Latest California Headlines
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Workers’ Comp Lien Proceedings in California Scheduled for Drobots
Aug 3 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has scheduled lien consolidation proceedings in August for suspended providers Michael D. Drobot, Michael R. Drobot and Philip A. Sobol. Combined, the three have roughly 13,000...
BD Capital Partners LLC Acquires benefitRFP in California
Aug 2 2017 // BD Capital Partners LLC has acquired Sacramento, Calif.-babsed benefitRFP Inc. and Affiliated Cos. as part of a cash and equity transaction. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. As a result of the acquisition, BD...
California Gas Facility Resumes Operations Nearly 2 Years After Incident
Aug 2 2017 // The biggest gas storage facility in the West resumed operations this week, nearly two years after a blowout led to the nation’s largest-known methane release and drove thousands of families from their Los Angeles...
California Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary Would Reduce Costs, Study Shows
Aug 1 2017 // Roughly one-in-three prescription drugs currently dispensed to injured workers in California will be no longer require authorization prior to dispensing under the state’s proposed workers’ compensation...
Alliant Taps VanderYacht from Roanoke as Vice President in California
Aug 1 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Jason VanderYacht a vice president within its energy and marine group. VanderYacht will be based in Los Angeles, Calif. He has experience covering an array of marine risks and a...
Tesla Workers in California Seek Safety Plan, Clarity on Pay
Aug 1 2017 // A group of Tesla Inc. workers in California have asked the electric car maker’s board to provide a plan to address employee safety and information on pay and promotion. The worker group, which hopes to become part of...
Heffernan’s Davis Joins Brown & Brown Insurance in California
Aug 1 2017 // Brown & Brown Insurance has named Todd Davis a sales consultant in California. He will advise clients on their group and individual insurance plans. Davis came to B&B from Heffernan Insurance, where he was an...
California Earthquake Authority Policy Sales up 5.4% in 2Q from Year Ago
Jul 31 2017 // Californians may be getting the idea that they live in earthquake country. That’s the underlying message that can be found in the latest figures out from the California Earthquake Authority. The CEA, a...
Judge Refuses to Block California Gas Facility From Reopening
Jul 31 2017 // A judge has refused to block a Los Angeles natural gas storage facility from reopening a year and a half after a major blowout spewed methane that drove thousands of families from their homes. Los Angeles Superior Court...
California Commissioner Takes Aim at Oil, Coal Producing States
Jul 28 2017 // Responding to top government officials in 12 oil and gas producing states that threatened to sue over the state’s climate initiatives, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said: bring it on. In June, Oklahoma...
California Commissioner Counters AGs, other Commissioners over Climate Initiative
Jul 28 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has fired off a letter to the 12 oil state attorneys general and one governor from states like Texas and Oklahoma over threats to sue him if he did not stop his Climate Risk...
Mercury Names Most Affordable Electric Vehicles to Insure in California
Jul 28 2017 // Mercury Insurance put together a list of the 10 most affordable electric vehicles to insure, and Fiat, Kia and Nissan models top the list. Mercury researchers examined the 2017 electric vehicles available at car...
Oak Hill Capital Partners to Acquire Controlling Position in California-based EPIC
Jul 28 2017 // Private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners has agreed to acquire all of The Carlyle Group’s stake in EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, giving Oak Hill a controlling equity position in EPIC. Oak...
Warriors Player Sued in California by Couple over Alleged Assault
Jul 27 2017 // Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is being sued by a couple who claim he and his entourage assaulted them last year. Jermaine Edmondson and Bianca Williams filed the lawsuit seeking unspecified monetary damages in...
Chevron Spending $20M to Protect Workers in Wake of California Fire
Jul 26 2017 // Chevron Corp. and state regulators have reached a settlement related to a 2012 fire at its Richmond refinery that will require the company to spend about $20 million on safety improvements, officials announced this...
Scherer with Hall of Fame Benefits Joins TLB Insurance Services in California
Jul 25 2017 // TLB Insurance Services has named Scott Scherer an employee benefits agent in the agency’s Walnut Creek, Calif. office. Scherer was previously president and owner of Hall of Fame Benefits. He was vice president of...
Containment on Massive California Fire Increases
Jul 25 2017 // A fire that has burned 63 homes and dozens of other structures is now 65 percent contained, authorities said. The fire near California’s Yosemite National Park has burned 78,900 acres, and is still threatening 1,500...
Firefighters Gain Ground on California Fire
Jul 24 2017 // Firefighters are bracing for the possibility of dry lightning as they battle a stubborn blaze that has scorched nearly 120 square miles near California’s Yosemite National Park. The wildfire burning in the Sierra...
Southern California Agent Charged for Targeting Injured Workers’ Benefit Funds
Jul 24 2017 // Tom Fallon, 63, of Long Beach, Calif., is being arraigned today in Superior Court in Long Beach on multiple felony charges including theft by embezzlement and money laundering. Fallon’s daughter, Christina Fallon,...
California Commissioner Wants Investigation Following Airline Near Miss
Jul 24 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, who was a passenger on the Air Canada flight 759 that nearly landed on a taxiway at San Francisco International Airport in mid-July, has sent a letter to the airline and three...
