Latest California Headlines
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Hub Acquires Assets of Invensure Insurance Brokers in California
Dec 7 2022 // Hub International Limited acquired the assets of Invensure Insurance Brokers Inc. in Irvine, California. Robert Parent, CEO, and Charlene Richards, Executive Vice President, and the Invensure team will join Hub Los...
California Investigation Leads to $23.8 Million Settlement over Unlawful Incentives for Eyecare Products
Dec 5 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that Essilor Laboratories of America Inc. agreed to a $23.8 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleged the company violated the Insurance Frauds Prevention...
California Trucking Firm Owner Sentenced in Deadly Blast
Dec 5 2022 // A Southern California trucking company owner who ordered the illegal repair of a tanker that led to a deadly explosion was sentenced last week to 10 years in federal prison. Carl Bradley Johansson, 64, of Newport Beach...
Report Shows California Gun Data Breach Was Unintentional
Dec 2 2022 // California’s Department of Justice mistakenly posted the names, addresses and birthdays of nearly 200,000 gun owners on the internet because officials didn’t follow policies or understand how to operate their...
Vet’s California Lawsuit Blaming Antimalarial Drug For Psychosis Tossed
Dec 1 2022 // – A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic behavior and neurological damage to U.S. servicemembers, ruling that the case had no right to be filed in...
California Labor Commissioner Cites Car Wash $900K for Wage Theft
Dec 1 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s office cited Shine N Brite Car Wash $908,998 for wage theft violations affecting 15 workers. The Los Angeles-based employer was cited for minimum wage, overtime and rest break...
ALKEME Acquires Dealer Insurance Services in California
Nov 30 2022 // ALKEME acquired Dealer Insurance Services in Laguna Hills, California. Dealer Insurance Services will continue to operate under its current brand. Dealer Insurance Services specializes in benefits, with a focus on the auto...
Report: It Takes 7 Years to Close Most California Workers’ Comp Claims
Nov 30 2022 // It takes seven years to close the vast majority of workers’ compensation claims in California, more than double the time in the median state. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California...
Report from California Insurers Calls for More Freedom to Use Wildfire Catastrophe Models
Nov 29 2022 // Associations representing insurers operating in California on Tuesday released an analysis from Milliman showing wildfire catastrophe models would improve homeowners’ access to insurance in the face of...
Viewpoint: California Regulatory System Hurting Independent Agents and Their Clients
Nov 29 2022 // Millions of California insurance consumers are being adversely affected and incurring higher costs of insurance due to the malfunctioning insurance regulatory system in California. Moreover, the broken regulatory...
California Commissioner Issues Moratorium on Homeowners Insurance Cancellations in L.A. and Kern Counties
Nov 28 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Nov. 19 emergency declaration. The commissioner’s bulletin...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Bulen & Associates in California
Nov 28 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Murrieta, California-based Bulen & Associates Insurance Services Inc. Lisa Mosby and her team will remain in their current location under the direction of Scott Firestone, head of...
California Department of Insurance Investigation Leads to Arraignment Bail Agents
Nov 22 2022 // Unlicensed bail agent Jimmy Mai, 35, of Irvine, and licensed bail agent Jonathan Lahmani, 42, of Orange, California, were each arraigned in Los Angeles Superior Court on one felony count of negotiating bail without a...
California School District Paying $15.75M in Teen’s Asthma Death
Nov 21 2022 // The mother of a 13-year-old girl who died from an asthma attack at a Southern California school will receive $15.75 million from the school district, their lawyers announced. The Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School...
Investigators Say Car Buried in California was Insurance Fraud
Nov 21 2022 // A car was buried in the backyard of a Northern California mansion 30 years ago as part of a scheme to commit insurance fraud, authorities said. The convertible Mercedes was discovered last month by landscapers in the...
Coach in California Convicted of Sexual Assault of Teen Players, Lawsuit Pending
Nov 18 2022 // A Southern California water polo coach was convicted Wednesday of sexually assaulting teenage girls during underwater training sessions while he claimed to be preparing them for competition, prosecutors said. Jurors...
California Paper Plant to Pay $385K Settlement Over Race Harassment Lawsuit
Nov 18 2022 // Paper manufacturers Packaging Corporation of America Central California Corrugated, LLC. (PCA) and Schwarz Partners LP will pay $385,000 and implement preventative measures to settle a racial harassment lawsuit seeking...
Santa Ana Winds Lash Southern California
Nov 18 2022 // Powerful Santa Ana winds lashed Southern California on Wednesday, toppling big rigs on highways and spreading a small fire that destroyed two structures. High wind warnings stretched across a wide swath of the region, and...
California Workers’ Comp Benefits to Increase in 2023
Nov 17 2022 // California’s State Average Weekly Wage rose by more than 5% in the year ending March 31, 2022, which will result in an increase in California workers’ compensation temporary total disability and permanent total...
Viewpoint: A New California Law Means New Obligations for Insurance Producers
Nov 16 2022 // Recent action by California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be of real interest to insurance agents and brokers doing business in the Golden State. With a swipe of his pen, Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1242, written by the...
