Latest California Headlines
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Chuck Norris Suing in California over MRI Chemical He Says Poisoned Wife
Nov 3 2017 // Action star Chuck Norris took on medical device manufacturers in a lawsuit filed in California alleging a chemical used in MRI imaging scans poisoned his wife. Gadolinium that doctors injected into Gena Norris to improve...
CMI in California Names Witherspoon Lawyers Professional Liability Leader
Nov 2 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Cooper & McCloskey Inc. Insurance Brokers has named Jack Witherspoon the lawyers professional liability team leader. Witherspoon will be responsible for leading and managing the CMI LPL...
Filling Approved for First Admitted Insurer in California to Sell Cannabis Insurance
Nov 2 2017 // The California insurance commissioner has approved the first filing by an admitted commercial insurance company to sell cannabis business insurance. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday announced the approved...
XL Catlin Names Chubb’s Konczal Assistant Vice President in California
Nov 2 2017 // XL Catlin’s Global Excess Casualty has named Joel J. Konczal as assistant vice president and underwriting manager for Northwest excess casualty. He will be based in San Francisco, Calif. and report to Matthew...
California Lawmaker Wants to Correct Comp Denial for Out-of-State Cops Who Responded During Vegas Shooting
Nov 1 2017 // A California lawmaker said he plans to introduce a bill that would require worker’s compensation for police officers injured while responding to crimes committed out of state. The proposal by Assemblyman Tom Daly,...
California Wildfires Destroyed Part of Hewlett-Packard Archives
Nov 1 2017 // California’s deadliest wildfires have also destroyed an irreplaceable collection of Silicon Valley history. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported that more than 100 boxes of letters and other materials from tech...
Google’s Waymo in California Shifting Robotic Cars into Next Gear
Nov 1 2017 // Google’s self-driving car spin-off is accelerating efforts to convince the public that its technology is almost ready to safely transport people without any human assistance at all. Waymo, hatched from a Google...
Farmers Files Trade Secrets Suit in California Against Auto Club Michigan, Former Employees
Oct 31 2017 // Farmers Insurance has filed a lawsuit in California against a pair of former employees and the Automobile Club of Michigan alleging the theft of trade secrets. The suit alleges violations of the California Trade Secrets...
Insured Losses from California Wildfires Now at $3.3 Billion
Oct 31 2017 // The largest California insurers have so far reported more than $3.3 billion in insured losses from the October wildfire siege, now considered the most destructive fires in state history. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones...
GM Settles Alleged Defects Concealment Suit with California County
Oct 31 2017 // General Motors has agreed to a $13.9 million settlement with Orange County, Calif., after prosecutors accused the auto giant of concealing serious safety defects to avoid costly recalls and part replacements. The lawsuit,...
Investors in Litigation Financing Target Commercial Auto
Oct 31 2017 // Investor-funded litigation is not new but it is expanding its reach in commercial auto cases, according to experts in the field. Panelists at the 2017 Risk Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nev., addressed the growing trend...
California Workers’ Comp Report Shows Prevalence of Opioids in Set-Asides
Oct 30 2017 // A new report shows that nearly 70 percent of federally mandated and approved California Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside settlements for injured workers require funding for decades of opioid use, often at...
California Wildfires: May Take Years for Full Recovery
Oct 30 2017 // It will take at least months and likely years to fully recover from devastating wildfires that ripped through Northern California earlier this month, destroying at least 8,900 structures and killing 42 people, Sonoma...
Insured Loss Estimates from California Wildfires Now up to $8 Billion
Oct 27 2017 // Insured losses from the siege of California wildfires could possibly reach $8 billion, according to new estimates released on Friday by catastrophe modeler RMS. The firm now estimates the insured loss for the wildfires...
California Workers’ Comp Division Holding Regulations Hearing on Medical Provider Suspension
Oct 27 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday issued a notice of public hearing on proposed regulations to implement the provider suspension process required under Assembly Bill 1244. AB 1244, which went...
California Commissioner Adopts $1.94 Workers’ Comp Pure Premium
Oct 26 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has adopted an advisory pure premium rate that lowers the benchmark to $1.94 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation insurance. The advisory rate is effective Jan....
Alphabet to Test Self-Driving Cars in Snowy Michigan
Oct 26 2017 // Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit Waymo is expanding winter testing as it works to address a potential blind spot for autonomous vehicles: snowy and icy conditions. Waymo said that Michigan is the sixth state...
Best Areas in U.S. to Live to Avoid Natural Disasters
Oct 26 2017 // Tired of living with hurricanes, tornadoes or floods? Head to Portland, Salt Lake City or Providence. Or California. Yes, California. Portland, Oregon is the safest place to live to avoid hazardous weather; three of the...
Woodruff-Sawyer Adds Blasher in Southern California
Oct 25 2017 // Woodruff-Sawyer has named Andy Blasher an account executive in the firm’s Southern California office. Blasher has more than 20 years of experience on both the brokerage and insurance carrier sides of the business....
Starbucks in Legal Battle over California’s Cancer Warning Law
Oct 25 2017 // If you happen to buy a cup of coffee in California and it comes with a cancer warning, don’t panic – it’s just the law. No scientific study says consuming java in moderation is bad for your health – and...
