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PRIUM Names Hefner VP Of Business Development in Southern California
Nov 2 2012 // PRIUM, a workers’ compensation utilization review and medical management company, has named Angela J. Hefner vice president of business development. Based in the Los Angeles area, Hefner is responsible for developing...
Father Files Northern California School District Discrimination Suit
Nov 1 2012 // The father of a black teenager has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a Northern California school district because an employee called his son a slave. N’Jai LeBlanc says he decided to sue the Redwood City...
Wrongful Death Claims Filed In California Deputy Shooting
Nov 1 2012 // Some $61 million in wrongful death claims have been filed by the family of a California man shot to death in April by a Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputy. The deputy was responding to a 911 family dispute call at a...
Viera Joins Woodruff-Sawyer in Southern California
Oct 30 2012 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Elena Viera as a vice president of employee benefits for Southern California. Viera’s focus will be on business development and client relationship...
Sandy Dominates Southern California PCI Conference
Oct 30 2012 // The subject of Hurricane Sandy dominated a conference of insurance professionals in Southern California on Tuesday – it was heavily used in speeches, a constant topic on panels and it even made its way into meeting...
Southern California-based Mercury Corp.’s 3Q Net Premiums Up 3.4%
Oct 29 2012 // Mercury General Corp.’s net premiums written for the third quarter rose 3.4 percent to more than $684 million, the Los Angeles, Calif.-based company reported on Monday. Mercury reported third-quarter net income of...
Burnham Benefits Names Two Partners in Southern California
Oct 29 2012 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services named Melanie Thomas and Dan Excee as equity partners. For the past 13 years, Thomas has been a contributor to Burnham Benefits working with mid- and large-size...
Social Media Friends Nabbed In Northern California Staged Auto Insurance Fraud
Oct 29 2012 // Susan Lee, 24, Angelique Jones, 20, and Angela Medeiros, 40, all of Sacramento, Calif. have been arrested on three felony counts each of insurance fraud. The bail for the three ranges from $20,000 to $50,000. A fourth...
Former California Agent Sentenced In Theft Case
Oct 26 2012 // Former insurance agent James Henry Sim, 66, of San Diego, Calif. was sentenced to a stayed term of four years and four months in state prison, the California Department of Insurance announced on Friday. Sims was taken into...
Biancardi Named President and CEO of Strongwood in California
Oct 26 2012 // George Biancardi, previously president of Strongwood Distribution, has been named president and chief executive officer of Monterey, Calif.-based Strongwood Insurance Holdings. Biancardi will be responsible for leading...
Former Southern California Auto Club Agent Sues Insurer for ‘Illegal Practice’
Oct 25 2012 // A former insurance agent has filed a class action lawsuit in Southern California against Auto Club over what she alleges is an “illegal commission scheme” that penalizes agents who sell policies to people who...
$450K For Fired Southern California Worker Who Tattled On Cocaine Use
Oct 25 2012 // A Hollywood visual effects specialist fired for reporting on-the-job cocaine use is getting at least $450,000 for wrongful termination. A Los Angeles jury deliberated much of the day Tuesday before returning the verdict in...
California Commissioner Considering ‘Force-placed’ Regulations
Oct 24 2012 // A meeting slated for Thursday called for by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to deal with “force-placed” insurance has cast the dye for debate on whether such insurance should be filed in the...
Story: Cruise Sues Magazine in California Court for $50M
Oct 24 2012 // Actor Tom Cruise has filed a lawsuit in a California court against the publisher of Life & Style magazine over a story that suggested he abandoned his daughter, Suri, according to an article on Wednesday in...
$42.7M Rate Reduction for California Policyholders of ‘Force-Placed’ Insurer
Oct 23 2012 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced a 30.5 percent rate reduction, for “lender-placed” homeowners’ insurance coverage offered by American Security Insurance Co., an Assurant Inc.-owned...
AIG Settles, Will Pay California Life Beneficiaries $25-$30M
Oct 22 2012 // AIG Insurance Co. will pay an estimated $25 to $30 million owed to California beneficiaries of life insurance policies, and an $11 million settlement payment. California Controller John Chiang began auditing AIG’s...
California Groups Sue EPA Over Vehicle Fees For Smog
Oct 22 2012 // California environmental groups have filed a lawsuit protesting a decision to combat San Joaquin Valley smog by increasing automobile registration fees instead of fining industrial polluters. The lawsuit filed Friday in...
Leavitt Group Names Milazzo in Northern California
Oct 22 2012 // The Leavitt Group’s Bay Area office named Trisha Milazzo as a consultant in the employee benefits division. Milazzo has more than 10 years’ experience in the employee benefits field, with expertise in human...
Calif. Rating Bureau Drops Workers’ Comp Advisory Rates
Oct 22 2012 // After a review of a workers’ compensation overhaul bill signed in September by Gov. Jerry Brown, the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau submitted a filing in early October to lower the pure premium advisory...
California Legislature not Hesitant to Act on Insurance Issues
Oct 22 2012 // Dysfunctional. Inefficient, Ineffective. Slow. Partisan. Irrelevant. These are terms that regularly appear on editorial pages and political blogs to describe the California Legislature. It is true that when the Legislature...
