Commissioner Lara v Applied Underwriters Back In Court
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California Department of Insurance will be in federal Court next week asking the Court to dismiss yet another attempt by entities related to Applied …
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Applied Underwriters’ Anti-SLAPP Motion Rejected
A San Mateo Superior Court judge denied Applied Underwriters’ latest attempt to strike key portions of the California Department of Insurance’s rehabilitation plan for California Insurance Company. The order denying …
Proposed CIC Rehabilitation Plan Gains Employer Support
Employers aggrieved by Applied Underwriters’ and its California Insurance Company are lining up behind the California Department of Insurance’s proposed rehabilitation plan for carrier. The plan includes particular provisions for settling the numerous legal disputes surrounding the EquityComp and SolutionOne workers’ comp programs. The unilateral plan developed by the California Department of Insurance’s Conservation and …
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2020’s Biggest Workers’ Comp Stories – A Year In Review
Workers’ Comp Executive launches each new year with the publication of a list of the “Top Stories” from the prior 12 months. Some years are more newsworthy than others, but we certainly had some doozies during what was our 30th year covering the California workers’ comp industry. Beset by the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Newsom followed …
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🚨 APPLIED UNDERWRITERS’ / CIC KICKED OUT
Applied Underwriters’ / California Insurance Company CDI TRASHES MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOR ARRANGES TO SETTLE LITIGATION KICKS THEM OUT OF THE STATE The California Department of Insurance’s Conservation and Liquidation Office …
Court Limits CDI’s Authority In Contract Disputes
The Fourth District Court of Appeal says the California Department of Insurance’s administrative law judges and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara do not have the authority to decide breach of contract disputes through the administrative hearing process. The decision came in a 12-year-old premium audit case, but observers say the findings apply broadly to the common …
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BIG DECISION: Travelers Loses Unfiled Side Agreements Case
“The big takeaway from this is that under Insurance Code section 11737, the Commissioner has the authority to review pretty much anything that affects what the insured pays for insurance,” says attorney Ryan Salsig with the firm Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani. The California Insurance Commissioner’s authority to require carriers to file key policy documents …
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Travelers, CDI Heading To Court
Attorneys representing the California Department of Insurance and The Travelers will be in a Los Angeles courtroom next month to continue a nearly four-year-old dispute over what the Department says is the the illegality of the unfiled side agreements Travelers used in its large deductible workers’ comp program. Former Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued a …
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