Associates named Morgan West president. Al Chinn remains the company’s CEO. West joins DRA from Kibble & Prentice, a USI company, in Seattle, Wash., where he was...
California Commissioner: $160M in Homeowner’s Rate Reductions
Feb 25 2013 // An average of a 12.6 percent insurance rate reduction is in store for California homeowners insured with State Farm General Insurance Co., according to an announcement from California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones...
Declarations – West
Feb 25 2013 // Nuclear Safety “Nothing is more important to us than the safe design and manufacturing of nuclear-energy facilities.” —A statement from Mitsubishi, which said design decisions on the troubled San Onofre...
California Commissioner Fingers Insurers for Iran Investments
Feb 25 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in mid-February singled out eight insurers licensed to do business in the state that continue to have investments tied to Iran’s energy, military and nuclear...
Fired Coach Sues Northern California Diocese
Feb 22 2013 // A former Catholic high school coach is suing the Diocese of Sacramento in Northern California claiming he was fired in retaliation for reporting sexual hazing by his players. Officials at Vallejo’s St. Patrick-St....
California School District Sued Over Yoga Program
Feb 22 2013 // An attorney representing a family bent out of shape over a public school yoga program in the beach city of Encinitas filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the district-wide classes. In the lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior...
Gilbert’s Passions were Organization, Work, Family
Feb 22 2013 // Roger W. Gilbert was a big player in Southern California’s insurance market, he was active in insurance charities and other causes, and those who knew him recalled him as having a passion for organization, work and...
Bill Deadline in California Legislature Promises a Few Insurance Issues
Feb 20 2013 // It’s human nature to wait until the last minute to take care of business, and California legislators are a great example of that. The deadline to introduce bills in the Assembly and Senate is just over a day away:...
Holland & Knight Names Deal for Northern California Insurance Practice
Feb 20 2013 // Holland & Knight named David W. Deal to the firm’s San Francisco, Calif. office as senior counsel. Deal will be a member of the firm’s insurance industry team. Deal’s practice will focus on the...
Snow Closes California Highways, Yields Tornado
Feb 20 2013 // A winter storm brought driving rain to parts of California and even a rare tornado, but the severity of snowfall in much of the state caught drivers by surprise and left hundreds stranded on mountain highways. A late...
