Latest California Headlines
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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’...
Judge Rules Uber Drivers Can Seek Expense Reimbursement; Uber to Appeal
Dec 10 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. drivers seeking to be treated as employees won a ruling that could add tens of thousands of them to the case and put hundreds of millions dollars more at stake. The drivers can now seek expense...
California Judge Breyer Expected to Combine, Expedite VW Diesel Claims
Dec 9 2015 // A San Francisco judge who is the brother of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will oversee more than 500 consumer lawsuits against Volkswagen AG over claims of economic losses connected to rigged emissions-testing...
Uber Eyes Both Nevada and California Sides of Lake Tahoe Before 2016
Dec 7 2015 // Uber plans to bring ridesharing to either side of Lake Tahoe before the end of the year. A recent agreement with Nevada allowed the company to launch simultaneously on the California and Nevada sides of Lake Tahoe, the...
Southern California Spill Spewing Gases of a Half-Million Cars
Dec 7 2015 // Call it the invisible spill. You can’t see it, but it’s there – a steady stream of natural gas seeping out of the pipe casing in a well in Southern California that may spew as much greenhouse gas into the air...
Workers’ Comp Hearing Rep. in California Caught Cashing Dead Client’s Settlement
Dec 7 2015 // A California workers’ compensation hearing representative was arrested for allegedly trying to steal a settlement check from his client. Department of Insurance detectives arrested Ramon Humerto Otero, 37, of...
Investigation Launched into Workers’ Comp Services Provider BBSI
Dec 7 2015 // A financial investigation was launched in mid-November into Barrett Business Services Inc., a giant professional employer organization that deals with many workers’ compensation carriers. The independent...
