20 Injured In San Bernardino Bus Rollover
Nearly two dozen people were injured Sunday when a shuttle bus rolled over on California 330 in the San Bernardino Mountains, north of the city of Highland.
May 23, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
Frozen Produce Recall Involves Millions Of Packages, 3 Countries
Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry itll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers and check for products they may have bought as far back as 2014.
May 20, 2016
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
GM Testing Autonomous Chevy Bolts On Streets Of San Francisco
A spy photographer has come across a fleet of all-electric Chevy Bolts in San Francisco today that appear to be equipped with arrays of self-driving sensors, a sign that GM is already testing the electric cars that could be ferrying Lyft passengers around without drivers sometime in the next year.
May 20, 2016
Auto
Technology
California
BMW Sued Over Dangerous Mileage Boosting Feature In i3 Electric Vehicle
A U.S. owner of a BMW i3 has filed a lawsuit claiming that the German automakers electric vehicle can experience a sudden loss of power when a feature designed to nearly double its driving range is deployed. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court, seeks damages for i3 drivers nationwide and in California alone, or to force BMW to buy the vehicles back.
May 19, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Subrogation
California
Environmental Testing Reveals Toxic Metals Near Los Angeles Gas Leak
Homes located near a gas well blowout that spewed the nations largest-known release of methane had higher levels of toxic metals that could have caused symptoms Los Angeles residents have suffered from for months, public health officials said Friday.
May 18, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Poll Reveals 90% Of Businesses Experienced A Cyber Attack In The Last Year
Nine of ten businesses experienced at least one hacking incident in the past year, according to a survey of business risk managers released today by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re.
May 17, 2016
Liability
Risk Management
Technology
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Employee On Total Temporary Disability Seen Weightlifting
An Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) group counselor sentenced today for defrauding over $30,000 from the County of Orange by making fraudulent statements relating to his workers compensation claim.
May 17, 2016
Fraud
Workers' Compensation
California
Following Service At Jiffy Lube, Wheels Fly Off During Test Drive
It began as a routine Thursday for Carl Brewer. He dropped off his daughter at day care and headed to the Jiffy Lube on Oak Street to get his brakes replaced before heading into work. "Seemed like a routine job," he commented.
May 17, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
18 Walk Away From Small Plane Crash In California
A skydiving plane carrying more than a dozen people crashed near Lodi, but only the pilot of the plane that landed upside down was injured. The Federal Aviation Administration is saying just minutes after takeoff, the pilot had engine problems, turning what was supposed to be a thrilling skydiving adventure turned into a very different wild ride.
May 16, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Amtrak Train Collides With Pickup, Three Dead
Three men were killed Friday when their pickup was struck by a northbound Amtrak passenger train near Avenue 9 in Madera County. The impact of the crash pulverized the truck, splitting it into pieces that were spread hundreds of feet from the point of impact.
May 16, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
Schwarzenegger Talks Risk At California Insurance Industry Trends Seminar
Actor and former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at a California insurance industry trends forum this week in order to discuss certain central topics such as that of risk.
May 12, 2016
Education & Training
California
Dozens Involved In Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Arrested In California
In one of the largest arrest operations in Fresno history, detectives from the California Department of Insurance fanned out across the valley and southland areas to arrest more than two dozen people on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly staging auto collisions to scam more than four insurance companies out of tens of thousands of dollars.
May 12, 2016
Auto
Fraud
California
$3M Worth Of Laptops Stolen In Los Angeles Cargo Heist
Armed thieves tied up a guard at a Los Angeles warehouse and stole more than 7,000 laptop computers worth millions of dollars, according to police. Los Angeles police said the heist started when a gunman confronted a security guard posted at the gate of a warehouse near 190th Street and Western Avenue in the Harbor Gateway area late Friday evening.
May 12, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
California Business Buried By Fraudulent Comp Claims, Soaring Premiums
Suzie Kim had a hunch that something was wrong. Janitors from her Los Angeles cleaning company flocked to many of the same medical providers for work injuries over and over again.
May 11, 2016
Fraud
Workers' Compensation
California
Small Plane Crash Lands On Roof Of Industrial Building
A small plane crashed on the roof of a building in Southern California Sunday afternoon, sending one person to the hospital.
The single-engine Piper PA-28 went down under unknown circumstances and ended up on top of a state parole building in Pomona, east of Los Angeles.
May 9, 2016
Liability
California
The single-engine Piper PA-28 went down under unknown circumstances and ended up on top of a state parole building in Pomona, east of Los Angeles.



