Georgia Business Owner Sentenced in $54M California Workers’ Comp Fraud March 13, 2023 Wesley Owens, 54, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Beau Wilson, 38, also of Atlanta, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts...
California Fines Online Health Provider $3.2M over Claims Practices February 8, 2023 The Pill Club Holdings Inc. (dba The Pill Club) paid $3.2 million after the California Department of Insurance alleged it...
Supreme Court Won’t Take up Applied Suit Against California Department of Insurance January 24, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit from Applied Underwriters Inc. over a decision by the California...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Allegedly Stealing $90K January 13, 2023 Sally Nava Kanarek, 76, of Huntington Beach, was arrested this week on multiple felony counts of financial elder abuse, grand...
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced After Embezzling Clients’ Premium Payments December 27, 2022 Anaiza Villarreal Lopez, 30, of McFarland, California was sentenced in Kern County Superior Court on one count of grand theft...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested in Alleged $100K Investment Scam December 12, 2022 Gautam Arora, 38, of Tustin, California, was arrested on 11 felony counts of securities violations and money laundering after a...
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Theft December 9, 2022 Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was sentenced this week after pleading no contest...
Viewpoint: California Regulatory System Hurting Independent Agents and Their Clients November 29, 2022 By John Norwood Millions of California insurance consumers are being adversely affected and incurring higher costs of insurance due to the malfunctioning insurance...
California Department of Insurance Investigation Leads to Arraignment Bail Agents November 22, 2022 Unlicensed bail agent Jimmy Mai, 35, of Irvine, and licensed bail agent Jonathan Lahmani, 42, of Orange, California, were each...
Viewpoint: A New California Law Means New Obligations for Insurance Producers November 16, 2022 By Mark Robinson Recent action by California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be of real interest to insurance agents and brokers doing business in...