Latest California Headlines
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Medical Provider Fraud: The Most Common Schemes to Watch For
Oct 21 2019 // While most insurance claims are legitimate, studies indicate that 10% or more of all property/casualty insurance claims are fraudulent. In the workers’ compensation industry, combatting fraud can seem like a game of...
California Export List Hearing for Surplus Lines Slated for November
Oct 21 2019 // Parametric earthquake coverage and terrorism coverage are among the potential items on the 2019 Export List hearing being held next month by the California Department of Insurance. Adding a risk or coverage to the export...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Releases Cost Monitoring Update on Reforms
Oct 21 2019 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California in mid-October issued a prospective estimate of the cost impact of Senate Bill 863, the sweeping workers’ comp reform bill signed into law in...
26 Insurers Extend Time for 2017 California Wildfire Victims for Living Expenses
Oct 18 2019 // Twenty-six insurers have agreed to extend the time limits for 2017 wildfire survivors to access additional living expense benefits. The companies represent a majority of the total losses from the devastating 2017 wildfires...
PG&E Noteholders, California Wildfire Victims File Formal Reorganization Plan
Oct 18 2019 // Noteholders of PG&E Corp. and a committee for victims of the wildfires that pushed the power producer into bankruptcy filed a formal reorganization plan on Thursday for the company, proposing they get effectively all...
California Governor’s OK of Cannabis Tax Bill Among Several Industry-Related Bills He Signed
Oct 17 2019 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been quite friendly to the cannabis industry lately, signing into law more than a half-dozen cannabis-industry related bills. The bills were intended to add to or subtract from the...
California-based Chip Maker Intel Paying $5M in Pay Discrimination Allegations
Oct 17 2019 // The Labor Department says it has reached a $5 million settlement with chip maker Intel Corp. over allegations of pay discrimination against its female, African American and Hispanic employees. As part of the agreement,...
Authorities Looking for Cause of California Fuel Fire
Oct 17 2019 // A fire that destroyed thousands of gallons of fuel at a San Francisco Bay Area tank farm and trapped thousands in their homes to avoid potentially dangerous air will be investigated to determine the cause, officials...
Burnham Risk in California Names Huttinger Executive Vice President and Partner
Oct 17 2019 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Risk has named John Huttinger executive vice president and partner. The change was made following Burnham’s acquisition of SeaTech Insurance Agency Inc./Pacific Unified Insurance last...
Higher Than Usual Number of Items Could be Added at California Surplus Export List Hearing
Oct 16 2019 // Getting items on California’s surplus lines export list is no easy task. Just ask Ben McKay, executive director of the Surplus Line Association of California. McKay can recall only a few coverages that have been...
United Valley Names Rogers Business Development Manager in California
Oct 16 2019 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Brian J. Rogers business development manager. Rogers has more than 24 years of property/casualty experience. His previous roles include producer, sales leader, sales manager,...
California Fuel Tank Fire Contained, Ending Order for Residents to Take Shelter
Oct 16 2019 // A fire at a San Francisco-area fuel terminal is contained after spewing black smoke high in the air, snarling rush-hour traffic and prompting officials to ask residents to take shelter. Authorities are working to assess...
Western Growers in California Names Reininger Senior Account Manager
Oct 16 2019 // Western Growers Insurance Services has named Marlo Reininger senior account manager. Reininger will work with the WGIS sales team in developing relationships with food and agriculture customers, and identifying risk and...
Willis Towers Watson Adds Lyft’s Hurley in California
Oct 16 2019 // Willis Towers Watson has named Joseph Hurley director or corporate risk and broking. He will work out of Willis Towers Watson’s Silicon Valley tech center in California, where he will lead the firm’s platform...
Great California Shakeout on 30th Anniversary of Massive Loma Prieta Quake
Oct 15 2019 // Millions of Californians are expected to practice how to dropping, covering and holding on when the ground shakes during the Great California ShakeOut on Thursday at 10:17 a.m. The annual earthquake drill will coincide...
California Workers’ Compensation Bureau Testifies on 2020 Advisory Rate Drop
Oct 15 2019 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Monday presented the actuarial basis for an average proposed Jan. 1, 2020 advisory pure premium rate of $1.58, which is 5.4 percent less than the...
Officials: Deadly Los Angeles Wildfire Began Near Base of Electrical Tower
Oct 15 2019 // A deadly wind-driven wildfire that raged across the northern edge of Los Angeles last week started near the base of high-voltage transmission tower owned by electric utility Southern California Edison, company and fire...
California Governor Wants to Hold PG&E Accountable for Mismanaging Power Shutoffs
Oct 15 2019 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday that utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co. should be held accountable for mismanaging last week’s widespread power shutoffs and urged the company to provide credits or...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Armitage in California
Oct 15 2019 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has hired Jim and Taylor Armitage to the Woodland Hills, Calif., office. Both were formerly with Arroyo Insurance. Jim Armitage was a founding member of the Arroyo Insurance group of...
Trident Marine Managers Adds Ramos, Opens California Office
Oct 15 2019 // Trident Marine Managers has named Jeana Ramos director of underwriting. Trident establishes a new office in Lodi, Calif., with the hire of Ramos. Her primary focus will be on commercial marine and excess and surplus...
