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Owner Watched As Mudslide Quietly Destroyed San Rafael Home

The owner of a San Rafael home demolished by a massive mudslide Tuesday morning compared witnessing his house get leveled to “watching a weird movie.”
February 8, 2017 Property California

2 In Critical Condition Following School Bus Crash

Ten students were injured - one critically - after a school bus and a vehicle crashed in Lancaster, fire officials said on Tuesday. The solo occupant of the vehicle was listed in critical condition.
February 7, 2017 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability California

Haze Surrounds Marijuana Use And Workers’ Compensation

It’s a topic that gets much buzz — how will the cloud of legislation surrounding recreational and medical marijuana use affect businesses, specifically when it comes to compensability for workers’ compensation?
February 6, 2017 Legislation & Regulation Workers' Compensation Alaska Arkansas California Colorado District Of Columbia

2 Dead, 2 Critically Injured After Van Falls From Overpass Onto LA Freeway

Two women died and two men were transported in critical condition after a crash on the 101 Freeway Saturday, officials said. The incident occurred just before 8 p.m. on the southbound side of the freeway, north of Highland Avenue and close to Barham Boulevard, after a van breached a barrier near the Barham Boulevard overpass, according to the L.A. Fire Department.
February 6, 2017 Auto Liability California

Will Insurance Cover $750 Million Tilting Tower?

Nina Agabian, a retired director of research in global health science at the University of California, bought a 29th-floor apartment in San Francisco’s Millennium Tower in 2010. “It was supposed to be a wonderful building,” she said in January, sitting in a leather chair in the building’s vast, low-lit, owner’s-club level.
February 2, 2017 Liability Litigation California

Owners Sink Sportfishing Boat In Attempted Insurance Fraud

Two men pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court Wednesday to conspiring to sink their 57-foot sportfishing charter boat in an insurance scam.
February 2, 2017 Marine Salvage California

Popular Chewing Tobacco Brands Recalled Over Metal Fragments

Putting smokeless tobacco in your mouth is one thing, putting smokeless tobacco containing metal fragments in your mouth is another. After receiving several reports of customers finding metal objects in their tobacco cans, tobacco giant Altria is recalling several of its most popular brands.
February 2, 2017 Life & Health Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Five Best Practices To Ensure The Injured Worker Comes First

Putting the injured worker first is key to the “advocacy-based claims model,” which puts the worker at the center of all activity. “It focuses on improving the injured worker’s experience. Until now, most employers have focused on corporate outcomes.
February 1, 2017 Workers' Compensation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Property/Casualty Insurer Profitability Slides

The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry in 2016 will likely post an underwriting loss for the first time in four years due to higher catastrophe losses, competitive market conditions and auto liability challenges, A.M. Best Co. Inc. said Monday.
January 31, 2017 Property Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Storm Damage Along California’s Central Coast Keeps Adjusters Busy

The series of storms that recently slammed the Central Coast have passed, but the work isn’t over for local insurance agencies that are seeing a lot of claims.
January 30, 2017 Property California

Two Issues Prompt Recalls Of Nearly 600K Volkswagen Vehicles

German carmaker Volkswagen will recall nearly 600,000 vehicles in the United States, most of them its premium Audi brand, over defects that could lead to fires or airbag malfunctions.
January 30, 2017 Auto Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Ford Recalls F-150 For Instrument Cluster, Focus For Chassis Integrity Issues

Ford just issued two new recalls, covering two wildly different vehicle segments. In fact, these two recalls exist on opposite ends of a number of spectrums.
January 27, 2017 Auto Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Marijuana Insurance Industry Is Taking Off Like Wildfire

This emerging market is rapidly growing strength throughout the United States with legalized cannabis. The marijuana insurance industry has exploded since certain forms and uses of medicinal cannabis received approval.
January 26, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

California Insurance Commissioner Wins Big For Consumer Protection

In a sweeping victory for consumers, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced the California Supreme Court, in a 7-0 decision, affirmed his authority against a major insurance industry legal challenge.
January 24, 2017 Legislation & Regulation Litigation Property California

Fear Of Flash Flooding, Mudslides Has California Residents Evacuating

Southern California residents have evacuated neighborhoods below hillsides scarred by wildfires as the third — and largest — in the latest series of storms brings powerful rain and warnings about flash flooding and possible mudslides.
January 23, 2017 Property California
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