Latest California Headlines
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Small Temblor Shakes Inland Southern California Area
Sep 21 2018 // Some inland Southern California communities received an early morning jolt from a minor earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS says the magnitude-3.4 tremor occurred at 5:44 a.m. Thursday. The quake was...
Cavignac & Associates in California Names Carrillo Account Executive
Sep 20 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Fauntelle Carrillo an account executive within its personal lines department. Carrillo is charged with maintaining existing client relationships, educating...
Bayer’s Monsanto Wants Judge to Nix $289M Roundup Verdict
Sep 20 2018 // Bayer AG unit Monsanto on Tuesday asked a California judge to throw out a $289 million jury verdict awarded to a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, gave him cancer. The...
Home Price Appreciation in Highest-Risk Areas Outpaces Overall Rate
Sep 20 2018 // Natural hazards are good at grabbing headlines, but they aren’t as good as dissuading people from buying homes in high-risk areas, a new report shows. Median home prices in areas that are in the top 80 percentile for...
Largest Wildfire in California History Officially 100% Contained
Sep 19 2018 // Officials announced on Wednesday that the Mendocino Complex Fire, the largest wildfire in California’s history, is now 100 percent contained. The blaze burned a combined 459,123 acres, destroyed 280 structures...
California Commissioner Sues Biopharma Giant AbbVie Alleging Illegal Kickbacks in Promoting HUMIRA
Sep 18 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday filed an insurance-fraud complaint in Alameda County Superior Court on behalf of the state against AbbVie Inc. alleging the company gave illegal kickbacks to...
Dentists Benefits Insurance, Northwest Dentists to Merge With Parent TDIC in California
Sep 18 2018 // Dentists Benefits Insurance Co. and Northwest Dentists Insurance Co., acquired by Sacramento, Calif.-based The Dentists Insurance Co. in 2017, plan to merge with their parent company, TDIC. The change is effective Jan. 1,...
J&J Talc Supplier Settles in California Asbestos Case
Sep 17 2018 // Imerys SA, which supplies talc to Johnson & Johnson, isn’t taking chances as another jury weighs whether to sock the health-care giant with a punishing verdict. A unit of Imerys agreed to settle its part of a...
EEOC Sues Del Taco in California for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation
Sep 17 2018 // Fast food chain Del Taco violated federal law when at least three male employees, including those in supervisory roles, sexually harassed and retaliated against a group of young female workers at a Rancho Cucamonga,...
California’s Governor: Insurance Fared Better in Wildfires Bill
Sep 17 2018 // California lawmakers didn’t go as far as Governor Jerry Brown wanted to address potential liabilities for utilities from wildfires, and the governor said that “it’s hard to say” if they ever...
Cannabis: Striking a Balance Between Federal and State Laws
Sep 17 2018 // Currently, 30 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of cannabis in some form. Some states restrict use to medically necessary uses, while other states have legalized recreational use. Still other...
Report on California’s Independent Medical Review Shows Continued Progress
Sep 17 2018 // An annual progress report from the California Department of Workers’ Compensation’s Independent Medical Review program shows it’s working as intended. IMR is a medical dispute resolution process that uses...
New Workers’ Comp Program for California’s Cannabis Industry
Sep 17 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in early September announced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for California’s cannabis industry. The program was created by Atlas General Insurance...
Tesla Driver in California Blames Autopilot for Firetruck Crash, Arrested for DUI
Sep 17 2018 // Authorities say a Tesla driver, who said he thought his car was in Autopilot mode, crashed into the back of a firetruck in San Jose. The California Highway Patrol says the Tesla rear-ended a fire engine that was stopped...
California Cites Garment Contractors $570K, Some Lacked Workers’ Comp
Sep 17 2018 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has cited six Los Angeles area garment contractors $573,704 for labor law violations after uncovering a scheme where the contractors illegally operated under one license to...
CSAA in California Names Ro VP of Corporate Compliance and Employment Law
Sep 14 2018 // CSAA Insurance Group has named Junna Ro vice president of corporate compliance and employment law. For the past six years, she has led the corporate compliance and ethics function for the company. In addition to...
Tech Giants, Chamber Offer Views on National Consumer Privacy Rules
Sep 14 2018 // Two technology trade groups on Wednesday released proposals for national consumer privacy regulations, adding to the chorus of businesses seeking to influence the growing momentum for stricter rules on how companies handle...
Woodruff Sawyer Names Parsons VP in Construction Practice in California
Sep 13 2018 // Woodruff Sawyer has named Matthew Parsons vice president and account executive in the firm’s San Francisco, Calif. construction practice. Parsons specializes in risk management and insurance coverage for mid-size and...
Paladin in California Names Riley Head of Insurance
Sep 13 2018 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Paladin Cyber has named Josh Riley head of insurance. He will lead the company’s efforts to develop and market integrated solutions that combine risk management services with risk transfer...
Numerous California Marijuana Products Failing Safety Tests
Sep 12 2018 // Nearly 20 percent of marijuana products in California have failed tests for potency and purity since the state started requiring the checks on July 1, a failure rate some in the industry say has more to do with unrealistic...
