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 …
In the settlement agreement between Applied Underwriters’ and the California Department of Insurance Applied Underwriters specifically agreed to and affirmed the precedential nature of the Shasta Linen decision. As a …
It’s an all too familiar story for California employers, but this time there’s a happy – for employers – twist. As always, the dispute revolves around workers’ compensation coverages and …