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Owners of California Hotel Cleaning Firm Plead Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 17 2017 // The owners of a cleaning company serving luxury hotels in Southern California and Nevada have pleaded guilty in connection with a nearly $7 million insurance and tax scam. Hyok “Steven” Kwon and his wife, Woo...
California Worker’s Comp Governing Committee Votes for Lower Mid-Year Filing
Apr 17 2017 // The insurer and public members of the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau Governing Committee have voted to authorize the Governing Committee to submit a lower mid-year pure premium rate filing to the California...
Jury Awards $4.5M in California Group Home Neglect Case
Apr 13 2017 // A former resident of a children’s group home in Northern California has been awarded nearly $4.5 million after jurors found he was severely neglected by the home’s caregivers while living at the facility. The...
Brennan Named Account Manager at Cavignac & Associates in California
Apr 13 2017 // San Diego, Ca.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Julie Brennan as senior account manager within the agency’s construction practice. Brennan will serve as the main point-of-contact at the agency for both...
California Farmers Get First Full Water Supply in More than a Decade
Apr 12 2017 // Farmers in a vast region of California will receive their fully contracted amount of irrigation water this year for the first time in more than a decade. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced the allocation this week...
California Jury Returns $454M Verdict in Hospital Gown Suit
Apr 12 2017 // Kimberly-Clark and its spinoff medical technology firm Halyard Health have been hit with $454 million in compensatory and punitive damages, after a federal jury found the companies misled California buyers about the...
Alliant in California Forms Specialty Group, Names Arkely President
Apr 12 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has combined its portfolio of specialty insurance practices under one banner forming the Alliant specialty group. The group will be led by Peter Arkley, who is with...
California Workers’ Comp Board Submits Lower Filing than Industry Average
Apr 11 2017 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Tuesday submitted a July 1 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the California Department of Insurance proposing advisory pure premium rates that average $2.02 per $100 of...
Report: Claims from Workers in California’s Sierras Involve Only 4 Industries
Apr 11 2017 // More than half of all claims from workers living in California’s Sierras involve only four industries, according to a report out today from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The CWCI’s...
Owners of California Hotel Cleaning Firm Plead Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 11 2017 // The owners of a cleaning company serving luxury hotels in Southern California and Nevada have pleaded guilty in connection with a nearly $7 million insurance and tax scam. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Hyok...
RIC Brings on Herron in Southern California from Hanover
Apr 10 2017 // RIC Insurance General Agency has named Patty Herron a business development manager to expand its commercial and personal lines marketing efforts. Herron will work primarily with retail insurance agents in California in...
Watchdog Group Wants California to Look into Claims in ProPublica Report
Apr 7 2017 // Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group, is asking the state’s insurance commissioner to open an investigation into the alleged redlining uncovered by a ProPublica report that claims that four auto...
California Governor Wants to Unite Marijuana Laws
Apr 7 2017 // Whether one entity can legally grow and sell marijuana at the retail level in California is emerging as one of the biggest conflicts state authorities are wrestling with as they move to streamline regulations and adopt the...
California Worker’s Comp Governing Committee Votes for Lower Mid-Year Filing
Apr 6 2017 // The insurer and public members of the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau Governing Committee have voted to authorize the Governing Committee to submit a lower mid-year pure premium rate filing to the California...
Trov in California Closes $45M in Series D Financing for Insurtech
Apr 6 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Trov announced that it has closed $45 million in Series D funding led by Munich Re/HSB Ventures, bringing its total funding to just over $85 million. All of Trov’s Series C investors...
JLT Specialty Names Shiels Senior Vice President in California
Apr 6 2017 // JLT Specialty USA has named Gavin Shiels senior vice president. Shiels will be based in San Francisco, where his primary focus will be on client development within JLT’s real estate practice. Shiels has more than a...
Starr’s Caporelli Joins Rockhill Environmental Team in California
Apr 6 2017 // The Rockhill Insurance Group has named Steve Caporelli to its environmental unit. Caporelli will be based in the San Francisco, Calif. office. Caporelli more than 15 years of underwriting and risk assessment experience. He...
Claims Manager at Golden Bear in California Addresses Agency Fraud
Apr 6 2017 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Beth Ossino, claims manager at Golden Bear Insurance Co. in Stockton, Calif., puts dealing with agency fraud high on her radar. She talked with Insurance Journal about agency fraud, and how...
ProPublica Report Alleges Auto Insurers Overcharge Minorities
Apr 5 2017 // A new report published by ProPublica accuses the auto insurance industry of pricing discrimination against minorities. The report, titled Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas with the...
Alliant Acquires SES Insurance Brokerage Services in Southern California
Apr 5 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired SES Insurance Brokerage Services Inc. in Santa Ana, Calif. SES will join Alliant MGA and program administrator. The executive leadership team of SES will continue to operate the...
