Latest California Headlines
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California Agent Arrested for Allegedly Leaving Client Uninsured in 2018 Mudslides
Nov 12 2019 // California Department of Insurance detectives this week arrested insurance agent Mark Lynch, 40, on 13 felony counts of grand theft, embezzlement, and money laundering after allegedly collecting over $72,425 in insurance...
WCF Names Closser Regional Vice President in Northern California
Nov 12 2019 // WCF Insurance has promoted Chris Closser to California regional vice president. Closser is located in WCF’s Roseville, Calif., office. She will report to Kevin Petersen, senior vice president of the sales and...
Drop in California Workers’ Comp Opioid Use Reducing Claims $6.5B, Report Shows
Nov 12 2019 // The prevalence of opioids in California workers’ compensation lost-time claims has dropped 51% over the past decade, reducing both average benefit payments and average days away from work on those claims, according...
Despite Wildfires, California Wine is Doing Just Fine – For Now
Nov 12 2019 // If you’re worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California’s 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just imparted it with an undesirable smoky flavor, you can relax. The wine is just fine....
PG&E California Wildfire Victims Sue to Get Paid Before Fire Insurers
Nov 12 2019 // PG&E Corp. wildfire victims have filed a new lawsuit arguing they must be fully repaid for the losses of their homes and businesses before fire insurers are as part of the utility’s bankruptcy. The case takes aim...
Insurtech Pie Launches TV Campaign in California for Workers’ Comp
Nov 12 2019 // Workers’ compensation insurtech Pie Insurance has launched its first national television advertisement campaign with an initial focus in California. The two 30-second spots depict Pie coming to the rescue,...
Microsoft Vows to Honor California’s Consumer Privacy Law Countrywide
Nov 11 2019 // Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California’s privacy law throughout the United States, expanding the impact of a strict set of rules meant to protect consumers and their...
McDermott Costa Acquires A.B. Stevenson in California
Nov 8 2019 // McDermott Costa Insurance has acquired A.B. Stevenson Insurance Brokerage based in San Leandro, Calif. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. A.B. Stevenson offers both personal and commercial insurance, including...
California School District Paying $28M After Boy Hit By Car
Nov 8 2019 // A Southern California school district will pay $28.5 million in damages after a boy with special needs was hit by a car and severely injured while under the supervision of school personnel, attorneys said. A judge...
PG&E Expecting over $6B in Costs from California Wildfire
Nov 8 2019 // Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting substantial losses for the third quarter, driven by catastrophic wildfires that have been blamed on the utility’s outdated transmission lines. The company anticipates those...
Typhoon Hagibis to Cost Japan’s Economy $10B, with Insured Losses in Billions: Aon
Nov 8 2019 // Typhoon Hagibis is likely to become one of 2019’s costliest events, with economic costs of more than US$10 billion and insured losses minimally in the billions, according to Aon’s monthly catastrophe...
California Town Devastated by Wildfire Rebuilds, But Is It Any Safer a Year Later
Nov 7 2019 // There was “no way in hell” Victoria Sinclaire was rebuilding in Paradise, Calif. She’d thought she was going to die during the six hours it took her to escape the deadliest and most destructive wildfire...
Driscoll & Driscoll in California Adds Currado
Nov 7 2019 // Driscoll & Driscoll Insurance Agency in Palmdale, Calif., has added John Currado. Currado is a former principal of Currado Insurance Agency. He sold his Allstate agency and retired in 2017 after 44 years, and has...
California Probing Facebook, Says Social Media Company Stonewalling
Nov 7 2019 // California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook Inc.’s privacy practices and accused the social media giant on Wednesday of hampering the probe by failing to turn over emails from Chief...
CSAA in California Names Vigus and Ummel Executive Vice Presidents
Nov 7 2019 // CSAA Insurance Group has named Ryan Vigus executive vice president, personal lines product, and Eric Ummel, executive vice president, commercial lines product. Vigus leads CSAA’s auto and home personal lines. His...
Philadelphia Fire Highlights Dangers of Old Infrastructure at U.S. Refineries
Nov 6 2019 // How did a piece of piping installed when Richard Nixon was U.S. president go without once being checked before leading to a fire that devastated the East Coast’s largest and oldest oil refinery? That’s a...
PG&E Extending Deadline for California Wildfire Damage Claims
Nov 6 2019 // Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to extend by two months the deadline to file claims against the company for damages suffered from a series of wildfires in California. Lawyers for the victims asked to extend the...
California Cannabis Group Asking for Tighter Vaping-Safety Rules
Nov 6 2019 // An alliance of major legal marijuana businesses in California urged the state Monday to adopt tougher safety rules for ingredients and devices used in vaping and get tougher with illegal shops, amid an outbreak of a...
Boosting Resilience to U.S. Wildfires Should Be Insurance Industry Priority: I.I.I.
Nov 6 2019 // Nearly a year after the deadliest and costliest wildfire in U.S. history, insurers and the customers they cover are revisiting how to reduce their collective exposure to this risk, according to the Insurance Information...
California Labor Commissioner Nails Inventory Company, Grocers for $1.6M
Nov 5 2019 // Update: Inventory Professionals issued a statement disputing the Labor Commissioner’s allegations. That is now included in this article. The California Labor Commissioner has cited Anaheim-based Inventory...
