Latest California Headlines
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Baker: California’s Workers’ Comp Reform Showing Signs of Progress
Oct 3 2013 // Ten months after “historic reforms” were made to California’s workers’ compensation system there is evidence that the changes are taking hold, however bad actors continue to find ways to game the...
Obamacare Day 1: Exchanges Struggled With High Demand; Fixes Promised
Oct 1 2013 // The Obamacare insurance exchanges struggled to handle a flood of consumer interest that closed the U.S. website for much of the day, and caused start up delays for most of the marketplaces run by the states. In New York,...
Fired SDG&E Worker Withdraws Racially-Tinged Suit in California
Oct 1 2013 // A former utility worker has withdrawn a lawsuit that claimed San Diego Gas & Electric fired him after he complained that co-workers tied a noose to the back of his truck, used the N-word and posted racist photos in a...
BB&T Tanner Adds Three New Staffers In California
Sep 30 2013 // BB&T Tanner Insurance Services named three staff members to its office in Pleasanton, Calif. Ken Clark was named director of risk control. Clark has more than 25 years of experience. Joe Williams was named vice...
AmTrust to Acquire The Insco Dico Group in California
Sep 27 2013 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Insco Dico Group for roughly $85 million, $7 million above its tangible book value, the company has announced. The acquisition is to be...
California Fruit Producer Faces Federal Sex Harassment Suit
Sep 27 2013 // A federal lawsuit has been filed charging that a central California dried fruit producer subjected its female workers to ongoing sexual harassment. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Madera-based...
Allstate Wins $7.7M Insurance Fraud Lawsuit in California
Sep 27 2013 // A Los Angeles County Superior Court has ruled in favor of Allstate Insurance Co. and the State of California in a lawsuit topping $7 million over fraudulent business and billing schemes by unlicensed medical and...
Der Manouel Adds Two in California
Sep 27 2013 // Der Manouel Insurance Group has named Kevin Frost as a commercial risk consultant, while Reggie Sadler has joined Der Manouel’s client services unit as loss control consultant. Both will work out of California. Frost...
Southern California Judge Refuses to Stay Ruling on Impounded Cars
Sep 25 2013 // A Superior Court judge has refused to set aside a ruling striking down a Los Angeles Police Department policy that made it easier for unlicensed drivers to keep their cars. Judge Terry Green ruled last month that the...
California Commissioner Names New Deputy Commissioner Of Enforcement
Sep 24 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones named Eric Weirich deputy commissioner of the enforcement branch of the California Department of Insurance. Weirich began with CDI as a detective with the fraud division in...
Confie Seguros Taps Chief Revenue Officer in California
Sep 24 2013 // California-based Confie Seguros named Darrin Silveria chief revenue officer. The national insurance broker focused on non-standard auto insurance and the Hispanic consumer created the new role to support the...
Networked Names Four to Management Posts in California
Sep 24 2013 // Networked Insurance Agents, an aggregator serving independent property/casualty agencies across the West, named four key management promotions in California. Scott Smith was made vice president and appointed to head of the...
Closing Arguments Presented in $1B Lead Paint Case in California
Sep 24 2013 // NL Industries Inc. is one of five paint companies that presented closing arguments against a public-nuisance lawsuit by 10 California cities and counties seeking more than $1 billion to replace or contain lead paint in...
Agent Ted Gaines Eyes California Commissioner Seat
Sep 23 2013 // Editor’s note: This is part of a series on insurance professionals in politics. This is a national series. Some of the articles focused on the Western U.S. region can be read in the pages of this issue of Insurance...
Beth Gaines Wants More ‘Business-Friendly’ State
Sep 23 2013 // Editor’s note: This is part of a series on insurance professionals in politics. This is a national series. Some of the articles focused on the Western U.S. region can be read in the pages of this issue of Insurance...
Cooley Masters Quake Insurance
Sep 23 2013 // Editor’s note: This is part of a series on insurance professionals in politics. This is a national series. Some of the articles focused on the Western U.S. region can be read in the pages of this issue of Insurance...
Garamendi Says Economy Needs Insurance
Sep 23 2013 // Editor’s note: This is part of a series on insurance professionals in politics. This is a national series. Some of the articles focused on the Western U.S. region can be read in the pages of this issue of Insurance...
After Suggested Workers’ Comp Rate Hike California Employers Hope Reform Kicks In
Sep 23 2013 // The reaction from an employers’ group to a suggested hike in California’s advisory workers’ compensation rates of nearly 7 percent was – surprisingly – cautiously optimistic. The insurer and public...
California Regulators OK On-Demand Ridesharing, With Conditions
Sep 20 2013 // On-demand ride services got the green light from California regulators on Thursday in a move the services hope will help clarify their legal status in other jurisdictions. The California Public Utilities Commission created...
ITC Releases TurboRater in California
Sep 18 2013 // Carrollton, Texas–based Insurance Technologies Corp. announced the release in California of its web-based comparative TurboRater in California. Independent insurance agents can use the insurance rating system it to...
