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People Moves: CMR in California Creates New Executive Team; IC International Names Shigemura Executive VP
Sep 27 2021 // CMR Risk and Insurance Services Inc. of San Diego, Calif., announced the creation of a new executive leadership team. The team was put together by the board of directors to help CMR make more timely decisions, operate in a...
Report: California Independent Medical Review Volume Declined Through 1st Half of 2021
Sep 24 2021 // The number of independent medical reviews used to resolve California workers’ comp medical disputes hit a record low in the first half of 2021 as statewide unemployment remained stubbornly high, non-COVID job injury...
Suspected Arson Wildfire Forces Evacuations in Northern California
Sep 24 2021 // Thousands of people were under evacuation orders Friday and many others were on notice to be ready to flee as a destructive wildfire raged in a drought-stricken forest in California’s far north. A woman suspected of...
California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to Offer Increased Coverage
Sep 24 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday ordered the FAIR Plan to offer a homeowners policy, in addition to its current dwelling fire coverage, with more traditional homeowner features, such as coverage for...
Bill Would Change Maritime Liability Rules After California Boat Fire
Sep 24 2021 // Federal lawmakers introduced legislation this week that would change 19th century maritime liability rules in response to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Southern California that killed 34 people. The bill would update...
California Enacts Nation’s First Law Regulating Warehouse Labor Quotas
Sep 24 2021 // California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a bill that limits warehouse employers like Amazon.com Inc. from setting productivity quotas, the first legislation of its kind in the United States. The new provisions...
California University Paying $1.6M To Students Assaulted by Employee
Sep 23 2021 // San Jose State University has agreed to pay $1.6 million to 13 female student-athletes whose complaints about being sexually assaulted by an athletic trainer were mishandled by the university, federal prosecutors said...
The Liberty Company Acquires Cormarc in California
Sep 22 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has acquired with Cormarc Insurance Services in Murrieta, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cormarc is an independent agency that provides a variety of services, including...
California Issues 1-Year Moratorium on Homeowner Insurance Cancellations And Non-Renewals
Sep 20 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 325,000 policyholders who have been affected by Northern California wildfires...
California Contractors Charged in $5M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Sep 20 2021 // The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office along with the California Department of Insurance on Monday announced charges against multiple suspects in an organized insurance and workers’ compensation fraud...
PG&E: Power Shutoff Protocol May Avert Dixie-Like Fires in California
Sep 20 2021 // PG&E Corp. told a judge it has put into place new safety measures that would have resulted in power being cut to a utility line suspected of sparking the second-largest wildfire in California history. The California...
Aluminum Wrap Being Used to Protect Homes from California Wildfires
Sep 20 2021 // Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe. The contractor had enough time to do some quick research and decided to wrap his mountain home with an...
People Moves: CAC Names Wonder Vice President; IOA Adds Dominguez in California
Sep 20 2021 // CAC Specialty added Nathan Wonder to its natural resources division in Denver, Colo., as vice president, surety. Wonder has experience in power and renewables. He has worked at firms like LaPorte Insurance and Brown &...
California Lawmakers Vote to Limit Secret Settlements
Sep 20 2021 // The California Legislature voted to guarantee people can call out their bosses publicly in most harassment and discrimination cases. When companies settle complaints filed by their employees, the agreements often include a...
California County Paying $11M to Man Exonerated in 1998 Murder
Sep 17 2021 // A California county has paid $11 million to a man who spent two decades in prison after being wrongly convicted of killing his girlfriend in 1998. The payment settles a federal lawsuit filed by Horace Roberts accusing...
Alera Acquires The Brokerage Commercial Insurance Services in California
Sep 17 2021 // Alera Group acquired The Brokerage Commercial Insurance Services Inc. in in Newport Beach, Calif. The Brokerage Commercial Insurance Services employees will continue serving clients in their existing roles. Terms of the...
People Moves: Alkeme in California Names Rosandic COO; Pemco Names La Rowe Vice President
Sep 16 2021 // Alkeme named Anton Rosandic chief operating officer. Rosandic was the former COO/co-founder of the Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Group. Rosandic has experience in distribution channels of the insurance...
Temporary Total Disability Rates in California for 2022 to Remain Unchanged
Sep 15 2021 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation in California announced that the 2022 minimum and maximum temporary total disability rates will not change. The minimum TTD will remain $203.44 and the maximum TTD rate will...
‘The Risk is Here in Coming Weeks’ for Southern California, Says Fire Weather Expert
Sep 14 2021 // Several massive blazes have plagued Northern California this year, and now it could be Southern California’s turn. The Dixie and Caldor fires continue to do damage in Northern California, putting the state at more...
More Felony Charges for California Insurance Agents in $10M Fraud Scheme
Sep 14 2021 // Additional felony charges have been filed against Robert Andrew Lotter, 64, of Newport Beach, Calif., and Charles Albert Major, 72, of Irvine, who were arrested in November after allegedly defrauding their clients with...
