Latest California Headlines
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Police at California University Get to Use Pepper Spray at Violent Protests
Sep 14 2017 // The Berkeley City Council this week gave police permission to use pepper spray to repel demonstrators attacking officers and others during violent protests of the kind that have repeatedly hit the city this year. The 6-3...
Troubled California Gas Facility Has One Third of Wells Shut Down
Sep 13 2017 // The largest gas storage facility in the West halted using a third of the wells pumping methane underground at high pressure just weeks after it resumed operations following a blowout that crippled it for nearly two...
CopperPoint Acquires Pacific Compensation Insurance in California for $150M
Sep 13 2017 // CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire California-based workers’ compensation carrier Pacific Compensation Insurance Co. from Alleghany Insurance Holdings LLC...
California Commissioner Issues Decision on Jan. 1, 2018 Worker’s Comp Filing
Sep 12 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday issued a decision regarding the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Jan. 1, 2018 regulatory filing, which was submitted to the California...
San Francisco Bay Area Highways Worst in California for Animal Collisions
Sep 12 2017 // Highways that run through the pricey real estate of the Silicon Valley and the San Francisco area are California’s most dangerous for coyotes, deer and other wildlife. A study released by the University of California...
California’s Record Heat Struck Wine Regions at Harvest Time
Sep 12 2017 // The record head that baked Northern California over the Labor Day weekend left wine grapes shriveling on the vines, reducing many of them to raisins before the normal harvest and turning what was looking to be a promising...
New Workers’ Comp Filing Submitted to California Department of Insurance
Sep 8 2017 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Friday submitted an amended Jan. 1, 2018 pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance. The amended filing was based on the WCIRB’s...
California Bill Would Force Wells Fargo to Court Over Fake Accounts
Sep 8 2017 // The California Legislature backed a measure this week that could require Wells Fargo to go to court with consumers who say they were harmed by the bank’s fake account scandal. The legislation would prohibit the San...
Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of Monarch E&S Insurance Services in California
Sep 7 2017 // Specialty Program Group LLC has acquired the assets of Burbank, Calif.-based wholesaler Monarch E&S Insurance Services. Monarch E&S is a full-service MGA and wholesale brokerage established in 1986. The firm...
Bad Design, Poor Construction Blamed for California Dam Damage
Sep 7 2017 // Bad design and construction of the tallest U.S. dam a half-century ago and inadequate state and federal oversight since then led to a disastrous spillway collapse in February, an independent national team of dam safety...
Charles Taylor Acquires Workers’ Comp Claims Admin Metro Risk in California
Sep 7 2017 // Charles Taylor plc has agreed to acquire Metro Risk Management LLC, a Southern California-based third-party claims administrator, from Nautilus International Holding Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. MRM provides...
California Comp Bureau Committee Votes to Submit Lower Pure Premium Filing
Sep 6 2017 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s governing committee on Wednesday voted to amend the WCIRB’s Jan. 1, 2018 pure premium rate filing that has already been submitted to the...
Fire Management Assistance Granted for California’s Pier Fire
Sep 6 2017 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized the use of federal funds to assist California in fighting the Pier Fire burning in Tulare County. The state submitted a request for a fire management assistance for...
LP Insurance Services Names Bolce Regional Manager for California and Arizona
Sep 5 2017 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has named John Bolce regional manager overseeing the sales team, productivity, development and growth of the Phoenix, Ariz. location as well as Sacramento, Calif. He is a member of the LP...
Middle Market Growth Spells Opportunity for California’s Insurance Community
Sep 4 2017 // The insurance community has at least two reasons to be interested in a new report on middle market companies, particularly those who are doing business in California. According to a report from American Express and Dun...
Report: Written Premiums for California Comp Insurers to Be Flat Through 2017
Sep 4 2017 // Written premiums from workers’ compensation insurers in California for the year are expected to be flat at $18.1 billion compared with 2016 thanks largely to rate decreases, according to analysts with the...
California Brewery Sued by Jazz Legend’s Son Over Beer Label
Sep 1 2017 // The son of late jazz legend Thelonious Monk is suing a California brewery, alleging it is using his father’s image on bottles and packaging of a Belgian-style ale and other merchandise without permission. The lawsuit...
Man Arrested, Suspected of Igniting Fire Near Hard-Hit California Town
Aug 31 2017 // Authorities on Aug. 30 arrested a man suspected of starting an illegal campfire believed to have ignited a growing Northern California blaze that destroyed 10 homes, damaged five others and threatened hundreds more. The...
Montana Town Threatened by Wildfire; Hundreds Evacuate
Aug 31 2017 // Authorities in Montana ordered the evacuation of nearly 600 homes after a fire burning on a mountain ridge suddenly changed direction and threatened a popular destination for boaters, anglers and hikers. The fire near...
Integro Names McCarroll from Willis Senior Vice President in California
Aug 31 2017 // Integro Insurance Brokers has hired Michael McCarroll as senior vice president in the firm’s Woodland Hills, Calif. office. McCarroll will focus on developing new opportunities within the property & casualty,...
