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The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Kaiser, English in California
Mar 19 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Bethany Kaiser a Senior vice president in the Bakersfield, Calif. office. The firm has also named Brian English a vice president in the Bakersfield office. Kaiser has more...
90% of California Can Dine Indoors, Go to Movies, Gym
Mar 18 2021 // A year after the pandemic forced California to shut down, about 90% of the state’s nearly 40 million residents can enjoy a restaurant meal indoors, watch a movie in a theater and sweat it out inside a gym after more...
Inmate Suits Blame California Corrections for Spreading Virus
Mar 18 2021 // The family of a 61-year-old California inmate who died of the coronavirus sued state corrections officials Tuesday, blaming a botched transfer of infected inmates to San Quentin State Prison that killed 28 inmates and a...
California Suing Major Nursing Home Operator
Mar 17 2021 // California’s attorney general and local officials sued the nation’s largest senior living home operator Monday, alleging the company misled consumers on quality ratings and broke laws intended to protect...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects Board for 2021
Mar 16 2021 // Matthew Zender of AmTrust North America, who has served on the executive committee of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute since 2018, has been reelected to serve another one-year term as chairman of the...
Video Surveillance Leads to Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Against California Woman
Mar 15 2021 // Veronica Catalina Cortes-Ambrosio, 53, of Madera, Calif., was charged on two felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly lying about physical limitations from an injury at work in an attempt to receive undeserved...
Report: California Comp Virus Claim Volume Plummeted in February
Mar 12 2021 // The wave of COVID-19 claims that hit the California workers’ compensation system at the end of 2020 has subsided for the time being as the number of claims reported to the state Division of Workers’...
Former California Firefighter Faces Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Mar 12 2021 // Daniel Clampitt, 41, of Denair, Calif., was arraigned on four felony counts including insurance fraud, grand theft and perjury for allegedly claiming to be too injured to work and simultaneously collecting $94,788 in...
State Farm Returning $400M to California Auto Customers
Mar 11 2021 // State Farm is returning $400 million to California mutual auto insurance customers due to better than anticipated claim results, the company announced this week. The announcement comes as the California Insurance...
California Commissioner Says Insurers Overcharged Drivers During Pandemic
Mar 11 2021 // Insurers in California continued to overcharge drivers despite reduced risk of accidents during the pandemic, according to a report released today by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. Lara ordered auto insurance...
California’s Five Largest Counties Forecast Looser Virus Rules
Mar 11 2021 // Three of the five largest counties in California could reopen as early as this weekend for indoor dining, movie theaters and gyms at limited capacity under a new metric aimed at getting more shots to those most...
Study Shows NASIDs Growing in California Workers’ Comp
Mar 10 2021 // A new study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) now account for more than one-third of all drugs dispensed to injured workers in California, triple the proportion for opioids. A study from the California...
California Cites Delivery Companies $6.4M for Wage Theft Violations
Mar 10 2021 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has cited Green Messengers Inc. and Amazon.com Services $6.4 million for wage theft violations affecting 718 workers. The Santa Ana-based contractor delivered packages for...
California Nutrition Assistant Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 8 2021 // Kia Lor, 54, of Merced, Calif., was arraigned on four counts of insurance fraud after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance found that she allegedly lied about the extent of prior injuries in an...
Investment Firm KKR Acquiring California’s Integrated Specialty Coverages
Mar 8 2021 // Global investment firm KKR is acquiring a majority interest in Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC) Carlsbad, Calif.-based multi-line insurance distributor that utilizes advanced artificial intelligence (AI) engineering...
California Commissioner Wants Rate Transparency Rules for Wildfire Risk
Mar 8 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has proposed new rules to give homeowners and businesses open access to their properties’ wildfire risk scores. The new rules would require insurance companies to...
Fight Brewing over Insurer-Backed California Bill That Includes Autobody Shops
Mar 8 2021 // An insurance industry-backed California bill to create a new regulatory board for towing and storage companies under the California Department of Consumer Affairs has drawn opposition from the auto body industry. Assembly...
California Bill Would Mandate Minimum Insurance Coverage at Rehabs
Mar 8 2021 // Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna Beach, in collaboration with California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, introduced a bill intended to ensure that licensed drug abuse recovery and treatment facilities and...
California Mother, Son Arrested for Fraud Involving Aston Martin
Mar 8 2021 // Ahmad Haris Tajyar, 45, and his mother, Malalay Tajyar, 70, both of Porter Ranch, Calif., were arrested on one felony count of insurance fraud each after allegedly filing a false auto insurance claim and making fraudulent...
Metromile in California Names Ro from AAA General Counsel
Mar 5 2021 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Metromile Inc. has named Junna Ro general counsel. Ro oversees a team of legal, regulatory and compliance professionals as a member of the leadership team. Ro has more than 15 years of...
