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Heffernan Names Mason Assistant Vice President in California
Dec 23 2015 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Christopher Mason as assistant vice president of employee benefits in its San Francisco, Calif. office. Mason previously has worked with employee benefit brokers and human resource...
Socius Names Bell Senior Vice President in California
Dec 22 2015 // San Francisco Socius Insurance Services Inc. has named Ian Bell senior vice president. Bell joined Socius Insurance Services in 2013 and works on the firm’s management and professional liability team. Socius...
M.J. Hall Names Marsh Assistant Vice President in California
Dec 22 2015 // M.J. Hall and Company Inc. has promoted Sarah Marsh to assistant vice president. Marsh is part of the firm’s Stockton, Calif. team. She will continue to underwrite and broker excess and surplus line business in the...
At Least $243M for Cleanup From 2 Massive California Fires
Dec 21 2015 // Cleaning up from two destructive Northern California wildfires this fall will cost at least $243 million, far exceeding the cost for other recent blazes, state officials estimated as they transferred more money from the...
Reforms May Have Caused Drop in Medical Payments in California, Study Shows
Dec 21 2015 // Medical payments per claim in California fell 5 percent in 2013 for claims with more than seven days of lost time at 12 months of experience, a trend that likely reflects the early impact of the 2012 workers’...
Uber Winning Support for Classifying Drivers as Contractors
Dec 21 2015 // State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of...
Judge in California Grants Class Action in Farmers Female Attorneys Suit
Dec 21 2015 // A U.S. District judge in California earlier this month granted class action status to a suit brought by female attorneys against Farmers Insurance for discriminatory practices. The initial suit was filed on behalf of Lynne...
Southern California Man Arrested for Fraud After Crashing BMW in Race
Dec 21 2015 // After Andres Hernandez, 36, of Lakewood, Calif., totaled his BMW while racing, he then allegedly then provided false statements to his insurer about the location of the collision. He was paid $64,860 for the claim, and was...
Opinion: California DMV Rules Would Slow Driverless Car Development
Dec 18 2015 // The home state of Google Inc., the pioneering company in driverless cars, has just taken steps to make life more difficult – not just for Google, but for all of us who would like to see driverless cars hit the road as...
Driverless Car Accidents Pile Up As They Obey Laws, Humans Don’t So Much
Dec 18 2015 // The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that’s supposed to lead to a world without accidents, is achieving the exact opposite right now: The vehicles have racked up a crash rate double that of those with...
Nine Californians Nabbed in $24M Alleged Workers’ Comp Billing Scheme
Dec 17 2015 // Detectives with the California Department of Insurance arrested nine people involved in a complex scheme allegedly targeting more than 230 workers’ compensation insurers and self-insured employers. Siblings Francisco...
Crawford Names Christensen Executive General Adjuster in California
Dec 17 2015 // Crawford & Co. has named Steve Christensen executive general adjuster for Crawford’s global technical services division in the Los Angeles, Calif. office. Christensen has 28 years of insurance experience. His...
Ford Announces Autonomous Vehicle Testing on California Roads
Dec 17 2015 // Ford announced that it is officially enrolled in the California Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program to test autonomous vehicles on public roads, and fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid sedans are set to take to California...
Cavignac & Associates in California Names Ouk Account Manager
Dec 15 2015 // San Deigo, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Vy Ouk a commercial lines account manager. Ouk will serve as the main contact person at the agency for her assigned customer accounts, identifying exposure to...
Central California Organizations at Odds over Explosion Liability
Dec 15 2015 // The Fresno County Sheriff’s Foundation for Public Safety has filed a claim against the county seeking reimbursement after an employee struck a gas pipeline and caused an explosion in April. The county employee was...
Southern California Man Arrested for Fraud After Crashing BMW in Race
Dec 14 2015 // Andres Hernandez, 36, of Lakewood, Calif., allegedly totaled his BMW while racing and then provided false statements to his insurer about the location of the collision. He was paid $64,860 for the claim, and was...
Uber Winning Support in States for Classifying Drivers as Contractors
Dec 11 2015 // State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of...
Judge in California Grants Class Action Status in Farmers Female Attorneys Suit
Dec 10 2015 // A U.S. District judge in California has granted class action status to a suit brought by female attorneys against Farmers Insurance for discriminatory practices. The initial suit was filed on behalf of Lynne Coates, who...
Insurers Get Tax Credits for Investments in Underserved California Communities
Dec 10 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursda announced $9.3 million in tax credits awarded to insurance companies and other investors that made more than $46.6 million in capital investments into...
Reforms May Have Caused Drop in Medical Payments in California, Study Shows
Dec 10 2015 // Medical payments per claim in California fell 5 percent in 2013 for claims with more than seven days of lost time at 12 months of experience, a trend that likely reflects the early impact of the 2012 workers’...
