All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 7 2014 // Adopting a state-mandated workers’ compensation prescription drug formulary similar to systems in place in Texas and Washington could reduce California workers’ comp pharmacy payments by between $124 million...
Oct 6 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named David Wiesner managing principle and regional director in EPIC’s employee benefits consulting division.Wiesner will focus on growing EPIC’s employee benefits...
Oct 6 2014 // Eric Lee, 64, of Orange County, Calif., was arrested last week by the California Department of Insurance and charged with 20 felony counts, including grand theft and allegedly providing false or misleading information to...
Oct 6 2014 // When it comes to California earthquake insurance, affordability is in the eye of the beholder. Californians are not convinced that earthquake risk is sufficient to warrant the purchase of products that are currently...
Oct 6 2014 // Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 2064, which aims to change the way Californians learn about earthquake insurance for their homes.Under California law, insurers that sell residential property insurance also must...
Oct 6 2014 // Recently the California Court of Appeals provided an excellent summary of the duties of insurance agents and brokers under California law. See Mark Tanner Const., Inc. v. HUB Int’l. Ins. Services, Inc., 224...
Oct 6 2014 // The wife and sons of former San Diego Chargers defensive back Paul Oliver are taking legal action against the NFL for wrongful death, blaming sports-related concussions for his suicide last year.The suit was filed in late...
Oct 3 2014 // Opponents of Proposition 45 on the upcoming California ballot like to draw a comparison with Proposition 103, the state’s primary auto insurance law.So do its backers. Prop. 45 seems to have slipped in the polls. A...
Oct 3 2014 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, and Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services announced that JLT USA will be purchasing part of Alliant’s...
Oct 2 2014 // The city of Novato and other defendants have settled a lawsuit by the family of a 12-year-old California girl who was struck and killed by a SUV while riding her bicycle home from school two years ago. The Marin...
Oct 2 2014 // California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill requiring certain types of limousines to have two fire extinguishers and undergo regular safety checks.Brown announced Tuesday that he signed SB611 by Democratic Sen. Jerry...
Oct 2 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to weigh whether to revive certain claims made in a class action lawsuit filed by employees against utility Edison International over its pension plan management.The nine justices...
Oct 1 2014 // James Levice Davis Junious, 33, was arrested for allegedly collecting more than $60,000 in workers’ compensation benefits he was not entitled to receive. Junious was charged with five felony counts including...
Oct 1 2014 // Stone Creek Insurance Agency in Lafayette, Calif. has hired Mia Pickens and George Lazar to help increase personal lines revenue and service.Pickens will serve as the personal lines account manager. Her main role will be...
Sep 30 2014 // Pet insurers must disclose important information regarding their policies, standardize definitions, and provide consumers with a 30-day “free look” period, under a bill signed into law by California Gov. Jerry...
Sep 30 2014 // The city of Fresno and the man who pleaded no contest in the drunken driving hit-and-run death of a 7-year-old California boy have agreed to pay the youth’s family more than $1 million to settle a civil lawsuit.The...
Sep 30 2014 // It was 2:28 p.m. in Munich on Sept. 26, and Bill Gross, in charge of $2 trillion as chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., had just announced that he was joining Janus Capital Group Inc., a...
Sep 26 2014 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has appointed Peter Guastamachio as its chief financial officer.Guastamachio had been acting CFO since November 2013, and also serves as chief investment officer. As...
Sep 26 2014 // A huge wildfire in northeast California has run up a firefighting tab in excess of $50 million and become the second priciest blaze in the state this year, officials said.The King Fire east of Sacramento has cost some $53...
Sep 25 2014 // The wife and sons of former San Diego Chargers defensive back Paul Oliver are taking legal action against the NFL for wrongful death, blaming sports-related concussions for his suicide last year.The suit was filed Monday...