A California Court of Appeals has ruled that the state’s primary workers’ compensation insurer cannot deny an occupational medical clinic from its preferred provider network because it impaired the provider’s ability to practice occupational medicine in Fresno. In Palm Medical …
A bill that would help to clarify when an insurance professional is acting in the capacity of a broker versus an agent in California is scheduled come before the state Assembly Insurance Committee no later than April 16, according to …
Arizona’s Court of Appeals has ruled that an administrative law judge erred in finding that an off-duty police officer’s gunshot injury in the course of protecting a friend was not due workers’ compensation because the officer’s employment rules required him …
Three insurance associations are urging Californians to contact their legislators to oppose a bill that they say would influence where consumers get their vehicles repaired following an accident. The bill, SB 1167 by Senator Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, is scheduled …
A California Court of Appeals has allowed policyholders in the Farmers Insurance Exchanges to question alleged excessiveness of management fees charged to them by Farmers Group Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services. In Benjamin J. Fogel, et …
Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has proposed a new workplace rule to protect workers from heat-related illness when working outdoors in hot weather. This proposal is significantly different from the temporary rules L&I used the past two summers …
There is a small contingent of independent insurance agents who aren’t sure they’ve found their permanent career yet. About 20 percent of young agents in a recent Insurance Journal survey said they had already decided against a permanent career as …
Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West is aiming to hit the jackpot with the industry’s younger set, by moving its annual IBA West’s Young Brokers & Agents conference to Las Vegas in 2008. The professional conference is scheduled for …
San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Yim Cowett has ordered Starbucks to pay more than $100 million in tip pool money to employees because she said the coffee chain used tip money to pay shift supervisors, a practice that violates …
Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services is proposing to permanently adopt a temporary rule that reduces fees for license examinations and reexaminations for insurance producers, adjusters and insurance consultants. DCBS also is proposing to change the biennial renewal date …
