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Atlas General, Accredited Surety to Offer Workers’ Comp Coverage in California
Aug 1 2018 // Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program administrator, has added an exclusive new workers’ compensation insurance program with Accredited Surety & Casualty Co. Accredited recently...
Another 2K California Homeowners Eligible for Retrofit Grants
Jul 31 2018 // More than 2,000 homeowners will get free money to retrofit their homes to help them better withstand earthquakes, according to the top official at the California Earthquake Authority. The homeowners were on a waiting list...
Cavignac & Associates in California Names Cortez Professional Liability Account Administrator
Jul 31 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Jasmin Divino Cortez an account administrator within the agency’s professional liability department. Cortez will provide support and assistance to the...
Northern California Wildfires Threaten 10,000 Homes
Jul 31 2018 // A pair of wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes in Northern California on Tuesday. The two fires straddling Mendocino and Lake counties had burned seven homes by Monday night...
California Supreme Court: Starbucks, Others Must Pay Workers for Off Clock Work
Jul 30 2018 // Starbucks and other employers in California must pay workers for minutes they routinely spend off the clock on tasks such as locking up or setting the store alarm, the state Supreme Court ruled. The unanimous ruling was a...
Northern California Wildfire Rages; More Deaths, Evacuations Reported
Jul 30 2018 // Thousands of dazed evacuees struggled to keep their emotions in check while trying to take care of themselves and their pets as a deadly wildfire in Northern California raged into its fourth day. Anna Noland, 49, was...
Northern California Wildfire Kills One; Hundreds Evacuate
Jul 27 2018 // At least one person died in a wildfire that swept through Northern California, destroying buildings and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate late Thursday. The blaze, which killed a bulldozer operator working on fire...
Fires, Floods & Heatwaves on 3 Continents: Blame the Jet Stream, a Warming World
Jul 27 2018 // Sweltering? Swimming? Choking on wildfire smoke? Blame it on the jet stream and a warming world. Kinked, buckled, stuck or stalled, it doesn’t matter how you describe it, the jet stream — the ribbon of wind...
Five Key Takeaways from California’s Watershed Privacy Law
Jul 27 2018 // California recently enacted a sweeping new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which is likely to have broad implications for organizations providing services to, or collecting data from, California...
California Workers’ Comp Changes Helping System, Division Chief Says
Jul 27 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv California’s workers’ compensation system has undergone numerous changes since the implementation of the sweeping reforms that started in 2013 with Senate Bill 863. In the last...
PG&E to California Governor on Fire Liability Plan: It’s Not Enough
Jul 26 2018 // California Governor Jerry Brown issued a plan this week to help the state’s embattled utilities facing liabilities from wildfires. For PG&E Corp., it’s not good enough. “It’s...
9 California Restaurants Cited for Failing to Provide Workers’ Comp
Jul 26 2018 // A joint enforcement strike force issued more than $200,000 in administrative fines to nine Contra Costa County, Calif. restaurants for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance. Investigators from the Contra...
California Governor Taking PG&E Closer to Fire Law Changes
Jul 25 2018 // California utility giants PG&E Corp. and Edison International are one step closer to changing a state law that has exposed them to billions of dollars in wildfire liabilities. Late Tuesday, California Gov. Jerry Brown...
California Wildfire Continues to Grow Near Yosemite
Jul 24 2018 // California firefighters worked in worsening heat Monday to contain a forest fire outside Yosemite National Park. The Ferguson Fire had scorched nearly 53 square miles of timber and brush in the Sierra Nevada west of...
What’s New in Today’s Construction Insurance Market
Jul 23 2018 // Brokers who specialize in the construction industry love their clients and are very committed to keeping up with their needs. Ask them, “So what’s new?” and the conversations inevitably veer off in...
Texas Stamping Office: National E&S Insurance Premium Up 9.4% at Mid-Year
Jul 23 2018 // Excess and surplus lines (E&S) insurance premium recorded by the 15 managing service offices in the United States increased 9.4 percent as of the 2018 mid-year point, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX)...
Warren G. Bender Co. in California Names Wood Personal Lines Manager
Jul 23 2018 // Warren G. Bender Co. in Northern California has named Jeffrey Wood manager of its personal lines department. He has 21 years of experience in personal insurance. He was previously an agent with Albano, Dale, Dunn &...
Study Examines California Worker’s Comp Prescription Drug Outcomes Under New Formulary
Jul 20 2018 // A new analysis offers a preliminary look at Utilization Review and Independent Medical Review outcomes involving pharmaceutical requests for California injured workers since the state implemented a workers’...
Lyft Will Beef Up Background Checks Following California Driver Arrest
Jul 20 2018 // Ridesharing company Lyft said Wednesday that it’s beefing up its background checks after a driver arrested for rape was found to be in the United States illegally. The company’s “enhanced detection...
California Suspect in Serial Rapes Was a Lyft Driver
Jul 19 2018 // Ridesharing company Lyft said this week that it’s investigating how a former driver now charged in a series of rapes passed a background check even though federal immigration officials say the suspect was living in...
