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California Workers’ Comp Attorney Arrested for $310K Fraud Scheme

Dec 4 2020 // Moses Luna, 73, of Newport Beach, Calif., was arrested this week on 20 felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly billing 20 separate insurance companies for translation and interpreting services to collect over...

Wind Whips up Wildfire in California Canyons, Residents Flee

Dec 4 2020 // Powerful gusts pushed flames from a wildfire through Southern California canyons on Thursday, one of several blazes that burned near homes and forced residents to flee amid elevated fire risk for most of the region that...

Many Californians Being Left Without Homeowners Insurance Due to Wildfire Risk

Dec 4 2020 // Acquiring home insurance has long been a mundane but necessary chore. In California, for hundreds of thousands of residents, it’s turned into a labyrinthine quest that leaves people with expensive, bare-bones...

United Valley in California Promotes Aguirre and Newland

Dec 4 2020 // Fresno, Calif.-based United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has promoted Monika Aguirre and Elizabeth Newland. Aguirre has been promoted to assistant vice president in member services. She will join the executive team and...

California Dive Boat Captain Indicted in Fire That Killed 34

Dec 3 2020 // The captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California last year, killing 34 people who were trapped below deck, was indicted Tuesday on federal manslaughter charges for one of the...

California County Paying $10M After Shooting, Paralyzing Man

Dec 3 2020 // A Northern California county has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle a lawsuit by a Silicon Valley software engineer who was having a mental health crisis when a deputy shot him, paralyzing him from the waist...

Palomar Holdings in California Names Grant Chief Legal Officer

Dec 3 2020 // La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. has named Angela Grant chief legal officer. Grant will oversee all in-house and corporate counsel duties and will play a prominent role in regulatory, compliance and strategic...

California Roof Company Owner Arraigned In $4M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme

Dec 2 2020 // Judy Hein, 71, of Oxnard, Calif., was arraigned on five felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll for her Simi Valley roofing business by over $4 million, resulting in more than a $2 million...

California Wants Hospitals to Test All Workers for Virus

Dec 2 2020 // California has asked hospitals to ramp up their coronavirus testing amid a surge of new cases, urging them to test health care workers at least once per week while testing all new patients before admitting them. California...

California Will Provide $500M in Virus Aid for Small Businesses

Dec 2 2020 // California will provide temporary tax relief and $500 million in aid to small businesses struggling because of coronavirus outbreak restrictions, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday. The tax measures include a three-month...

TWFG Insurance Acquires Penguin Insurance Services in California

Dec 1 2020 // TWFG Insurance has acquired Penguin Insurance Services in Milpitas, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Penguin is a network of independent brokers, which supports brokers throughout California, Colorado, Nevada,...

California OKs Workers’ Comp Advisory Rates, No Virus Adjustment for Now

Nov 25 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has adopted and issued a revised average advisory pure premium rate, lowering the benchmark to $1.45 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation insurance, effective...

California Regulator Raising Concern with PG&E’s Wildfire Safety Measures

Nov 25 2020 // The California Public Utilities Commission has raised concerns over certain deficiencies that it says could affect PG&E Corp.’s ability to provide safe and reliable service, the power provider disclosed in a...

Top Biden Tech Advisor Is Critic of Internet Firms; Helped Craft California Privacy Law

Nov 25 2020 // President-elect Joe Biden’s top technology adviser helped craft California’s landmark online privacy law and recently condemned a controversial federal statute that protects internet companies from liability,...

Woodruff Sawyer in California Adds Pearson to Launch Family Office Group

Nov 25 2020 // Woodruff Sawyer in San Francisco, Calif., has named Judith Pearson to launch The Family Office & Trustee Liability Resource Group. Pearson educates individual and institutional trustees and other fiduciaries to...

California Electrician Arraigned in $63K Workers’ Comp Scheme

Nov 24 2020 // Mark Redheffer, 48, of Fontana, Calif., was arraigned on felony counts of insurance fraud and attempted perjury after allegedly lying and concealing information in a workers’ compensation claim to receive more than...

A Dozen Items Slated to Be Considered for California Export List

Nov 20 2020 // More items are being proposed for the California Export List than in recent memory, including coverages for cyber, parametric products, earthquake, and COVID-19, according to a surplus lines expert. The California...

Wrongful Death Suit Filed in California Over Naya Rivera’s Drowning

Nov 20 2020 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over the drowning of “Glee” actor Naya Rivera, who died this summer while boating with her 4-year-old son on a California lake. The suit blames Ventura County and...

Several Northern California Agencies Suing PG&E Over 2019 Wildfire

Nov 19 2020 // Sonoma County and several Northern California agencies sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Tuesday over damage caused by a wildfire that burned a large swath of land last year and caused nearly 100,000 people to...

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers in California Adds Rodgers

Nov 19 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Amanda Rodgers a talent acquisition specialist. Rodgers will be working with Liberty offices nationwide to help fuel their growth strategies. Rodgers was previously with...