Latest California Headlines
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Aon Names Five in Northern California Office
Mar 5 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, made several additions to its San Francisco, Calif. office. Aon appointed Curtis Ingram as vice president, Payal Chahal as broker, Jeffery Rogers as...
Passing of Torch at California Workers’ Compensation Institute
Mar 4 2013 // Workers’ compensation wonk Alex Swedlow will become the fourth president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute in 50 years following the announced retirement on Monday of J. Michael Nolan as...
PPIB Names Schoenthal Underwriting and Production Manager in California
Mar 4 2013 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage named Jennifer Schoenthal underwriting and production. Schoenthal will manage PPIB’s underwriting department in Novato, Calif. Schoenthal will report to Susan Preston,...
EPIC Names Thomas Chief Strategy Officer in California
Mar 4 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Derek Thomas chief strategy officer and managing principal. Thomas will be based in EPIC’s San Francisco office and he will report to EPIC co-founder and president, John Hahn....
Burnham Names Asensio VP of Compliance in California
Mar 4 2013 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services named Richard P. Asensio vice president, director of compliance. Asensio will work with clients to help them choose the best options while meeting HCR requirements....
Simpson Named VP of Underwriting, Marketing for CompWest in California
Mar 4 2013 // CompWest Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Accident Fund Holdings Inc., named Gene J. Simpson vice president of underwriting and marketing. Simpson recently joined CompWest’s senior management team and is responsible...
Krishnan 1st Chief Information Office at Woodruff-Sawyer in California
Mar 1 2013 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Ravi Krishnan as the firm’s first chief information officer. Krishnan will be responsible for optimizing Woodruff-Sawyer’s existing technology,...
California Bill Battles Workers’ Comp Claims from Athletes
Mar 1 2013 // A California legislator has introduced a bill that would address a “loophole” in which pro athletes, mostly National Football League players, are getting workers’ compensation benefits despite having...
California County Sued Over Prison Suicide Attempt
Mar 1 2013 // Parents of a convicted robber who was left brain-damaged after an alleged prison suicide attempt are suing Riverside County and the state. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported the suit claims Christopher Godair is a...
Transgender Woman Sues California Baptist University For Expulsion
Mar 1 2013 // A transgender woman is suing California Baptist University for expelling her after she revealed on MTV’s “True Life” that she is biologically male. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported 25-year-old...
Southern California Hotel Sued Over Corpse in Water
Feb 28 2013 // Two former guests of a Southern California hotel where a 21-year-old woman’s corpse was found floating in a rooftop water tank have sued. A lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against the...
Northern California Business Owner Sentenced For Premium Fraud
Feb 27 2013 // A Northern California business owner has been sentenced for workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud and pay over $2 million in restitution to insurers, the California Department of Insurance announced on...
Judge Leans Toward Letting Jackson Suit in California Continue
Feb 27 2013 // A judge says she is inclined to allow a lawsuit by Michael Jackson’s mother against concert promoter AEG she claims is responsible for her son’s death to go to trial on a single claim. Superior Court Judge...
PG&E Boosts Training After Deaths Of 3 California Workers
Feb 26 2013 // Officials at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. are boosting the utility’s training on safety procedures after the deaths of three workers in three years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The deaths prompted PG&E...
Court OKs Salmonella Treatment for California Almonds
Feb 26 2013 // An appeals court ruled Friday that federal officials have the authority to require that all California almonds be treated for salmonella following outbreaks linked to almonds from the state. The ruling by the U.S. Court of...
California Best Buy Stores Must Pay $875K In Pricing Suit
Feb 25 2013 // A Riverside County judge has ordered Best Buy Stores to pay nearly $900,000 and to institute a special discount program to settle a lawsuit alleging the company charged more than advertised prices at some California...
How Agents Help Nonprofits in Hard Times
Feb 25 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong. The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
$8.5 Million Awarded In California Boy’s Death
Feb 25 2013 // A Fresno County jury has awarded $8.5 million in a lawsuit alleging county social workers failed to protect a 10-year-old boy who was fatally beaten by his mother’s boyfriend. The civil jury handed down its verdict...
Capital Names Chatterton Vice President in Central California
Feb 25 2013 // Monterey, Calif.-based–Capital Insurance Group named Arne Chatterton vice president of field operations and business relations. The appointment is effective March 1. He was most recently senior vice president of the...
Report: Athletes Cash In On California Workers’ Comp
Feb 25 2013 // California’s workers’ compensation system has awarded millions of dollars in benefits for job-related injuries to thousands of professional athletes, including many who played for out-of-state teams, according...
