Latest California Headlines
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California Organized Investment Network Launches High Impact Service for Insurers
May 23 2018 // The California Organized Investment Network has launched the Impact Investment Marketplace, a portal to help facilitate high impact investments in underserved communities and environmental projects in California. The...
California Workers’ Comp Directors and Officers Cleanup Law Takes Effect July 1
May 22 2018 // A new law that enables corporate directors and officers owning at least 10 percent of a business to opt out of workers’ compensation coverage goes into effect on July 1. The law is intended to reduce the threshold of...
Farmers Group in California Names Daly President of Personal Lines
May 22 2018 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Farmers Group Inc. has named Keith Daly president of personal lines. Daly, who is currently Farmers’ chief claims officer, takes the new post effective June 11. He joined Farmers in 2009...
Man Dies After Tesla Crashes into Pond in California
May 22 2018 // Authorities in California’s San Francisco Bay Area are investigating the death of a man after a Tesla car he was driving veered off a road, crashed through a fence and into a pond. KTVU-TV reports that rescuers...
California Legislation Aims to Clarify Mudslide Insurance
May 21 2018 // The California Senate has approved legislation that seeks to clarify homeowners’ insurance coverage following deadly mudslides near Santa Barbara. Insurance policies generally cover damage caused by fires but not by...
PG&E Judge Won’t Rule Out California Fire Cost Claim
May 21 2018 // PG&E Corp. suffered another legal setback with a judge saying he won’t release the company from a key legal claim over the most destructive wildfires in California history. PG&E has been challenging a...
Coffee in California to Be Paired With Cancer Warnings
May 21 2018 // Starbucks Corp. and other roasters and retailers must serve up a cancer warning with coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge has ruled. Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle in a ruling published in early May said that...
Agent’s California Senate Bid Driven by Need for Better Representation
May 21 2018 // Tom Pratt, an insurance agent who specializes in procuring fine art coverage in a rural Northern California community, has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years. By day he is an insurance agent. In his...
California Man Nabbed for Getting Comp from Multiple Insurers While Working
May 21 2018 // Michael Williams, 34, of Daly City, Calif., was arrested on 21 felony counts of insurance fraud and grand theft after allegedly working for multiple employers while collecting over $85,000 in workers’ compensation...
California Commissioner Ran a Climate Change ‘Stress Test’ on Insurers
May 21 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has run a “stress test” on the state’s largest insurers. Jones said during a press conference in May that he is the first U.S. financial regulator to conduct a...
Manufacturer Paying $60M to Settle California Lead Paint Litigation
May 18 2018 // A lead paint manufacturer will pay more than $60 million to remove the toxic material from homes around California. Officials in Santa Clara County announced the settlement with NL Industries on Wednesday, ending 18 years...
HUB Adds Dobbs to National Real Estate Practice in California
May 17 2018 // HUB International of California has named Mark Dobbs vice president of and producer for the national real estate specialty practice. Dobbs has more than 15 years of experience in global commercial real estate business...
G2 Insurance Services Names Frykman Vice President in California
May 17 2018 // G2 Insurance Services has named Matt Frykman vice president in employee benefits. He is located in in San Francisco, Calif. office. Frykman was previously global benefits manager at Glassdoor Inc. He was an account...
California Approves New Product Liability Program for Cannabis Industry
May 16 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday he has approved a new product liability and product recall program for the cannabis industry in California. This new cannabis insurance policy, offered by...
Goodwill and Affiliate in California to Pay $850K for Harassment
May 16 2018 // Two California entities, Goodwill Industries of the East Bay Area and its affiliate, Calidad Industries Inc., will pay $850,000 to eight former and current employees to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit...
Anderson & Murison Names Jawitz Executive Vice President in California
May 15 2018 // Anderson & Murison Inc. has named Mitchell Jawitz executive vice president. Jawitz will be located in the Pasadena, Calif., office and will focus on national business development with independent agents and brokers. He...
NFP Acquires 1st Community Insurance Services in California
May 15 2018 // NFP Corp. has acquired Palm Springs, Calif.-based 1st Community Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Principals of the firm Ernie Santora, Dean Nickodemus and Ken Conrad will report to Roger...
Woodruff Sawyer in California Ads Burke from Hiscox as Cyber Specialist
May 14 2018 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Dan Burke vice president and cyber specialist. He will expand Woodruff Sawyer’s cyber liability resources for clients to include new partnerships with cyber...
Agent’s California Senate Bid Driven by Need for Better Representation
May 14 2018 // Tom Pratt, an insurance agent who specializes in procuring fine art coverage in a rural Northern California community, has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years. By day he is an insurance agent. In his...
USGS: M3.3 Quake Rattles Southern California Desert
May 14 2018 // A magnitude 3.3 earthquake has rattled the Southern California desert, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS said the quake on Saturday was centered about 27 miles northwest of El Centro in the desert near the...
