Latest California Headlines
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Compre Acquires Ireland-Based Captive Equinox CA Europe
Jun 12 2017 // Specialist insurer Compre has agreed to acquire Equinox CA Europe, a captive insurer of global engineering and construction conglomerate SNC-Lavalin, in a legacy transaction. The Ireland-based captive insured the...
Topa Names Chang Assistant Vice President in California
Jun 8 2017 // Topa Insurance Co. has named Olive Chang assistant vice president of reinsurance and programs. Chang will be located in the Calabasas, Calif. office. She will manage reinsurance and programs operation, quality control of...
Stone Creek in California Names Van Horn Marketing Manager
Jun 8 2017 // Lafayette, Calif.-based Stone Creek Insurance Agency has named Kimberly Van Horn as marketing manager. Van Horn has nine years of experience in commercial insurance. Van Horn’s past positions include marketing...
Settlement Deal Between California Commissioner and Applied Underwriters
Jun 8 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that the California Department of Insurance has reached a settlement agreement with Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries to stop what he calls “bait and switch...
InterWest in California Names Hoffman Marketing and Promotions Agent
Jun 8 2017 // Sacramento, Calif.-based InterWest Insurance Services, LLC has named Kurt Hoffmann a marketing and promotions agent. Hoffmann’s responsibilities include business development, project management, community engagement...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends Psychiatrist for Fraud
Jun 8 2017 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended Pasadena psychiatrist Jason Hui-Tek Yang from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system following his conviction in Riverside...
$2M Award by California Jury to Young Relative of Trinity Network Founders
Jun 7 2017 // A Southern California jury awarded $2 million to the granddaughter of Trinity Broadcasting Network founders Jan and Paul Crouch, finding that her grandmother acted outrageously in refusing to report the girl’s sexual...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based The Ponce De Leon Insurance Group
Jun 7 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Elk Grove, Calif. The Ponce de Leon Insurance Group Inc., dba Colton Insurance Associates. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Colton team will join Hub’s...
10 Lawyers, 6 Others Charged in Alleged California Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 6 2017 // Ten lawyers and six others were charged in a multi-million-dollar workers’ compensation fraud scheme that authorities say targeted Latinos in California. The charges were filed after a multi-year investigation into a...
CDI’s Finston Becomes Partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath in California
Jun 6 2017 // John Finston, most recently deputy commissioner and general counsel for the California Department of Insurance, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner. Finston will work from the firm’s San Francisco...
Topa’s Manzitto Joins JLT Re as Executive Vice President in California
Jun 5 2017 // JLT Re North America Inc. has named Tony Manzitto executive vice president in Los Angeles, Calif. Manzitto will focus on the expansion of JLT Re’s structured products team. Manzitto most recently held the positions...
WIAA in California Promotes Brockhouse, Pettersen to Vice President
Jun 5 2017 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based Western Insurance Agents Association has promoted Kou Brockhouse and Steven Pettersen to vice president. Both were member services specialists before being promoted to directors of business...
AmWINS and Networked Deal Plays to Strengths of Both Firms, Execs Say
Jun 5 2017 // The acquisition by AmWINS Group Inc. at the end of last month of Networked Insurance Agents will achieve a number of objectives for both the Charlotte, N.C.-based global distributor of specialty insurance products and...
Specialty Program Group Acquires Paul Hanson Partners in California
Jun 2 2017 // Specialty Program Group, a holding company for specialty insurance underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Paul Hanson Partners and its affiliate, PHP International. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Napa,...
California Governor Looking Around World for Climate Changes Allies
Jun 2 2017 // Looking for allies in the fight against climate change, California Gov. Jerry Brown headed to China this week in a push to build foreign support for carbon-cutting efforts that have found resistance in...
States May Seize U.S. Climate Change Leadership Following Trump’s Paris Exit
Jun 2 2017 // State governors and city mayors were quick to claim the mantle of U.S. leadership in fighting climate change after President Donald Trump said on Thursday the country will pull out of the Paris climate agreement. The...
California Business Owner Nabbed in $32M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 1 2017 // Detectives with the California Department of Insurance arrested Gina Marie Gregori, 55, of Lafayette, for allegedly underreporting payroll and duping insurers out of $32 million. Gregori was charged with 19 felony counts...
California Department of Insurance and FAIR Plan Square off in Public Statements
Jun 1 2017 // The California Department of Insurance and the California FAIR Plan Association squared off in conflicting press releases on Thursday over a court decision that awarded a homeowner higher repair costs following a...
Google’s Paid Carpooling Service Being Expanded Across California
Jun 1 2017 // Google is expanding its paid carpool service throughout California, building on an effort to get more traffic-weary drivers to share their rides to work, and to collect data that could be useful for future transportation...
California Lawmakers May Allow Consumers to Sue Banks Instead of Arbitration
Jun 1 2017 // California lawmakers are making headway on legislation to allow state residents to sue financial institutions for fraud, rather than letting banks force customers to settle disputes in arbitration. The state Senate passed...
