Latest California Headlines
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Arrowhead Acquires TriCoast Insurance Services in California
Jun 19 2017 // Brown & Brown subsidiary Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Camarillo, Calif.-based TriCoast Insurance. The announcement was made on Monday by J. Scott Penny, chief...
California Judge Says TV Network Owes $2M in Sex Abuse Cover-Up Lawsuit
Jun 19 2017 // An Orange County, Calif. judge says Trinity Broadcasting Network is responsible for the entire $2 million a jury awarded in an alleged sex abuse cover-up. The judge ruled that TBN is on the hook for the full amount jurors...
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Jun 19 2017 // Topa Insurance Co. has named Olive Chang assistant vice president of reinsurance and programs. Chang will be located in the Calabasas, Calif., office. Her duties include managing reinsurance and programs operation. Chang...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends Psychiatrist for Fraud
Jun 19 2017 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended Pasadena psychiatrist Jason Hui-Tek Yang from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system following his conviction in Riverside...
California High Court to Address Occurrence Caused by Accident
Jun 19 2017 // The California Supreme Court is set to address the issue of whether there is an “occurrence” under an employer’s commercial general liability policy when an injured third party brings a claim against an...
California Business Owner Nabbed in $32M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 19 2017 // Detectives with the California Department of Insurance arrested Gina Marie Gregori, 55, of Lafayette, for allegedly underreporting payroll and duping insurers out of $32 million. Gregori was charged with 19 felony counts...
California Man Bit by Dog While Rescuing Cat Awarded $1M
Jun 16 2017 // A California man who was bitten by a police dog while trying to rescue a friend’s cat at a construction site two years ago has been awarded $1.1 million by a civil jury. Jurors ruled this week that San Mateo County...
Harbor Gets California Department of Workers’ Comp OK for Telemedicine
Jun 16 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Harbor Health Systems it is one of the first companies to receive approval from the California Department of Workers’ Compensation to offer telemedicine through its medical provider...
Uber’s Plans for Trucking Industry Hit Detours
Jun 16 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s drive to become a major player in the trucking business is off to a bumpy start, with analysts and industry executives questioning what exactly the company can bring to the sprawling...
California-based Uber Loses Officials, Faces Major Changes
Jun 15 2017 // Freewheeling Uber faces major change. Its board is cracking down, its founder and CEO is stepping away indefinitely, and the company itself is coming to grips with measures intended to reform its toxic culture and...
UPS Worker in Northern California Kills 3, Turns Gun on Self
Jun 15 2017 // A UPS driver opened fire with a handgun inside a United Parcel Service Inc delivery center in San Francisco on Wednesday, killing three co-workers before fatally shooting himself as police closed in, authorities and...
Florida Court Rules Property Insurer Liable for Shortfall in Policy Benefits Promised by Agent
Jun 15 2017 // A Florida state Court of Appeal reversed the dismissal of a claim for negligent procurement of property insurance, because, when placing the coverage, the insurer’s agent failed to account for a reduction in...
Report: California Wage Increase Will Require Hike in 2018 Comp Benefits
Jun 14 2017 // California’s State Average Weekly Wage rose more than 3.6 percent to $1,206.92 in the year ending March 31, which the California Workers’ Compensation Institute said will boost temporary total disability and...
Southern California to See Spike in Temperatures, Fire Risk
Jun 14 2017 // Temperatures are climbing along with the risk of wildfires as a spring heat wave moves into Southern California. Forecasters predict temperatures in the 80s across greater Los Angeles this week, and some spots could see...
Heffernan Adds Owen as Advisor in California
Jun 14 2017 // Heffernan Financial Services, a division of Heffernan Insurance Brokers, has added Jennifer Owen as a financial advisor in the Irvine, Calif. branch. Owen began her career with MetLife working in sales, training, and...
Prime Insurance to Use $10M Capital Investment for New York, California Expansion
Jun 14 2017 // Prime Holdings Insurance Services, Inc., a Utah-based holding company for excess and surplus lines insurance services firms, said it received $10,000,000 from an undisclosed insurance enterprise in exchange for 2,000...
Senators in Drive to Remove Regulatory Roadblocks for Driverless Cars
Jun 14 2017 // A bipartisan trio of U.S. senators said on Tuesday they planned to introduce legislation to remove regulatory roadblocks to the introduction of self-driving cars, including sorting out conflicts between state and federal...
Wilson Elser Names Calle of Counsel in California
Jun 13 2017 // Wilson Elser has named Ingrid Calle of counsel in its Los Angeles California office. Calle focuses her practice on product liability, toxic tort, trucking, premises and construction accident liability and commercial...
Knight in California Names Ownbey Managing Director
Jun 13 2017 // Knight Insurance Group in California has named Vance Ownbey its managing director overseeing programs, underwriting, new business and product development. Ownbey previously was chief financial officer, chief technical...
3 Injured from Giant Chemical Fire Burning for Hours in Southern California
Jun 12 2017 // A major fire broke out and burned for hours at a company that produces cleaning chemicals in Anaheim, Calif., leaving three people injured. Anaheim fire officials say the blaze was reported shortly after 3 p.m. at American...
