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Georgia Business Owner Sentenced in $54M California Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 13 2023 // Wesley Owens, 54, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Beau Wilson, 38, also of Atlanta, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy in Los Angeles Superior Court over charges filed after a...
People Moves: Venbrook in California Names Sherman EVP of Business Development
Mar 13 2023 // Venbrook Group, LLC, based in Woodland Hills, California, promoted Brenda Sherman to executive vice president of business development and strategic alliances. A Venbrook executive since 2015, Sherman has more than 30 years...
Mercury Insurance in California Names Pang Chief Technology Officer
Mar 10 2023 // Mercury General Corp. named Wilson Pang chief technology officer to lead its technological transformation efforts. As part of Mercury’s executive leadership team, Pang will develop and drive digital transformation...
People Moves: PCF Names New President; California Department of Insurance Appoints Members
Mar 9 2023 // PCF Insurance Services in Lehi, Utah, named Jenni Lee Crocker president. Crocker was PCF’s senior vice president, growth and operations for the past year. She will remain on the board of directors at PCF after...
California Oil Company Paying $65M for Oil Spills
Mar 8 2023 // A defunct company that spilled more than a million gallons of crude oil and wastewater in California must pay more than $65 million in penalties and cleanup costs, federal prosecutors announced. A federal court entered a...
California Therapy Provider Cited $9M for Misclassifying 1,280 Employees
Mar 8 2023 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Feld Care Therapy Inc. in Westlake Village. More than $9 million for misclassifying 1,280 speech, physical and occupational therapists as independent contractors. The...
Man Charged With Blowing up PG&E Transformers in California
Mar 7 2023 // A 36-year-old man has been charged with blowing up two Pacific Gas & Electric transformers, causing blasts that knocked out power to thousands of utility customers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Peter Karasev’s...
Consumer Group Pushing ‘Junk/Hidden Fees’ Bill Package in California
Mar 6 2023 // A group of California lawmakers along with the Consumer Federation of California is pushing a six-bill “junk/hidden fees package” that proponents say will protect consumers from deceptive pricing and add-on...
Half of California Freed From Drought Thanks to Rain, Snow
Mar 6 2023 // Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought, but low groundwater levels remain a persistent problem, U.S. Drought Monitor data showed. The latest survey found that moderate...
Insurers View New Car Sales Rise in California as More Evidence for Rate Filings
Mar 6 2023 // New figures show car sales in California continue to slowly return to pre-pandemic levels, which the state’s auto insurers believe is another indication the state’s insurance regulator needs to approve more...
Shipping Companies Reach $97M Settlement in California Oil Spill
Mar 3 2023 // Shipping companies will pay nearly $97 million to settle a lawsuit with a pipeline operator over a 2021 oil spill off the coast of Southern California, the pipeline company said Wednesday. Amplify Energy, the Houston-based...
Kobe Bryant Family Settles Photo Lawsuit in California for $28.5M
Mar 2 2023 // The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters The figure includes a newly agreed upon...
California Workers’ Comp Research Keys on State’s Massive Healthcare Industry
Mar 2 2023 // A report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California that examines the state’s healthcare system shows the industry also accounted for the highest share of indemnity COVID-19 claims...
California’s Final State Emergencies Winding Down 3 Years Into Pandemic
Mar 1 2023 // California’s coronavirus emergency officially ended Tuesday, nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order and just days after the state reached the grim...
Research Shows Low-Volume/High-Cost Meds in California Workers’ Comp
Feb 28 2023 // New research on low-volume/high-cost drugs used to treat injured workers in California spotlights a handful of anti-inflammatory and anticonvulsant medications that have become significant cost drivers despite accounting...
Appeals Board in California Defines How Close Water Must be for Workers
Feb 28 2023 // The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board issued a precedential decision related to the provision of water at outdoor worksites, which required water must be as...
People Moves: Aspire General in California Names Chairman
Feb 27 2023 // Aspire General Insurance, based in Rancho Cucamonga, California, named Byron Storms chairman of the board. Storms has worked in senior leadership positions, including president of National General. He joined Aspire General...
California Wildfire Innovation Fund Getting $25M Boost
Feb 23 2023 // A California fund to encourage wildfire innovation and lower the severity and frequency of catastrophic wildfire is getting a $25 million boost. Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group made a $25 million commitment...
California High Schoolers to Learn Insurance Under Mandatory Finance Education Bill
Feb 21 2023 // How many adults not in the insurance industry can explain the risks financial loss and how insurance shares that risk, or identify factors impacting insurance premiums and grasp the relationship between premiums,...
California Airport, 50K in Bay Area Lose Power Due to Fire
Feb 21 2023 // A power substation fire temporarily caused outages at the Oakland International Airport and left 50,000 customers around the east San Francisco Bay Area without electricity Sunday, Oakland fire officials said. The Oakland...
