Latest California Headlines
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Crum & Forster Taps Burr as VP of California Workers’ Comp Claims
Jan 31 2013 // Crum & Forster hired George Burr as vice president of California workers’ compensation claims. Burr will manage C&F’s West Coast workers’ compensation claims office located in Orange County,...
Patriot National Names McFadden California Regional Vice President
Jan 29 2013 // Patriot National Insurance Group named Michael McFadden as regional vice president for California. McFadden will oversee all marketing and underwriting responsibilities for California, and will be based at Patriot’s...
EMPLOYERS Names Robertson Medical Director in Southern California
Jan 29 2013 // Reno, Nev.-based EMPLOYERS named Dwight L. Robertson, M.D., medical director. Dr. Robertson will provide physician oversight for the clinical direction of medical services for EMPLOYERS, as well as medical expertise with...
Trial Under Way In Southern California Hip Joint Replacement Suit
Jan 29 2013 // A lawsuit that accuses Johnson & Johnson of knowingly marketing a faulty hip implant that lawyers say left thousands of people with crippling problems or in need of replacement surgeries is underway. The fraud and...
Chevron Paid $10M In Northern California Refinery Blaze
Jan 29 2013 // Chevron Corp. has paid $10 million in claims stemming from the Aug. 6 crude unit fire at its 245,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Richmond, Calif., the company said. So far, 23,900 claims have been made due to the blaze...
Pinnacle Merges with Schumann in Northern California
Jan 28 2013 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Pinnacle Brokers Insurance Solutions Inc. is merging with E M Schumann Risk. The change is effective Feb. 1. Ed Schumann has become part of the ownership and management team at Pinnacle. He will...
People – West
Jan 28 2013 // San Diego, Calif.-based Barney & Barney LLC named four senior executives to principals of the firm in California. The new owners are: Dianne Wingfield and Todd Bennett, executives in the firm’s employee benefits...
Jones, CEA Pay Heed to Northridge Quake Anniversary
Jan 28 2013 // With the anniversary of the Northridge Quake in mid-January, earthquake coverage was on a lot of minds. Jan. 17 marked the 19th Anniversary of an event many Southern Californians well remember. On that day in 1994, the...
California Wholesalers Fret Over Upcoming Legal Decision
Jan 28 2013 // A pending legal battle that could expose wholesalers in California to more lawsuits was the centerpiece of talk at the California Insurance Wholesalers Association conference in San Diego in mid-January. During the...
California AG Sues Apparel Makers in China and India over Pirated Software
Jan 24 2013 // California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed lawsuits on Thursday against two international apparel manufacturers for gaining an unfair advantage over American companies by using pirated software in the production of...
Atlas Taps Petersen, Perilman and Alaoui in California
Jan 23 2013 // San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services named Andrew Petersen executive vice president of business development, Brad Perilman as chief financial officer and Taib Alaoui as business development manager for...
Freeman Joins Barney & Barney in Southern California
Jan 23 2013 // San Diego, Calif.-based Barney & Barney LLC named David Freeman director of property/casualty sales. Freeman, who will be based in San Diego, will oversee a team of client executives in San Diego, Orange County,...
Father Sues Central California County Over Death Of Son
Jan 23 2013 // A father suing Fresno County claims social workers in the central California region didn’t protect his 10-year-old son who was killed by his mother’s boyfriend. Trial begins Tuesday in Joseph Hudson’s...
Southern California Molest Victim Sues Boy Scouts Of America
Jan 22 2013 // A man who was sexually abused by a Boy Scouts camp counselor more than a decade ago in San Diego County has sued the organization and his abuser. City News Service says the man, who’s now 29, sued last week. He and...
Report: Insurers Boost California Economy $29.4B
Jan 18 2013 // Insurers directly contributed $29.4 billion to California’s 2010 gross state product, or for 1.6 percent of the state’s GSP, according to the report issued on Friday by the Insurance Information Network of...
California-based NAS Taps Troester As VP of Entertainment and Sports
Jan 18 2013 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has hired Tim Troester as vice president of entertainment and sports. Troester was formerly with US Risk Insurance Group Inc., and Hays Cos. NAS’ Entertainment and Sports...
California Study: Safer If Illegal Immigrants Get Driver’s Licenses
Jan 17 2013 // A California study shows driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants would make streets safer. The Department of Motor Vehicles report says unlicensed drivers in the state, most of them illegal immigrants are nearly...
Leavitt and Konecki Combine in Southern California
Jan 17 2013 // Solana Beach, Calif.-based Konecki Insurance Brokerage has combined operations with the Leavitt Group’s San Diego office. In the combined operations, John Konecki will serve as executive vice president in the...
Chicago Closer to Settling Police Misconduct Suits for $32M
Jan 17 2013 // A Chicago City Council committee has preliminarily approved settlements in two police misconduct cases that would cost the city nearly $33 million, including $22.5 million for a California woman that apparently would be...
Strongwood: Brandeis, Oslie and Dubois to Executive Posts in California
Jan 16 2013 // David Brandeis has been named chief operating officer for Monterey, Calif.-based Strongwood Insurance Holdings, while Larry Oslie was promoted to executive vice president of business development and Laura Dubois was made...
