The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal handed Applied Underwriters and its California Insurance Company another defeat in its ongoing legal fight with the California Department of Insurance. It reaffirmed that …
By Workers’ Comp Executive State regulation of insurance was dealt a sharp blow this week. No, it wasn’t because of any action in Congress or a pronouncement from the Federal …
Administrative law judges at the California Department of Insurance in recent weeks have held three evidentiary hearings in disputes between California employers and Applied Underwriters/California Insurance Company, and the understaffed …
The California Department of Insurance’s chief administrative law judge just issued a ruling that could speed resolution of a lot of cases against Applied Underwriters. It was a significant loss …
Two California employer went head to head in mandatory arbitration with Applied Underwriters over its EquityComp program. They won according to court filings seeking affirmation of the awards for $550,093 …
In an important citable decision, a California Court of Appeal rejected Applied’s arguments to compel arbitration and upheld a finding that the arbitration provision in the reinsurance participation agreement (RPA) …
A federal district court judge struck a fundamental set of allegations in a proposed class-action lawsuit filed by three California employers against Applied Underwriters and its EquityComp and SolutionOne programs …
Applied Underwriters is asking a federal district court to vacate an arbitrator’s decision that it lost. Arbitration found Applied owes thousands of dollars to a former employer in its EquityComp …