Latest California Headlines
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22 New California Laws Take Aim at Wildfire Danger
Oct 4 2019 // California is adopting nearly two dozen laws aimed at preventing and fighting the devastating wildfires that have charred large swaths of the state in recent years and killed scores of people. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom...
AssuredPartners Acquires Tutton Insurance Services in California
Oct 2 2019 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Tutton Insurance Services Inc. in Santa Ana, Calif. The team of 57 will remain under the operational leadership of owner Bill Tutton. Tutton Insurance Services provides commercial and...
Mercury Paying $41M in Decades-Long Court Battle With California Insurance Department
Oct 2 2019 // Mercury Insurance Co. has agreed to pay more than $41 million to end a two-decade long battle with the California Department of Insurance battle over the Los Angeles-based carrier improperly tacking fees onto auto...
Pep Boys Settles California Environmental Suit for $3.7M
Oct 2 2019 // The Pep Boys auto parts chain will pay $3.7 million to settle allegations that it illegally disposed of used motor oil and other hazardous waste at its California stores. The settlement announced Monday resolves a lawsuit...
Cavignac & Associates in California Adds Sousa to Construction Practice
Oct 1 2019 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Jacquelyn Sousa an account manager for the agency’s construction practice. Sousa’s scope of responsibilities includes evaluating and addressing client...
Tornado, Hail, Snow Sweep Through California
Oct 1 2019 // The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down in a California field as thunderstorms swept through the central part of the state. Cellphone video posted online shows the towering vortex spinning...
Roamnet in California Adds Amorelli as Marketing Manager
Oct 1 2019 // Ontario Calif.-based Roamnet Insurance Marketing has hired Anthony Amorelli III as the new marketing manager. He will reporting to Anthony Amorelli, the firm’s president, and be responsible for new business...
Exam Doesn’t Find Cause of California Dive Boat Fire
Sep 30 2019 // U.S. investigators who examined the burned-out wreckage of a scuba diving boat have not been able to determine what ignited a fire that killed 34 people off the California coast, a law enforcement official said Friday, but...
Study Examines California Workers’ Comp Hospital Inpatient Stays
Sep 30 2019 // The number of California workers’ compensation inpatient hospital stays fell 1.9 percent between 2017 and 2018, for a net decline of nearly 31 percent since 2010, a new study shows. A study from the California...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Grand Theft
Sep 30 2019 // Ex-insurance agent Yolanda De La Torre, 35, of Whittier, Calif., was arrested on Friday on one felony count of grand theft and one felony count of identity theft after allegedly collecting over $13,000 in insurance...
Update on Lawsuits Targeting Vaping; Litigation Expected to Grow
Sep 30 2019 // Several deaths and potentially hundreds of illnesses tied to e-cigarettes, which allow users to inhale nicotine vapor, often flavored, without smoking, have been reported by U.S. health agency. Lawsuits on behalf of young...
Death Toll from Northern California Wildfire Back Down to 85
Sep 26 2019 // The number of those who died in California’s deadliest wildfire is back down to 85 after authorities determined that a bone fragment previously classified as unidentified belongs to a victim named in January. The...
Families of Injured Patients File California Ballot Measure to Raise MICRA
Sep 26 2019 // Several families of inured patients on Thursday filed proposed initiative for the November 2020 ballot to raise California’s medical malpractice cap. The cap is set by the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act,...
C3 Risk & Insurance Services in California Names Milligan Managing Director
Sep 25 2019 // C3 Risk & Insurance Services has named Mike Milligan managing director. Milligan was previously a principal at Barney & Barney. C3 is a California-based, privately-owned insurance brokerage.
Group Behind California’s Data Privacy Law Wants Another One on the Ballot
Sep 25 2019 // The group behind California’s pending data privacy law is working to propose for the upcoming ballot a new law that would give consumers new data rights and place stricter obligations on companies. The group has...
Brooks Joins Armor Insurance Services in California
Sep 25 2019 // Steve M. Brooks has joined Armor Insurance Services. Brooks was formerly president of B&B Premier Insurance. Both Armor Insurance Services and B&B Premier Insurance are Acrisure Agency partners. Brooks was an agent...
PG&E Cuts Power to 48K California Customers to Avert Wildfire Risk
Sep 25 2019 // Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to 48,200 customers in seven counties in California’s Sierra Foothills and North Bay overnight because of high fire danger. The majority of those affected by the power outage,...
Apollo’s Insurer Unit, Athene Holding, Quietly Settles Harassment Case Against CEO
Sep 25 2019 // The allegations described a boss letting loose with profane tirades, sexist insults, racist comments, even physical intimidation. Purported incidents piled up for four years inside the sprawling investment empire of buyout...
Thousands of Californians Face Power Shutoffs Due to Wildfire Risk
Sep 24 2019 // California utilities are warning that they may shut off electricity to thousands of customers across the state as hot, dry and windy weather raises the risk of another catastrophic wildfire sparked by a power...
California Commissioner: Data Shows ‘Disturbing’ Disparities in Auto Insurance Discounts
Sep 24 2019 // The California Department of Insurance on Tuesday released data from an investigation showing what the CDI is calling “wide socioeconomic disparities” in auto insurance group discounts offered to millions of...
