Judge sides with California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, upholding authority to protect consumers and stabilize the California FAIR Plan By Lonce Lamonte, editor and publisher from adjustercom, editing the news release from the California Department of Insurance - July 23, 2025 Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara released a statement following a judge’s dismissal of Consumer Watchdog’s unfounded claims aimed at undermining the California insurance market at a crucial time when homeowners, renters, businesses, and non-profits need access to more insurance, not less. “The judge’s ruling affirms my authority under Prop. 103 to protect consumers and stabilize market conditions through my Sustainable Insurance Strategy. Consumer Watchdog’s lawsuit fails to address the state’s insurance crisis and is merely another attempt to create chaos in an already complex situation. I’m pleased the judge saw through their charade, which only harms homeowners, small businesses, and non-profits that need better access to insurance options. Consumer Watchdog — which itself admits it has no members — has not offered any viable solutions to our state’s insurance crisis and continues to undermine my efforts to restore our insurance market. They also continue to profit under Prop. 103 in the millions through higher rates on policyholders when insurance companies seek justified rates from my Department. I will continue to expose their hypocrisy, and make the difficult decisions needed to stabilize our market and bring insurance options back to Californians.” Read More

New Brunswick tribunal denies mould-related workers comp claim citing lack of medical evidence: HR Law Canada  July 10, 2025The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal of New Brunswick has denied a claim from a worker who alleged workplace mould exposure caused chronic health issues, ruling the evidence failed to establish a workplace injury or definitive medical diagnosis. The tribunal found that C.S., who worked in an unspecified type of employment, could not prove her symptoms of fatigue, migraines and other health issues arose from workplace mould exposure rather than previous exposures or other causes.

Claim Counts Down, Losses up for California Workers Comp Private Self-Insureds: Insurance Journal   July 3, 2025 Five years later, the pandemic still weakens two California employee safety nets: Cal Matters  June 27, 2025 Workers’ Compensation: The Who, What, Where of Workplace Injuries: Advocacy  June 18, 2025

California awards $8.6 million to local prosecutors to enforce workers’ rights By Lonce Lamonte, editor and publisher from adjustercom using the news release from the California Department of Industrial Relations for publication on adjustercom - July 23, 2025 The California Labor Commissioner’s Office (LCO) is awarding $8.55 million in Workers’ Rights Enforcement grants to 16 prosecuto... Read More

California Division of Workers' Compensation posts Ethics Advisory Committee annual report for 2024 By Lonce Lamonte, editor from adjustercom editing and publishing the news from the DWC Newsline - July 21, 2025 The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted the 2024 Ethics Advisory Committee's annual report on its website... Read More

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara expands mental health access with final landmark rulemaking to enforce California Mental Health Parity Act By Lonce Lamonte, editor of adjustercom, using the News Release issued by the California Department of Insurance on July 17th 2025 - July 18, 2025 New regulations are going into effect, to deliver on promise of greater consumer access and increased accountability on health insura... Read More

Why do so many injury lawyer billboards dot our landscape? By Jorge Alexandria - May 4, 2025 I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley (really, it’s southern edge), 3 minutes to El Monte and 14 to Monterey Park. Then it was... Read More

Alysha Stockton hits her one year mark at Sedgwick while Lisa Bourbeau just started a few months ago at Align Claims in Construction Defect By Lonce Lamonte - July 21, 2025 Alysha Stockton just recently passed the one-year mark as a senior workers’ compensation examiner at Sedgwick in Rancho Cuca... Read More