California Asks Insurers to Spare Wildfire Victims ‘the List’
The state’s regulator wants insurance carriers to pay full policy limits without requiring victims to itemize every object in ...
State Farm Was All In on California—Until It Pulled the Plug Before the Fires
The insurer aggressively grew in Los Angeles, despite getting overweight on fire risk, but decided to cut thousands of ...
California Homeowners Could Get Payouts if Utility Company Started Fires
Southern California Edison's potential liability for the Eaton fire could lead to significant compensation for affected ...
Allstate expects $1.1 billion loss from California fires
Allstate insurance said it expects a $1.1 billion loss from claims caused by the wildfires that swept through Southern ...
The Keene Sentinel15d
Six ways to manage workers’ comp costs
Workers’ compensation, on average, costs about 1 percent of your total payroll according to a 2021 report from the National Academy of Social Insurance ... in the Granite State News Collaborative.
coloradopolitics15d
Privatizing Pinnacol: What could it mean for the insurance group, retirement and the state of Colorado
Jared Polis last November suggested allowing Pinnacol Assurance, the quasi-state workers compensation insurance company, to privatize. The privatization, assuming it happens, is a crucial part of the ...
Forbes16d
Workers’ Compensation Insurance: What Is It And How Does It Work?
For example, in California, you aren’t required ... This safety program could include: Employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance either through a state program or a private insurance ...
Forbes16d
Workers’ Compensation Insurance Cost
Key factors affecting workers’ compensation insurance premiums are your industry, payroll and claims history. Your state’s worker compensation laws will impact your workers’ compensation ...
JD Supra19d
DOL Clarifies That FMLA Paid Leave Substitution Rules Apply When Employees Receive State or Local Paid Leave Benefits
However, an employee and employer mutually may agree, subject to state law requirements, that employees may supplement or “top off” benefits from a disability or workers’ compensation ...
San Diego Union-Tribune22d
Will California insurance reforms be enough to stop insurers from leaving?
it isn’t clear if it is enough to stop the exodus of insurers from California. NO: Major insurance companies like State Farm and Allstate had already stopped issuing new policies in California ...
City Journal23d
How Policy Helped Create California’s Insurance Crisis
While state officials have finally introduced some modest but sensible insurance reforms, these won’t mean much in the face of a potential $150 billion in damages. It’s not as if California’s leaders ...
The Nation23d
The Insurance Crisis Looming in California as the Wildfires Burn
California’s Department of Insurance has worked to repair the broken insurance system, but the LA fires threaten to undo the progress the state has made. The burnt remains of a building where ...