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California Workers’ Comp Self-Insured Claims Flat in 2019, But Incurred Losses Rose $35M
Jul 13 2020 // California workers’ compensation private self-insured claim frequency was relatively stable in 2019 as the incidence of medical-only and lost-time claims registered only marginal declines after increasing in 2017 and...
California Labor Commissioner Sues Gig Car Wash for Misclassifying Workers
Jul 13 2020 // The Labor Commissioner’s Office has filed a lawsuit against a gig-economy car wash company in Southern California for violating labor laws by misclassifying employees as independent contractors. Mobile Wash Inc. of...
California Nursing Home Hit Hard by Coronavirus
Jul 13 2020 // A Northern California nursing home hit hard by a deadly coronavirus outbreak is a highly rated facility. But even with a good track record, it wasn’t prepared to combat the coronavirus when it arrived. At least 17...
HUB Employee in California Suing Firm for Discrimination During Pandemic Lockdown
Jul 10 2020 // A former insurance account executive in California has filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired from her job in retaliation for complaining about discrimination against her by a supervisor who didn’t like her caring...
Wrongful Death Suit in California Claims Guard Kept Knee on Man’s Neck
Jul 10 2020 // The parents of a California man who died while being detained on suspicion of trespassing at Sacramento’s basketball arena has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging a security guard kept his knee on the...
United Valley Insurance Services in California Adds Peart
Jul 10 2020 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. in Fresno, Calif., has named Kathy Peart a marketing specialist. Peart is focused on assisting members on marketing and placing workers’ compensation accounts with carriers. She...
Miami Halts Indoor Dining as Florida Hospitals Approach Capacity
Jul 8 2020 // Hospitals rapidly approached capacity across the Sunbelt, and the Miami area closed indoor dining at restaurants and gyms again because of the surging coronavirus Monday, as the U.S. emerged from a Fourth of July weekend...
Cannasure Adds McErlean in California as Director of Business Development
Jul 8 2020 // Cannasure Insurance Services has named Jim McErlean director of business development. McErlean will be based in the Redondo Beach, Calif., office. He has more than 20 years of sales, product and distribution management...
California Firefighters Battling Blazes in North and South
Jul 7 2020 // California firefighters are battling large wildfires in Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties. A fire that has burned more than 2.3 square miles north of Gilroy was 15% contained as of Monday, and a smaller fire east of...
PG&E Exits Bankruptcy, Pays $5B into California Wildfire Fund
Jul 6 2020 // Pacific Gas & Electric has emerged from a contentious bankruptcy saga that began after its long-neglected electrical grid ignited wildfires in California that killed more than 100 people. The nation’s largest...
Understanding Risk in a Decade of Natural Catastrophes
Jul 6 2020 // In the past 10 years, the U.S. has seen 121 events produce damage in excess of $1 billion. Globally, this escalates with many more events around the world. From major hurricanes and floods, to annual severe weather,...
California Insurance Department Says Premium Relief Has Saved Drivers $1.2B
Jul 6 2020 // California automobile insurance companies have agreed to provide $1.21 billion in savings to drivers, the state insurance department says. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in May issued an order requiring insurers to...
Southern California Edison Sued Over Oktoberfest Explosions
Jul 6 2020 // A Southern California restaurant owner who was among five injured when an underground transformer exploded during an Oktoberfest celebration last year is suing Southern California Edison. Flames shot into the sky from the...
California Workers’ Comp Direct Written Premium Continued to Fall Last Year, Report Shows
Jul 6 2020 // California workers’ compensation total direct written premium continued to decline in 2019, falling 7.0% to a five-year low of $11.42 billion, as nine out of the state’s 10 largest insurer groups wrote less...
Insurer Group Warns About California Bill Mandating Business Interruption Coverage
Jul 2 2020 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association is opposing legislation that would create a rebuttable presumption that the COVID-19 virus caused property damage triggering business interruption coverage in commercial...
Just Auto in California Secures $5.7M Seed Financing Led by ManchesterStory
Jul 1 2020 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based SF Insuretech Inc., the parent company of Just Auto Insurance, on Wednesday announced a $5.7 million seed funding round. ManchesterStory led the round, with additional investments from CEO and...
California Commissioner Launches Diversity Initiative, Names COIN Board Members
Jul 1 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday announced the launched an “Invest in Our Diverse Communities” initiative to identify diverse woman-, veteran-, LGBTQ, Latinx, Asian Pacific Islander,...
Wildfire Burns 20 Homes in Southern California Desert Town
Jul 1 2020 // A wind-driven wildfire destroyed homes and forced evacuations as it tore through a rural Southern California desert town near the Salton Sea, authorities said. The fire erupted Sunday evening in Niland, a small and poor...
California Governor Orders Bars in 7 California Counties to Close
Jun 30 2020 // Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Los Angeles, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Paid $4.6B Medical, $3.8B Indemnity Losses in 2019
Jun 30 2020 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released its report on workers’ comp losses and expenses for 2019. Findings in the WCIRB report, 2019 California Workers’ Compensation...
