The Commission on Health, Safety, and Workers’ Compensation now has a full panel of employer and labor representatives. This follows a series of appointments and one reappointment by the Governor. The move to fill the three vacancies coincides with a push by the sitting CHSWC commissioners to “reinvigorate” the commission’s work and increase the frequency …
The Fraud Assessment Commission is heading into 2024 with two of its seven commissioner positions vacant, and now the two longest-serving members on the commission have announced that the January meeting will be their last. FAC chairman Don Marshall of Zenith Insurance and self-insured representative John Riggs of Disney are stepping down after each has …
Robert N. Darby Jr., president and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies, has been given more responsibility by parent Berkshire Hathaway. Darby now has the added responsibility of heading up the Guard Insurance Companies group. Before taking on the role of president and CEO of Guard, Darby served and continues to serve as chairman of …
The California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) is reporting a solid financial position three-quarters of the way through its fiscal year. The board heard that it is running surpluses across all lines and that workers’ compensation is leading with a surplus of over $1.3 billion. Across all lines, CIGA has a surplus of nearly $2.8 billion …
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon tapped a legislator with an infamous surname to lead the Assembly Insurance Committee. Assemblyman Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier) was named as committee chair. Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Riverside), a former federal prosecutor and now a trial attorney, is the committee’s vice chair. The remaining appointments to the Assembly Insurance Committee were still pending …
The pandemic put a heavy strain on the healthcare system’s ability to deliver care amid surges in cases and high infection rates among healthcare workers. But new research indicates that the workers’ comp system continued delivering timely care to injured workers throughout the pandemic. Alex Swedlow (see photo) with the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) …