Workers’ Comp Executive is pleased to announce that the Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA) is recognizing the publication for its continued excellence in covering the controversies surrounding Applied Underwriters and …
A writ to strike down California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s overturning of decisions has been filed by two employers in San Francisco Superior Court. The comes on the heels of …
There is new a conflict between embattled California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Administrative law judges he has been overturning. Now, an administrative law judge (ALJ) who decided a …
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara interceded in another dispute between Applied Underwriters and a California insured and again issued his own amended decision that is viewed as beneficial to the carrier. …
The California Department of Insurance’s hearing bureau is making its way through a backlog of cases filed by former insureds in Applied Underwriters’ EquityComp program, but progress is fleeting. New …
Travelers Property Casualty Company of America is asking the Los Angeles County Superior Court to overturn a decision by former Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. Jones found that its large deductible …
The California Court of Appeal for the Sixth District says Applied Underwriters cannot force a former insured under its controversial EquityComp program to settle its disputes in arbitration. This is …
The New Jersey Department has ordered Applied Underwriters and various subsidiaries to show cause as to why its Continental Insurance Company subsidiary shouldn’t be suspended from transacting workers’ compensation insurance …