Latest California Headlines
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Southern California Wildfire That Prompted Evacuation Order Now 20% Contained
Nov 2 2023 // A wildfire fueled by Santa Ana winds that in southeast of Los Angeles, forcing about 4,000 people from their homes, has grown to 2,4897 acres and is now 20% contained. The Highland Fire started Monday afternoon in...
California FAIR Plan Increases Commercial Coverage Limits to $20M Per Location
Nov 2 2023 // The California FAIR Plan Association is offering increased commercial coverage of up to $20 million per location. Prior to the adjustment, the maximum limits for commercial coverage were $8.4 million per location. Business...
California’s 3Q Auto Market Registrations Continued to Rise Helped by EV Sales
Nov 2 2023 // A new report shows a 14.3% increase in California’s new vehicle registrations compared to the first nine months of 2022 pushed by rising electric vehicle sales. The 3rd quarter 2023 Auto Outlook report from the...
Southern California Wildfire Prompts Evacuation Order for Thousands as Winds Fuel Flames
Nov 1 2023 // A wildfire fueled by Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles, forcing about 4,000 people from their homes, fire authorities said. The Highland Fire erupted at about 12:45 p.m. Monday in dry,...
Lawyers Trade Blame for 2019 California Boat Fire That Killed 34 People as Trial Begins
Oct 27 2023 // Federal prosecutors said this week that the captain of a scuba dive boat should be held responsible for the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, while the captain`s defense attorneys said the...
People Moves: CRC Group Names Alaniz in California as Chief Digital Officer, Commercial Solutions
Oct 27 2023 // CRC Group named Angela Alaniz as chief digital officer of its commercial solutions division. Alaniz is based in San Francisco, Calif. Alaniz has been with CRC Group since 2010 and most recently served as senior vice...
Cybersecurity, Insurance Platform Upfort in California Raises $8M Series A Funding
Oct 26 2023 // Upfort raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by SYN Ventures, with participation of Eniac Ventures and Fika Ventures, which co-led Upfort’s seed round. Upfort’s goal is to simplify the way brokers...
California Regulators Suspend Recently Approved Robotaxi Service for Safety Reasons
Oct 25 2023 // California regulators have revoked the license of a robotaxi service owned by General Motors after determining its driverless cars that recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco are a dangerous...
Meta’s Instagram Linked to Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia in Kids: States’ Lawsuit
Oct 25 2023 // Dozens of U.S. states are suing Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis by making their social media platforms addictive. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the attorneys...
Owner of California Biolab Charged With Mislabeling, Lacking Permits
Oct 24 2023 // The Chinese owner of an unauthorized central California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about China and biological weapons has been arrested on charges of not obtaining the proper permits to manufacture tests for...
California Insurance Agent Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing from Small Business Owners
Oct 24 2023 // Erin Lee McCarroll, 49, of Laguna Beach, California, was arraigned on 27 felony counts including grand theft and forgery after a California Department of Insurance investigation found she allegedly stole more than $62,000...
White Mountains to Acquire a Majority Stake in Bamboo in California
Oct 23 2023 // White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Bamboo Ide8 Insurance Services, LLC (“Bamboo”), an MGA focused on the California homeowners insurance market. White...
Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes Norma and Tammy Hit Mexico and Barbuda
Oct 23 2023 // Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of...
People Moves: Canales Joins Alliant in California as Executive Vice President
Oct 23 2023 // Scott Canales has joined Alliant Insurance Services as executive vice president, Alliant Specialty. Based in Los Angeles, Calif., Canales has spent 38 years in the construction industry, with 31 years as a construction...
M4.2 Earthquake Confirmed in Northern California, Set off Quake Alert
Oct 20 2023 // A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook part of Northern California between the state capital and the San Francisco Bay region on Wednesday, setting off automated quake alerts, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The 9:29 a.m....
AIG’s CEO Sees Pandemic, Wars and Climate Change Among Biggest Risks
Oct 20 2023 // American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Zaffino said the biggest challenge to the insurance sector over the last decade has been “unpredictable risks” including the pandemic, wars and...
Viewpoint: California’s Personal Auto Market: Steering Through Change
Oct 20 2023 // The withdrawal of major homeowners insurance companies in the California market made national headlines, but news just as concerning and impactful is California’s private passenger auto insurance market. Much like...
AM Best Withdraws Credit Ratings of Civil Service Employees Insurance Co. and CSE Safeguard Insurance Co. in California
Oct 19 2023 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “bb” (Fair) from “bbb-” (Good) of Civil Service Employees Insurance Company...
Labor Commissioner Cites California Hotel $4.7M for Violating COVID-19 Right to Recall Law
Oct 19 2023 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Hyatt Regency Long Beach $4.79 million for reportedly failing to timely offer job positions to 25 employees laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic once the hotel...
PG&E’s Plan to Bury Power Lines and Prevent California Wildfires Faces Opposition over Rates
Oct 19 2023 // Pacific Gas & Electric – one of the nation’s largest utilities whose equipment has sparked some of California`s deadliest wildfires – wants to bury power lines in some of its most at-risk areas to prevent...
