Drop in California Workers’ Comp Opioid Use Reducing Claims $6.5B, Report Shows November 12, 2019 The prevalence of opioids in California workers’ compensation lost-time claims has dropped 51% over the past decade, reducing both average...
OJ Simpson Sues Las Vegas Casino Saying He Was Defamed November 12, 2019 By Ken Ritter O.J. Simpson is suing a Las Vegas hotel-casino that banned him in November 2017, alleging that unnamed employees defamed him...
Despite Wildfires, California Wine is Doing Just Fine – For Now November 12, 2019 By Rachel Lerman If you’re worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California’s 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just imparted it...
PG&E California Wildfire Victims Sue to Get Paid Before Fire Insurers November 12, 2019 By Steven Church PG&E Corp. wildfire victims have filed a new lawsuit arguing they must be fully repaid for the losses of their...
Insurtech Pie Launches TV Campaign in California for Workers’ Comp November 12, 2019 Workers’ compensation insurtech Pie Insurance has launched its first national television advertisement campaign with an initial focus in California. The...
Microsoft Vows to Honor California’s Consumer Privacy Law Countrywide November 11, 2019 By Diane Bartz and Nandita Bose Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California’s privacy law throughout the United States,...
McDermott Costa Acquires A.B. Stevenson in California November 8, 2019 McDermott Costa Insurance has acquired A.B. Stevenson Insurance Brokerage based in San Leandro, Calif. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed....
Undisclosed Settlement Reached Over Deadly Hawaii High-Rise Fire November 8, 2019 Plaintiffs and defendants reached a settlement over a deadly Honolulu high-rise fire, although the amounts to be paid by insurance...
California School District Paying $28M After Boy Hit By Car November 8, 2019 A Southern California school district will pay $28.5 million in damages after a boy with special needs was hit by...
New NTSB Report in Fatal Crash in Arizona Involving Autonomous Vehicle November 8, 2019 A new federal report into last year’s fatal crash involving a self-driving car in suburban Phoenix says the Uber vehicle...