Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Voting on Increasing Storage At Site of Massive Methane Leak Despite Risks
Sep 1 2023 // California officials are expected to vote on a proposal to increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak that sickened thousands of families and forced them from their Los Angeles...
Appeals Court Dismisses 14 COVID Business Insurance Claims Against Travelers
Aug 31 2023 // The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed lawsuits by 14 businesses seeking insurance coverage from Travelers Insurance for business losses stemming from COVID-19 and the related government shutdown orders. The...
LP Insurance Services Acquires Wasserman & Associates in California
Aug 30 2023 // LP Insurance Services LLC acquired Wasserman & Associates in Northern California. Wasserman & Associates joins the LP Insurance Services Gold River/Sacramento office. Wasserman & Associates has been serving the...
California Labor Commissioner Cites Farm Labor Contractor and Growers $1.9M
Aug 29 2023 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited farm labor contractor M.G. Luna, Inc. of Parlier and growers Madera Persimmon Growers Inc. of Madera and Willems Farms Inc. of Kingsburg $1,926,531, for wage theft...
Jury in California Awards $3.75M to Protester Hit by Hard-Foam Projectiles
Aug 29 2023 // A jury awarded $3.75 million in damages this week to a protester shot twice with hard-foam projectiles fired by Los Angeles police during demonstrations in 2020. Jurors ruled that the LA Police Department was negligent...
2023 to Test Recent Growth in Private Flood Insurance Market
Aug 29 2023 // The private flood insurance market has been growing but 2023 may provide a real test following Tropical Storm Hilary in California as well as future storms that may come during the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane...
KCC Estimates Storm Hilary Caused Nearly $600M in Insured Losses
Aug 28 2023 // Catastrophe modeler Karen Clark & Co. said privately insured losses in the U.S. from Hurricane Hilary will be near $600 million. Once a Category 4 storm, Hurricane Hilary weakened to a tropical storm before it made...
Uber Raises Minimum Age for Most California Drivers to 25 over Insurance Costs
Aug 25 2023 // Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company said are necessary because of the rising costs of commercial auto insurance in the state. The new...
Former University of Southern California Star Reggie Bush Plans Defamation Suit Against NCAA
Aug 24 2023 // Former Southern California running back Reggie Bush plans to file a defamation lawsuit against the NCAA over a statement made by college sports’ governing body about the reasoning for its decision not to restore the...
Signers National Acquires Eclipse Risk Insurance Services in California
Aug 24 2023 // Signers National acquired nonprofit insurance company Eclipse Risk Insurance Services in California. Signers National also acquired the nonprofit insurance firm Whittaker Agency in Illinois. The two new businesses will be...
Maui Fire Victims Pursue Legal Tactic That Led to $13.5B California Settlement
Aug 23 2023 // Hawaii property owners are seizing on a legal shortcut used by fire victims in California to secure compensation from Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. for damages following the fires that ravaged Maui. The strategy, which...
Tile, Amazon Face Lawsuit From Stalking Victims Over Tracking Device Product
Aug 23 2023 // A tracking device called Tile may be effective in preventing its user from losing keys, a dog, or a purse, but it is also a tool used by stalkers, according to two women who have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit...
San Francisco Archdiocese Declares Bankruptcy Amid Hundreds of Sex Abuse Lawsuits
Aug 23 2023 // San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese filed for bankruptcy this week, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials. The Chapter 11 protection...
Declarations
Aug 21 2023 // Seltzer Water High “Maybe having a 10-milligram THC-infused seltzer water is something that’s more up your alley. … In my opinion, it’s more social.” — Alex Buschmann, cannabis practice...
Business Moves
Aug 21 2023 // National Marsh McLennan Agency, Graham Co. Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, acquired Graham Company, a risk management consultancy and independent insurance and employee benefits broker. Founded in 1960,...
California Firm to Pay $1M for Selling Devices to Thwart Truck Smog Controls
Aug 21 2023 // A California company will pay $1 million for violating federal environmental laws by making and selling devices that defeated smog controls on diesel trucks, prosecutors announced. Sinister Manufacturing Co. Inc. of...
Facts Are Friends
Aug 21 2023 // Recently, a carrier’s representatives walked into one of my client’s offices. This carrier announced they needed a 25% rate increase because of the carriers’ poor loss ratios. My top clients are well...
Potential of ‘Life-Threatening Flooding’ from Hilary in SoCal Mountains, Deserts and Southwest Nevada
Aug 18 2023 // AccuWeather on Friday issued an alert warning of the potential of a “life-threatening, flooding disaster” in the mountains and deserts of Southern California and far southwest Nevada due to Hurricane Hilary. In...
California Town of Paradise Deploys Warning Sirens as 5-Year Anniversary of Deadly Fire Approaches
Aug 18 2023 // California residents driven from their homes by one of the deadliest wildfires in recent history had one request before they would rebuild in the small mountain town of Paradise: warning sirens to bolster town emergency...
Hurricane Hilary Threatens Flooding Rain in California, Nevada and Arizona
Aug 17 2023 // AccuWeather meteorologists say Hurricane Hilary is anticipated to bring heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds to parts of California, Nevada and Arizona. The meteorologists issued the forecast in a media alert that...
