Apparent Road-Rage Crash In Santa Clarita Captured On Cellphone Video
An apparent road-rage crash involving a motorcyclist and the driver of a sedan was captured on cellphone video Wednesday morning on the 14 Freeway in Santa Clarita.
June 26, 2017
Auto
Liability
California
SUV Crash-Lands Into Los Angeles Motel’s Pool
Eight people were injured Sunday night after an SUV crashed into a motel swimming pool in San Pedro. The crash was reported about 7:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Gaffey Street, according to preliminary information from Los Angeles police.
June 26, 2017
Auto
Liability
California
Wildfires Blazing Under Extreme Heat Out West
A series of wildfires is blazing across the Southwest as the chance of rain remains low amid a deadly heatwave. Eighteen large fires are burning in the region, including six in Arizona, three in Utah, three in California, three in New Mexico, two in Nevada and a large one in Oregon.
June 26, 2017
Property
Arizona
California
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
State Push To Adopt Workers Comp Formularies Sees Mixed Results
Recent state efforts to adopt drug formularies in workers compensation have experienced obstacles despite evidence that they can produce good results for states grappling with opioid addiction and reduce prescription costs, according to experts.
June 23, 2017
Legislation & Regulation
Workers' Compensation
California
Louisiana
New York
Pennsylvania
House Promptly Explodes After Contractors Strike Gas Line
First responders were praising a SoCal Gas worker Tuesday night after he urged homeowners out of a Woodland Hills house moments before a gas explosion and fire gutted the structure.
June 21, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Subrogation
California
Insurer Battles Adult Actors’ HIV Claims
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund claims that it has no obligation to cover an adult movie studio that is defending lawsuits from John Doe, Cameron Adams, and Joshua Rodgers, three performers who claim that they contracted HIV during video shoots.
June 16, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Workers' Compensation
California
NICB’s 2016 Hot Spots Vehicle Theft Report
The Albuquerque, N.M. metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had the highest per capita auto theft rate in 2016 according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) latest Hot Spots report.
June 13, 2017
Auto
Alaska
California
Colorado
Montana
New Mexico
Berkshire-Owned Workers Compensation Insurance Scam Case Reaches Settlement
Applied Underwriters, an insurer owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has agreed to a workers compensation insurance case settlement. The agreement involves providing Californian consumers with full disclosure about the product.
June 12, 2017
Litigation
Workers' Compensation
California
In California, Interpreters Campaign Against Insurers Trying to Undercut Fees
A group of professional interpreters in California has intensified its fight against a provision in the state’s Labor Code that allows insurance companies or even doctors, lawyers, and judges to tap the services of “provisionally certified interpreters” if certified legal and medical interpreters are not available.
June 8, 2017
Workers' Compensation
California
Suspicious Fire Destroys Classic Car Collection
Firefighters were investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed three structures in the Agua Dulce area of Santa Clarita Monday morning.
May 31, 2017
Auto
Property
California
Crews Respond To Massive House Fire In Palm Springs
A Palm Springs home caught fire Wednesday afternoon, leading authorities to shut down local roadways as crews battled the blaze. Three people in the house were displaced from the home, including an elderly cancer patient would was pulled out by a relative.
May 26, 2017
Auto
Property
California
California Dept Of Insurance Investigating Automobile Premiums Discrimination
The California auto insurance industry may soon be changing the way its rates are calculated in order to reduce discrimination against drivers from minority neighborhoods. The California Department of Insurance launched an investigation into the practices of eight auto policy providers in the state.
May 24, 2017
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Risk Management
California
Driver Killed After Tanker Truck Explodes In Atwater, California
Fire crews are investigating a Tanker explosion in Atwater near Highway 99 that killed one person. About 200 people in the area were evacuated.
May 24, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Workers' Compensation
California
Nacho Cheese Sauce Sold At Gas Station Blamed For Botulism Death
One person has died of botulism after eating nacho cheese sauce from a Walnut Grove gas station, California health officials confirmed Monday.
May 23, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Litigation
California
Passenger Jet Collides With Truck On LAX Taxiway
An Aeromexico passenger jet collided with a utility truck on a taxiway of Los Angeles International Airport shortly after landing on Saturday, injuring eight employees who were aboard the truck, but no one on the plane was hurt, authorities said.
May 22, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
California
