All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 15 2016 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has issued a report that shows the share of drug payments made directly to dispensing physicians compared with pharmacies fell by 20 percent over three...
Sep 15 2016 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that Charlie Rosson will step down as CEO effective Dec. 31.Woodruff-Sawyer’s board of directors has formed a search committee to identify...
Sep 14 2016 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Mike Riis a junior account executive. Riis initially will be trained to service existing clients, educate them on risk preventative measures, and recommend...
Sep 14 2016 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Crys Blankenship an executive vice president in its healthcare practice.Blankenship will provide insurance and risk management solutions to a nationwide...
Sep 14 2016 // CompWest Insurance has launched workers’ compensation insurance for artisan contractors in California and Utah. The program targets artisan construction operations with annual premiums between $25,000 and $250,000 in...
Sep 13 2016 // La Jolla, Calif.-based program administrator Prospect General Insurance Agency announced its tribunalization by Lloyd’s of London. Being named a coverholder allows Prospect General access to the Lloyd’s...
Sep 13 2016 // Rancho Cucamonga, CA, September 13, 2016 – The BIG Independent Group (www.biginsusa.com), an association of independent insurance agents and brokers, announced the winners of its “BIGGIE Awards” at the groups...
Sep 12 2016 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. has named Meagan Felish a technology specialist. Felish has experience in online enrollment systems. Felish previously worked at Beal Benefits in Scottsdale,...
Sep 12 2016 // Confie, a national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired the BMR Agency LLC dba First Stop Insurance in Washington Park, Ill. First Stop Insurance specializes in non-standard auto insurance. The...
Sep 12 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. doesn’t appear ready to walk away from further negotiations with its drivers in their dispute over whether they should be treated as employees rather than independent contractors.Three weeks...
Sep 9 2016 // An Orange County, California court has given the state’s Department of Insurance a stunning smack down in a long-running case about the “broker fees” charged by some insurance agents. The complicated case...
Sep 9 2016 // Two employees laid off by the parent company of Indiana-based for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute have filed a lawsuit claiming the company violated federal law by not providing 60 days’ notice.Allen...
Sep 9 2016 // The last of three Southern California schools closed two years ago after asbestos was found has reopened following a complete overhaul.The Orange County Register reported Lake View Elementary opened its doors Wednesday to...
Sep 8 2016 // The American Insurance Association is asking California Gov. Jerry Brown to sign into law a bill that would exempt large employers from waiting for insurance commissioner approval of ancillary agreements that are part of...
Sep 7 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s arbitration agreements were largely ruled by an appeals court to be valid and enforceable in a blow to driver efforts to secure the benefits and protections of employees in California.The...
Sep 7 2016 // The governing committee of California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday approved an amended, and reduced, rate filing for Jan. 1, 2017 workers’ compensation rates.It did so...
Sep 6 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday approved an order agreed to by California Insurance Co. and Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company Inc. under which they will stop selling workers’...
Sep 6 2016 // Volkswagen AG’s agreement with California to resolve unfair competition claims tied to the company’s emissions-cheating scandal won final approval from the federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits in the...
Sep 6 2016 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Tina Perchetti vice president and shareholder.Perchetti provides clients in northeastern Nevada with commercial insurance products and risk management services. She...
Sep 6 2016 // The California Department of Industrial Relations announced in late August that $600 million in liens were filed against injured employees’ claims for workers’ compensation benefits by convicted or criminally...