Dave Jones

• California Commissioner, Trade Groups Reach Settlement on Iran Investment

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 30, 2012

  The California Insurance Department has dropped its efforts to force insurers to end their investments in Iran.

• California Business Owner Fakes Wages

  By Melissa Stewart  |  January 30, 2012

  A California business owner has been arraigned in San Francisco Superior Court for 57 felony counts related to payroll theft and workers' comp premium fraud.

• California Health Agent Submits Bogus Insurance Applications

  By Edward Jacobson, Ph.D.  |  November 22, 2011

  Filing phony long-term care insurance applications leads to the arraignment of a Newbury Park agent. The agent is charged with one count felony grand theft and with impersonating some of the insurance applicants over the phone.

• Calif. Authorities Arrest 22 in Organized Fraud Ring

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 26, 2011

  Following an investigation spanning two years, dozens of witness interviews, and examination of thousands of documents, a Calif. Grand Jury has indicted 22 suspects on more than 100 felony counts.

• 22 Insurance Fraud Ring Members Nabbed

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 6, 2011

  Dozens of witnesses. Thousands of documents. Conspiracy. A Grand Jury indicts 22 suspects for a startling array of fraud.

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  Bail Bond Agents’ Criminal Disservice

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 16, 2011

  Three Californians who normally earn an honest wage helping individuals get out of jail now face time behind bars on charges of kidnapping, extortion and insurance fraud.

• Calif. Commissioner: Sign Workers’ Comp Arbitration Bill

  By Staff Writer  |  September 8, 2011

  California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is urging Gov. Jerry Brown to sign a bill that requires insures to notify an employer when it intends to use arbitration to resolve workers’ compensation disputes.

• Calif. Allots $32M to Fight WC Fraud

  By Catherine Couretas, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 26, 2011

  Nearly $32 million in grants has been awarded to Calif. law enforcement to assist with the investigation and prosecution of workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

• NAIC Drops Support for Agent MLR Exemption

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 12, 2011

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners today dropped its support for exempting insurance agents’ commissions from the medical loss ratio provision of the healthcare reform law.

• Calif. Law Enforcement Receives $32M to Fight Workers’ Comp Fraud

  By Catherine Couretas, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 6, 2011

  Grants have been presented to Calif. law enforcement in hopes of curbing the costly problem of workers' compensation insurance fraud.

• California Trade Groups File Suit to Stop ‘Replacement’ Regulation

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 28, 2011

  Two California trade associations have filed court documents in an attempt to stop one aspect of regulations that were implemented June 27 by Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones.

• Man Slapped With 46 Counts of Insurance Fraud

  By Staff Writer  |  May 17, 2011

  One Los Angeles business owner faces dozens of counts of insurance fraud after underreporting his company’s payroll.

• Calif. Insurance Department Places Majestic Insurance Co. Into Conservation

  By Staff Writer  |  April 22, 2011

  California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has placed specialty workers’ compensation insurer Majestic Insurance Company into conservation by order of the San Francisco Superior Court.

• Calif. WCIRB Opts For Informational Workers’ Comp Filing Only

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 8, 2011

  The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Governing Committee has decided to submit an informational filing, rather than a rate filing, to the state insurance department in part to shift focus away from a hard number and toward the actual cost drivers in the workers’ comp system.

• California Regulator: Medical Malpractice Insurance Too Pricey

  By Associated Press  |  February 22, 2011

  Medical malpractice insurance rates might be too high because some insurers are spending as little as two or three percent of premiums to pay out claims, according to the California Department of Insurance.

• Auto Fraud Ring Busted In Los Angeles

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 11, 2011

  A two-year investigation by the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division has resulted in the arrest of 20 people allegedly involved in a Los Angeles-area auto insurance fraud ring that cost insurers more than $1 million.