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California Labor Commissioner Recovers $282K for Car Wash Wage Citations
Oct 5 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office recovered more than $282,000 for wage theft violations affecting 22 car wash workers in Long Beach, who were not paid for the time they were on premises. The workers were...
California Tells Auto Insurers to Disclose Pandemic Profits
Oct 4 2022 // California’s insurance commissioner ordered nearly 50 auto insurers to provide detailed information about their claim costs during the pandemic, his latest attempt to compensate consumers he says were overcharged as...
Ex-PG&E Execs Paying $117M To Settle California Wildfires Lawsuit
Oct 3 2022 // Former executives and directors of Pacific Gas & Electric have agreed to pay $117 million to settle a lawsuit over devastating 2017 and 2018 California wildfires sparked by the utility’s equipment. The settlement...
New Report on California Workers’ Comp Medical Payment Trends
Oct 3 2022 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released an updated California Workers’ Compensation Aggregate Medical Payment Trends report for 2021. The latest annual report compares medical...
$600K for Woman Attacked by Police Dog in California
Oct 3 2022 // San Diego, California, officials approved a $600,000 payout to a woman who was severely injured when a police dog attacked her in her own yard after escaping from its trainer’s home nearby. A lawsuit filed by Jenna...
California Workers’ Comp Independent Medical Review Volume Fell in First Half of 2022
Oct 3 2022 // After hitting a record low in 2021, the number of independent medical reviews used to resolve California workers’ comp medical disputes continued to decline in the first half of 2022 according to the California...
California Workers’ Comp Written Premium up 27% in First Half of 2022
Sep 30 2022 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its Quarterly Experience Report, which reflects an increase in written premium due to economic recovery from the pandemic. The report is an...
California Doctor Prescribing Unneeded Drugs Guilty of Insurance Fraud
Sep 30 2022 // A physician pleaded guilty to defrauding California’s Medi-Cal system by prescribing unnecessary drugs to more than 1,000 patients, prosecutors said. Dr. Mohammed El-Nachef entered pleas in Orange County to one count...
California Governor Approves Farmworker Unionization Law
Sep 30 2022 // A broadly smiling California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined about two dozen jubilant, cheering farmworkers camped outside the state Capitol this week to sign one of the most contentious bills before him this year, reversing...
178 Medical Providers Suspended from California’s Workers’ Comp System
Sep 30 2022 // The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Workers’ Compensation and DIR’s Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers during the first eight months of 2022. Providers are...
California Cites Home Health Agencies $2M for Misclassifying 66 Workers
Sep 29 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Angel Connection Nursing Care and Angel Connection Nursing Services for improperly misclassifying 66 home health care workers as independent contractors. Investigators...
California to Allow Lawsuits Against ‘Cyber Flashers’
Sep 29 2022 // Californians who find themselves victims of “cyber flashing” can sue under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law aims to punish and deter those who send unsolicited sexually explicit messages via text,...
Employees Sickened by Substance at California Plastics Recycler
Sep 28 2022 // Authorities say nine people were taken to the hospital this week after being exposed to a caustic substance at a California plastics recycling company. Seven workers had breathing problems or other symptoms while two...
Alliance 360˚ Acquires M.I. Insurance Solutions in California
Sep 28 2022 // Alliance 360˚ Insurance Solutions acquired M.I. Insurance Solutions, located in Cypress, California. M.I. Insurance Solutions was founded in 2005 as a joint venture between The J. Morey Company and Miyuki Inouye to...
Insurers Warn California’s Inaction Threatens Auto Policies
Sep 27 2022 // Top U.S. insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the nation’s largest automobile insurance market by refusing to approve any rate increases for more than two years, since the start...
US Starts Criminal Probe Into PG&E Role in California Wildfire
Sep 27 2022 // Federal officials have initiated a criminal investigation into PG&E Corp.’s potential role in starting California’s largest wildfire of the year. On Sept. 24, the US Forest Service removed one of the...
California County Paying Pay $1.35M in Custody Death Suit
Sep 27 2022 // San Diego County and other defendants have agreed to pay $1.35 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Mexican citizen who died after sheriff’s deputies arrested him in 2018, officials said. The lawsuit...
California Commissioner Orders Another Moratorium on Insurance Cancellations
Sep 26 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday ordered insurers to preserve residential insurance coverage following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest emergency declarations. The commissioner’s order shields...
Judge OKs $230M Settlement in California Oil Spill Case
Sep 26 2022 // A judge has approved a $230 million lawsuit settlement by the owners of a pipeline that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off California in 2015, lawyers announced. A federal judge in Los...
People Moves: Pinnacol adds Parham; Lockton Adds 2 in Northern California
Sep 26 2022 // Pinnacol Assurance in Denver, Colorado, named Wes Parham vice president of public affairs. Parham will have responsibility for legislative strategy, lobbying efforts, community relations and external advocacy. Parham is an...
