Zurich North America has relocated its Southwest regional office in Glendale, Calif., to downtown Los Angeles. The move affects roughly 150 personnel — executive management, underwriting (workers’ compensation, liability, auto, property, professional, directors & officers, surety, umbrella, railroad, health care, …
Paragon of Columbus, Ga., has joined the ISU Network. With 30 years of experience, ISU Paragon is a full-service agency that services the Southeast and specializes in group healthcare, garages, restaurants and contactors. ISU Paragon is owned by Michael Carmean, …
A controversy in the California workers’ compensation market over a revised provider contract threatens to erupt into an all-out legal brawl as doctors for injured workers and applicants’ attorneys take aim at the state’s largest carrier. The nonprofit State Compensation …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on July 8 the “successful implementation” of a court-approved rehabilitation plan for Majestic Insurance Co., a plan that has been opposed by New York officials and some of Majestic’s contractor customers. Designed to protect …
Buena Park, Calif.-based Freeway Insurance, a California provider of non-standard auto insurance and a subsidiary of New York-based Confie Seguros, announced that Joseph Waked has been named CEO of Freeway, replacing Freeway’s former CEO, John Klaeb, who has been named …
San Diego-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is the recipient of three awards from the Insurance Marketing and Communications Association (IMCA). The IMCA competition has been recognizing outstanding marketing and communications work in the insurance industry for more than 53 …
Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Inc. has agreed to pay $1.52 million in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that disclosed significant and systemic violations of the federal …
An uptick in consumer protection lawsuits against California insurance companies is widely expected in the wake of a state appellate decision allowing a policyholder to sue The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies over alleged unfair claims practices, legal observers said …
A Northern California family has been ordered to pay $750,000 for starting a wildfire that destroyed papers written by Albert Einstein. A jury last week ruled against Margaret Pavese, her husband, Lawrence, and her father-in-law in a negligence lawsuit. The …
A California bill that would allow state officials to reject rate increases proposed by health insurers has passed a key committee vote. The Senate Health Committee approved the measure in a 5-3 vote. The bill, AB52, now goes to the …
