All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 24 2016 // Oscar Health Insurance Corp. CEO Mario Schlosser has found the strategy he says will build his startup into a million-customer player in the health insurance industry: use tight, exclusive networks with hospitals to sell...
Feb 23 2016 // Lockton Pacific has named Suzy R. Betterly as a vice president, and consultant in in San Diego, Calif.She will be responsible for delivering solutions to clients’ benefits programs. Betterly has more than 17 years of...
Feb 23 2016 // Anthony John Diaz, 35, was arraigned today in the Fresno County Superior Court in California to answer charges that he allegedly stole insurance premiums from policyholders.Diaz was arrested earlier this month by...
Feb 22 2016 // Oklahoma lawmakers are in the early stages of considering legislation to create a state-level “earthquake reinsurance program” that its author claims will be modeled on the California Earthquake Authority.S.B....
Feb 22 2016 // California workers’ compensation claim severity continues to increase, while claims frequency declines, according a newly released report.The latest California hospital report benchmarking workers’ comp costs...
Feb 19 2016 // Federal emergency officials reported Tuesday a surge in the number of California residents who have purchased flood insurance, most likely in response to a rainy El Niño winter.Officials with the Federal Emergency...
Feb 18 2016 // An examination of California workers’ compensation independent medical review decisions shows roughly nine-in-10 of disputed medical service requests reviewed by an IMR physician agree with the utilization review...
Feb 18 2016 // A picturesque town in the San Ramon Valley, Calif. has banned residents from operating short-term rentals.The Contra Costa Times reported that Danville’s town council voted 4-to-1 Tuesday to prohibit rentals of fewer...
Feb 18 2016 // Southern California Gas Co pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges it waited three days to report a huge methane leak that has forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes, officials for the...
Feb 17 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has reached an agreement with Allstate Insurance Co. and Allstate Indemnity Insurance to reduce the carrier’s homeowner insurance rates statewide by an average of 12.6...
Feb 17 2016 // More than 49 million personal information records of California residents were compromised in 657 data breaches from 2012 to 2015, state Attorney General Kamala Harris said in a report citing tips on how people and...
Feb 12 2016 // William Guthrie was named chief risk officer, and Melissa Kaufman was named vice president of product development of Menlo Park, Calif.-based Pacific Specialty Insurance Co.Pacific Specialty is part of the McGraw Group of...
Feb 12 2016 // Ellen Sims Langille was named general counsel of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. Langille will manage the CWCI’s internal and external legal affairs. She will also serve as staff liaison to the...
Feb 12 2016 // A Northern California man has pleaded guilty to defrauding an Indian tribe for millions of dollars as part of a workers’ compensation scam.The Sacramento Bee reported that 46-year-old Gregory Chmielewski last month...
Feb 12 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. said it will pay $28.5 million to settle claims that a $1 “safe rides fee” charged to riders was misleading because its background checks on drivers aren’t as rigorous as the...
Feb 12 2016 // Zenefits has been under investigation by the California Department of Insurance since last year, the state agency disclosed, saying the resignation of co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Parker Conrad earlier this week...
Feb 11 2016 // Mulholland Insurance and MCV Insurance has merged operations with Leavitt United Insurance Services. Both agencies are based in California. MCV Insurance is based in Lodi, and Mulholland Insurance is based in Elk...
Feb 10 2016 // When agency consultants at Reagan Consulting hosted more than 150 industry leaders at a workshop on agent/broker mergers and acquisitions (M&A) recently, the mood was upbeat, since brokers are enjoying their best...
Feb 10 2016 // In Jokkmokk, a tiny hamlet just north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, where temperatures can dip to 50 below, Volvo Cars’ self-driving XC90 sport-utility vehicle met its match: frozen flakes that caked on radar...
Feb 9 2016 // Southern California is in for another day of increased fire danger as gusty Santa Ana winds and unseasonably warm temperatures bring down humidity levels.The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for large...