Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FEMA Administrator: We Want California Wildfire Costs From PG&E, Not Victims
Jan 13 2020 // A regional director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday said FEMA is going after California utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric for $3.9 billion owed the government due to wildfires that PG&E was...
PIIB in California Elects 2020’s Board of Directors
Jan 13 2020 // El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based Pacific Interstate Insurance Brokers has announced its 2020 board of directors. The voting members of Pacific Interstate Insurance Brokers reelected seven people to PIIB’s board during...
Potential Wage-and-Hour Claims Could Rise Under New Overtime Rule
Jan 13 2020 // New federal rules on overtime pay, which began January 1, change for the first time since 2004 the threshold for who is entitled to overtime pay — and who is not. The new rule raises the income threshold that...
Industry Trends to Exploit for 2020
Jan 13 2020 // The insurance industry is so intertwined into the economy and society, that just about any noticeable change in either will have some impact for the insurance industry. That is why it is imperative for agency owners to...
Women Win $13M in Lawsuit Against Porn Site in California
Jan 13 2020 // The owners and operators of a San Diego, Calif.-based porn website must pay $12.7 million after a judge found them liable for fraud and breach of contract for lying to women about how their explicit videos would be...
California State Fund Declares 15% Dividend for 2019 Policy Year
Jan 13 2020 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund announced plans to distribute a roughly $55 million dividend to its qualifying policyholders with policies that took effect between Aug. 20 and Dec. 31, 2019. The dividend...
Southern California Insurance Agent Arrested for Allegedly Pocketing Premiums
Jan 13 2020 // California Department of Insurance detectives in early January arrested insurance agent Gelinda Phann Keo, 43, on one felony count of grand theft after she allegedly pocketed a client’s insurance payment. The CDI...
Feds to Investigate Deadly Tesla Crash in California
Jan 13 2020 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the crash of a speeding Tesla that killed two people in a Los Angeles suburb, the agency announced. The agency wouldn’t say whether the Tesla Model...
California Agent Sentenced for Stealing $174K in Premiums from Truck Drivers
Jan 10 2020 // Connie Free, 34, of Moreno Valley, Calif., was sentenced this week to 22 felony counts and one misdemeanor count including grand theft and forgery after reportedly stealing at least $174,000 in insurance premiums from 11...
California Commissioner Adds to Curriculum Board, CIGA Board
Jan 10 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara this week announced his appointments of the newest members to the Curriculum Board and the California Insurance Guarantee Association Board of Governors. The Curriculum Board...
Liberty Company Insurance Brokers in California Names Davis Claims Manager
Jan 10 2020 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based the Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Kimaili Davis claims manager. Davis started his career with the National American Insurance Co. and has over 25 years of claims experience,...
Australia’s Bushfires Could Surpass 2009’s Costly Season; Analysts, Insurers Comment
Jan 10 2020 // Australia’s bushfire season has months to run and could easily surpass the most costly fire season, 2009’s Black Saturday fires in Victoria, which had a price tag of an estimated A$4.4 billion (US$3 billion),...
Truckers Are Exempt from California’s ‘Gig Worker’ Law, Judge Finds
Jan 10 2020 // California’s new “gig worker” law does not apply to independent truck drivers because they are subject to federal statute, a Los Angeles judge ruled, handing a victory to one industry that is challenging...
Chamber of Commerce to Fight Corporate Breakups, Gig Worker Benefits
Jan 10 2020 // The leader of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said the powerful business group will fight to reverse liberal policies being pushed in the states and by some Democratic candidates for president. “We will lead the...
Uber Halts Upfront Ride Pricing in Response to New California Worker Law
Jan 9 2020 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday informed its California customers that it would switch to providing estimates as opposed to fixed prices for its rides in response to a new law that makes it harder to qualify its...
Distinguished Programs Names Zeni Northern California Regional Sales Executive
Jan 7 2020 // Distinguished Programs has hired Paul R. Zeni as its new Northern California regional sales executive. Zeni has roughly 35 years of insurance industry experience. Zeni will represent Distinguished Programs insurance...
Palomar Holdings in California Launches Primary and Secondary Public Offering
Jan 7 2020 // La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. announced the underwritten public offering of 5 million shares of the company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, which consists of 750,000 shares of common stock...
Cavignac & Associates in California Names Potter and Cavignac Principals
Jan 7 2020 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has promoted Kelly Potter and Preston Cavignac to principals in firm. They join Jeff Cavignac, Jim Schabarum, Scott Bedingfield, Patrick Casinelli, Matthew Slakoff and...
J&J Reported to Settle Baby Powder Claim for $2 Million
Jan 7 2020 // Johnson & Johnson agreed in the middle of a trial to pay more than $2 million to resolve a woman’s claims that asbestos-laced baby powder caused her cancer, according to people familiar with the case. The...
Report: Salaries at California State Fund Being Questioned
Jan 6 2020 // Salaries at California’s State Compensation Fund are being called into question by some people in the state Capitol, it’s being reported. State Fund recruited a high-priced team of former executives from the...
