All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For stories focused on particular regions click on the respective links below.The national “epidemic” of opioid usage has...
May 17 2013 // Five Northern California residents were arrested by California Department of Insurance fraud investigators and booked into the Sacramento County jail and charged with multiple felony counts related to alleged insurance...
May 15 2013 // The state Senate passed a bill that would require California ski resorts to prepare an annual safety plan and post those reports on their websites.Lawmakers passed SB564 on a 24-8 partisan vote. The bill by Democratic Sen....
May 15 2013 // Managing General Agency Tangram Insurance Services has named Rekha Skantharaja president. Skantharaja will be working to expand the company’s existing programs, as well as to develop new programs...
May 13 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Kris Beale an employee benefits division senior compliance consultant in its San Francisco, Calif. office. Beale will assist EPIC clients with federal, state, and local health care...
May 10 2013 // Leavitt Central Coast Insurance Services named Mike Hungrecker as a financial advisor in central California. Hungrecker has more than 20 years of experience. He specializes in retirement planning, life insurance, and...
May 10 2013 // A jury has awarded $8.8 million to the family of a robber who was shot and killed by a police officer east of Los Angeles in Culver City.The Los Angeles Times reported a federal jury issued the verdict on Wednesday....
May 10 2013 // The California agency overseeing national health care reforms was granted sweeping authority to conceal spending on contractors that will perform most of its functions. The degree of secrecy the Legislature gave Covered...
May 9 2013 // California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Thursday filed an enforcement action against JPMorgan Chase & Co. alleging the bank engaged in fraudulent and unlawful debt-collection practices against tens of thousands...
May 8 2013 // The limousine that burst into flames and killed five women in Northern California wasn’t required to undergo a state safety inspection, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News.The limo burst into flames on...
May 7 2013 // As a horde of bills that’s introduced each year wends their way through both houses of California’s Legislature, a few people in the insurance industry are watching closely an innocuous looking bill with simple...
May 7 2013 // Insurance Incorporated has opened an office in Upland, Calif. to serve business owners and consumers located in San Bernardino County and surrounding areas. The office will be led by Tom Thomas, who has 30 years’...
May 7 2013 // Rockwood Programs has implemented underwriting guideline changes to its P&C Agents E&O program. The modifications will result in a rate decrease in the states of California, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Texas. The...
May 7 2013 // One of Disneyland’s most popular rides has reopened after the company declined to appeal a workplace safety case.The attraction was closed in April after state officials said safety rules were violated when a...
May 7 2013 // The California agency investigating a deadly pipeline explosion and the City of San Bruno are set to propose major fines they say Pacific Gas & Electric Co. should pay for its negligence leading up to the blast.The...
May 7 2013 // SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC named Andrew Anson director of marketing and communications to its Irvine, Calif. office. Anson has more than 20 years of experience in financial services marketing and business...
May 6 2013 // RENO, Nev.-based EMPLOYERS named Bradley N. Hatfield vice president of underwriting for strategic partnerships and alliances.He will be based out of EMPLOYERS’ office in Glendale, Calif. He has more than 25 years of...
May 6 2013 // Ashton Kutcher’s production company has settled a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles over a planned reality series focusing on the agency’s offices.Court records in Los Angeles show...
May 6 2013 // Professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states would no longer be able to file workers’ compensation claims in California under a bill that has passed the state Assembly.Supporters...
May 6 2013 // Investigators have ruled out arson as the cause of a huge Southern California wildfire that was 75 percent contained Sunday after burning through coastal mountains and threatening thousands of homes.Continuing cool, moist...