Judge Sanctions Applied Underwriters’
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 …
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Applied Underwriters Appeals to Supreme Court $10,000 Case
Business to business litigation usually doesn’t get much attention. It is a given that those who engage in commerce will on occasion also need to engage an attorney and ask …
American Labor Alliance Tilting at Windmills
A state administrative law judge is taking official judicial notice of a federal Department of Labor letter that strips the American Labor Alliance of its union designation. ALA officials are …
Applied Underwriters’ Fights CDI Cease & Desist
Another legal battle between Applied Underwriters’ and its EquityComp program and the California Department of Insurance. This one more than a year in the making. CDI is set to square …
American Labor Alliance Loses Again
American Labor Alliance is fighting multiple cease and desist orders from the California Department of Insurance. It has been ordered it to stop selling [not insurance but] what it claims …
Frightening Financial & Reserving Details Emerge
Here is the story of an organization selling what it calls “Workers’ Comp Benefits” not insurance to hundreds of California employers mostly in hazardous classes including staffing companies, farm labor …
EquityComp’s Questionable Legality Losing Business for Applied
Questions about the legality of the central document in the EquityComp and SolutionOne workers’ comp programs is costing Applied Underwriters’ accounts – lots of them according to the Berkshire Hathaway …
Applied Appeals To Avoid Arbitration
Applied Underwriters’ disputes with insureds in its SolutionOne and EquityComp workers’ comp programs typically follow a pattern: Applied attempts to enforce the arbitration provisions in its potentially illegal and controversial …