A Connecticut businessman who specializes in insurance for golf tournament hole-in-one prizes has been charged in Washington with multiple felonies after repeatedly failing to pay up. Kevin Kolenda, of Norwalk, Conn., was charged Wednesday in King County Superior Court, Wash. …
The California Secretary of State announced on Thursday that a ballot initiative to require health insurance companies to publicly justify and get approval for rate increases before they take effect has qualified for the 2014 ballot. Santa Monica, Calif.-based-Consumer Watchdog’s …
What appears to be a cut down and reworked version of a workers’ compensation proposal has been put into bill form and is being circulated around the state capital. The “tentative draft SB 863” proposal as it’s being called appears …
San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Jeff Robinson an associate producer for the firm’s Southern California Practice. Robinson will focus on business development, retention and client relationship management. He has a background in sales and marketing, and a long …
Terry Brandt was named Lockton San Francisco’s executive vice president and director of the Lockton Alliance for Ministry Protection (LAMP) practice. Brandt will lead LAMP, Lockton’s non-profit and religious organization practice, by providing risk management advice and consulting to large …
The California State Legislature has passed Senate Bill 1448, which updates California’s Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act. The bill was authored by Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, and is sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. “SB 1448 …
A school district in California’s Central Valley is putting teens’ health at risk by failing to provide students with information about condoms and contraception, two parents and a coalition of groups said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday over the district’s …
A weak earthquake has hit the Colorado mountains. The National Earthquake Information Center says the quake Tuesday afternoon registered a preliminary magnitude of 3.3. It was centered north of Basalt and south of Gypsum. A magnitude-3.3 quake generally isn’t expected …
Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration is proposing a 15 percent increase in premiums for health insurance covering about 73,000 state and local government workers and their dependents. General Services Department spokesman Tim Korte said Tuesday the agency will ask the Legislature …
People overwhelmingly believe workers’ compensation premiums will rise if no reforms come out of a bill currently in the works in state Legislature to increase benefits for injured workers and reduce waste in the system to the tune of more …
