Folsom, Calif.-based EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) named Sarah Ledbetter as a property & casualty insurance account manager in its Fresno office. Ledbetter’s responsibilities as an account manager will include marketing, negotiations, client program management, and the supervision of account …
A California lawsuit claims online travel agencies like Travelocity conspired with hotels to fix room prices nationwide. The suit filed Monday in San Francisco federal court claims the Hilton Hotels, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International and others fixed prices …
A report issued on Tuesday by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows workers’ comp insurers’ loss and expense payments rose to nearly $12.5 billion in 2011, an increase of over $1 billion. The report, compiled from statistics from the Workers’ …
The California State Legislature has passed Senate Bill 1216, which aligns California law with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with unanimous support. SB 1216 was authored and carried by Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, on behalf …
How do you contain upwardly spiraling costs, battle growing use and prescription of opioids, fight fraud, de-incentivize bad actors, all while sailing directly into political headwinds flowing from all the compass headings? A meeting between labor officials and handful of …
A man who says he invested more than $1.5 million in a failed northwestern New Mexico hospital project is suing the project’s promoter for fraud. Michael Atchison’s lawsuit claims promoter Bobby Willis spent the money on a luxury suite at …
Despite a 30 percent increase in Oregon’s workforce, the state’s workers’ compensation claims are down sharply since the system was overhauled two decades ago. Workers’ Compensation Division administrator John Shilts told the Statesman-Journal employers are saving money but workplaces are …
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund named Marjorie Hutchings its Chief Information Officer. Hutchings, who was senior vice president for infrastructure engineering at State Fund, will transition to her new role as chief of the division that provides IT operations support …
Folsom, Calif.-based Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC) added Kate Crouch as an employee benefits consultant in its Folsom office. Crouch’s responsibilities will include the acquisition of new clients as well as the design, placement and management of employee and executive …
SIAA Inc. announced master agency partner BGI Agency Network has signed its 50th member agency. BGI signed Matt Armstrong Insurance Agency of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho BGI Agency Network has been a partner Master Agency of SIAA since 2000. With territory …
