California legislators are considering a bill aimed at reigning in the use of compound drugs in workers’ compensation claims. According to Assembly Bill 378, existing law provides that it is unlawful for a physician to refer a person for specified …
A CWCI Research Spotlight Report on the use of fentanyl – the most potent Schedule II opioid – in California workers’ comp finds that More than 1 out of every 5 injured workers in California who are prescribed Schedule II …
California legislators are considering whether to allow certain insurance policies and disclosures to be consolidated into one document, printed in smaller type. Currently, the law requires an insurer, upon receiving notice of a claim, to immediately, but not more than …
Modesto, Calif.-based Capax Management and Insurance Services has made several promotions. Joel Geddes III has been named an officer of Capax and vice president of special risks at Giddings, Corby, Hynes Inc. He joined Capax in 2004 and was most …
Risk Placement Services Insurance Brokers has made two additions to its RPS Crawley Warren office in San Francisco. Carolyn Wong has been named area vice president. She brings more than 30 years of personal lines experience in the areas of …
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) has announced that California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones will be in attendance as a special guest at the IICF Annual Benefit Dinner being held Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the Four Seasons Hotel, San …
Larry Ellison is famous for wanting to be in charge, so perhaps it is no surprise that when jury duty came calling, Oracle’s chief executive served as the foreman. And for a woman who slipped in diesel fuel at a …
EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Edward J. Reidy as principal. Reidy brings 30 years of Fortune 50, Big Five professional services, early stage technology/organic food enterprise and risk …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved a filing by Sequoia Insurance Co. to offer Pay-as-You-Drive auto insurance coverage. The Monterey, Calif.-based firm joins Automobile Club of Southern California and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance in offering this program to …
While California may have survived this past winter’s storms, experts are urging businesses and residents to consider flood insurance. The state’s winters storms left behind a massive snow pack 165 percent greater than normal, and reservoirs across the state are …
