Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Couple to Get $2.5M After Called Abduction a Hoax
Mar 19 2018 // A couple has reached a $2.5 million settlement with a Northern California city and its police department after investigators dismissed her bizarre kidnapping as a hoax. Police in the city of Vallejo initially discounted a...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects 2018 Board
Mar 19 2018 // Rose Barrett of the Berkshire Hathaway Group was elected chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board of directors for 2018. Barrett was first elected to the CWCI board as a representative of AIG in...
California Says Insurers Must Pass Tax Savings on to Policyholders
Mar 19 2018 // Insurance companies writing in California were sent a notice by the California Department of Insurance reminding them that under Proposition 103 their rates must not be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly...
Texas Moves to Liquidate Non-Standard Auto Insurer, Access
Mar 19 2018 // Texas insurance regulators placed into receivership and started the process of liquidating a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that the insurance department says is...
San Francisco Becoming Haven for Amsterdam-Style Marijuana Lounges
Mar 16 2018 // The smoke was thick and business brisk at the Barbary Coast Dispensary’s marijuana smoking lounge, a darkened room that resembles a steakhouse or upscale sports tavern with its red leather seats, deep booths with...
Burnham Benefits in California Names Milla Chief Strategy Officer
Mar 16 2018 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. has named Luis Milla chief strategy officer to lead the firm’s technical unit. Milla joins Burnham Benefits with more than 23 years of experience in the...
United Valley Insurance Services Adds Aguirre in California
Mar 16 2018 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Monika Aguirre member relationship manager. Aguirre’s responsibilities will be handling member relationships in Northern and Central California. She will also take the...
California Teacher Injures Students with Accidental Gun Discharge
Mar 15 2018 // Police say a teacher in California accidentally fired his gun in a classroom, injuring three students. It happened Tuesday at Seaside High School as Dennis Alexander was teaching a gun safety lesson for his administration...
California Lawmaker Panel Rejects Government-Run Health Care
Mar 15 2018 // State lawmakers studying improvements to California’s healthcare system are rejecting a plan popular with Democratic activists to give everyone in the state government-funded health care. A panel created by Assembly...
Good News on Opioid Usage for a Change – it’s Down in California Workers’ Comp
Mar 14 2018 // Efforts to curb the use of opioids in California’s workers’ compensation system appear to be paying off. New research from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute on prescription drugs used to...
California OKs Workplace Rule to Protect Hotel Housekeepers
Mar 14 2018 // California has adopted a new workplace safety and health regulation designed to reduce work-related injuries to housekeepers in the hotel and hospitality industry. This is the first ergonomic standard in the nation written...
California Workers’ Comp Medical Review Volume Fell Slightly in 2017
Mar 14 2018 // New data on the Independent Medical Review process used to resolve California workers’ compensation medical disputes show that IMR volume dipped for the first time ever in 2017, but the outcomes were unchanged as IMR...
Physician Running for California Commissioner Wants Universal Healthcare
Mar 13 2018 // It’s probably no surprise to hear that Dr. Asif Mahmood, a practicing physician who’s running for the office of insurance commissioner of California, has made healthcare his top campaign platform. Mahmood, who...
California Car Wash Mogul Nailed for Cheating Hundreds of Workers Out Of Wages
Mar 13 2018 // The owner of some 100 local car washes and gas stations in Southern California has been charged with failing to pay minimum wage and overtime to some 700 workers. The Orange County Register reported prosecutors say Vahid...
Lockton Names Rogerson Assistant Vice President in California
Mar 9 2018 // Lockton has named Sharon Rogerson assistant vice president and account executive in the firm’s signature client group. Rogerson will be based out of Lockton’s Irvine, Calif. office. Her focus will be assisting...
Study: California Workers Not Weaned Off Opioids Had Much Higher Drug Costs
Mar 9 2018 // Injured workers who were not weaned off of opioids had much higher drug costs and higher treatment transaction volumes, according to a report released on Friday by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating...
Southern California Foundry Hit With Fine in Accident That Caused Worker Amputation
Mar 9 2018 // A Southern California foundry has been fined more than $280,000 for workplace safety violations following an accident that resulted in the amputation of an employee’s legs. Cal/OSHA said this week that the fine...
PG&E CEO Bashes California’s Fire Liability Law
Mar 9 2018 // PG&E Corp. CEO Geisha Williams wants to make sure you understand how much she dislikes California’s law on fire liability. The San Francisco-based utility owner could end up on the hook for billions of dollars...
Lara, Poizner and Others Vying to be California Insurance Commissioner
Mar 8 2018 // The race is on for the California insurance commissioner posts as we are nearly three months from the primary, but you wouldn’t know it by speaking to people in the insurance industry. Most insurance groups and...
Abuse Cases Against California Jehovah’s Witnesses Congregations Settled
Mar 8 2018 // Two men who say they were sexually abused by a leader at Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations in San Diego, Calif. in the 1990s have settled their lawsuits against the church’s governing body. The San Diego...
