Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hub Acquires Combined HCM in California
Jun 5 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Combined Benefits Inc., Combined Commercial Insurance Services LLC., and Combined Employer Services Inc. Donny Woo, CEO, and Jonathan Zhao, vice president of payroll, and the...
Firefighters Increase Containment on California’s First Big Wildfire of the Season
Jun 4 2024 // California’s first big fire of the season is nearly fully contained, as rising temperatures across the West this week are increasing the risk of wildfires. The Corral fire, burning east of San Francisco in San...
AccuWeather: Year’s First Big Heatwave Raises Wildfire Risk in West
Jun 3 2024 // Severe heat will raise the risk of brush and grassfires from central and northern California, also bringing a moderate to and high risk of wildfires in parts of Arizona and New Mexico, a forecast out on Monday shows. The...
Firefighters Battle California Wildfire With Hot Weather in the Forecast
Jun 3 2024 // Firefighters battling a California wildfire burning east of San Francisco have increased containment on the fire, but hot weather is in the forecast for the next few days. Nearly 500 firefighters, along with several air...
Declarations
Jun 3 2024 // The Bee Stings “The guys did get stung on a regular basis. Everyone got stung at least a couple of times.” — Fire Chief Travis Leary, of Clinton, Maine, said of first responders who had worked to ensure...
Business Moves
Jun 3 2024 // National Neptune Flood, Charles River Data Private flood insurer Neptune Flood reported it acquired Charles River Data, a Boston-based data science consulting group. Charles River Data was founded by data scientists from...
California Trucker Death Led to Workers’ Comp Investigation That Found $2M in Underreported Payroll
Jun 3 2024 // An investigation that began after an employee was found dead in a company owned semi-truck led to the arraignment of a California man on three felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. Heigo Kubar, 84, of Fresno,...
People & Places
Jun 3 2024 // National Kara Higginbotham Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, named Kara Higginbotham head of professional liability and cyber for U.S. national accounts, leading a team of underwriters who serve...
California Supreme Court Resolves Question on Coverage for COVID Business Shutdowns
May 31 2024 // The California Supreme Court has resolved a question about insurance coverage for COVID-19 business shutdowns in the issue of a virus exclusion in a ruling that is consistent with the vast majority of courts nationwide:...
AccuWeather: Intense Heat Baking Mexico to Shift into Western U.S.
May 30 2024 // The heat dome that led to record-high temperatures in Mexico is forecast to expand northward and bring higher temperatures to parts of the Western U.S., according to AccuWeather. Meteorologists say 82% of Mexico was...
New Language in California Budget Seeks to Expedite Insurance Rate Filing Approvals
May 29 2024 // Insurers are praising new trailer bill language in the California budget that promises to expedite the home and auto insurance rate filing approval process. California Gov. Gavin Newsom first made the proposal to speed up...
Man Accused of Starting Wildfire Near Arizona-California Border
May 29 2024 // A Yuma man has been arrested for allegedly starting a wildfire in a national wildlife preserve in southwest Arizona near the California border, according to authorities. Yuma County Sheriff’s officials said...
Tesla Settles Fatal Crash Suit as Another Jury Trial Loomed
May 29 2024 // Tesla Inc. has reached a deal to resolve a lawsuit over the death of a Model S passenger in a fiery 2016 crash, marking the second time in two months the electric-vehicle maker has avoided a jury trial in California over a...
People Moves: The Liberty Company Names Pope VP, Executive Lines in California
May 29 2024 // Katie Pope The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers named Katie Pope vice president, executive lines. Pope is based in Los Angeles. Pope began her insurance career at Lockton, where she was most recently an account executive....
Families of Marines Killed in California Osprey Crash Sue Boeing, Bell, Rolls Royce
May 28 2024 // Families of four of the five Marines killed when their Osprey crashed in California in June of 2022 filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the aircraft’s manufacturers failed to address known mechanical failures that...
Inszone Acquires Nam International Insurance Services in California
May 28 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Nam International Insurance Services Inc. in Fremont, California. Nam was founded in March 2003 by Parvinder Janda to serve the insurance needs of individuals and businesses in the...
California Advances Legislation Cracking Down on Auto Theft, Stolen Goods Resellers
May 24 2024 // The California Senate approved a bipartisan package of 15 bills this that would increase penalties for organized crime rings, expand drug court programs and close a legal loophole to make it easier to prosecute auto...
California Janitorial Company Owners Arraigned for $2.4M Insurance Fraud
May 24 2024 // The husband-and-wife owners of a janitorial company were arraigned on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after an investigation allegedly found the couple underreported payroll for their company by more than $2.4...
New Cars in California Could Alert Drivers for Breaking The Speed Limit
May 23 2024 // California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the...
California Mushroom Farms That Were Sites of Fatal Shootings Fined $450K
May 22 2024 // The owners of two Northern California mushroom farms where a farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings last year will pay more than $450,000 in back wages and damages to 62 workers, the Labor Department...
