Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Employers Cited $1.75M in Refinery Worker Death
May 19 2022 // The Cal/OSHA Process Safety Management Unit cited Valero Refinery of Benicia and three contractors a combined $1.75 million for serious safety violations following a confined space death of a 35-year-old worker who...
CAC Adds Eisenstat and Sharp; Alliant in California Names Graham-Helwig Senior Vice President
May 19 2022 // CAC Specialty added Rick Eisenstat and Justin Sharp to its natural resources team. Eisenstat is an environmental law specialist and will serve as vice president. His expertise in environmental law. He most recently worked...
Judge Rules California’s Women in Boards Law Is Unconstitutional
May 18 2022 // A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional. Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said the law that would have required boards have up to...
California Business Owners Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 18 2022 // Three California business owners were arraigned for insurance fraud this week after an investigation reportedly showed they illegally conspired to lower workers’ compensation premiums. Troy Williams, 49, of Angels...
$230M Settlement Reached in 2015 California Oil Spill
May 16 2022 // The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 has agreed to pay $230 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by fishermen and property owners,...
USI Acquires Ames-Grenz Insurance Services in California
May 16 2022 // USI Insurance Services acquired Sacramento, California-based Ames-Grenz Insurance Services Inc. Ames-Grenz is an employee benefits brokerage and advisory firm. USI is an insurance brokerage and consulting firm providing...
Woodruff Sawyer in California Adds Holloway; LP Names Marsh HR Director
May 16 2022 // Woodruff Sawyer named Andrew Holloway as a vice president, surety. Holloway was previously regional manager at Hartford Bond for 17 years, working in both Southern and Northern California. He will be based in Woodruff...
California Lawmakers Raise Awards for Malpractice Lawsuits
May 13 2022 // The California Legislature has agreed to increase how much money people can win in medical malpractice lawsuits, resolving one of the thorniest disputes in state politics by raising a cap on damages for the first time in...
Tentative $32M Settlement in Abuse Death of California Boy
May 13 2022 // A tentative $32 million settlement has been reached with Los Angeles County in a lawsuit over its child welfare agency’s supervision of a boy who allegedly was abused to death by his mother and her boyfriend,...
Report Estimates $530M Reconstruction Cost for Homes in Line of California Wildfire
May 13 2022 // Newly released data from CoreLogic show the Coastal Fire in California has burned at least 20 homes in the Orange County community of Laguna Niguel. The estimated reconstruction cost value is $530 million for the area...
California Fire Destroys Mansions; New Mexico Wildfire Grows
May 12 2022 // The largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to evacuate. Meanwhile, a wildfire that erupted...
California Water Use Up Dramatically Amid Worsening Drought
May 12 2022 // California’s water use jumped dramatically in March, state officials said Tuesday, as one of the driest stretches on record prompted a wave of homeowners to start watering their lawns earlier than usual in defiance...
People Moves: Dohrmann in California Promotes Jensen; SAIF Names Graneto Vice President
May 11 2022 // Dohrmann Insurance promoted Brian Jensen to vice president in employee benefits. Jensen will be responsible for managing the operations and account management team of the division. Jensen has 15 years of experience in the...
California State Bar Notifies 1,300 Identified in Data Breach
May 10 2022 // The State Bar of California has begun notifying individuals whose names appeared in more than 322,000 confidential attorney discipline records published online in a massive data breach. The State Bar said it will contact...
Armored Car Company Settles California Suit over $1 M Pot Sale Seizures
May 9 2022 // An armored car company has settled its lawsuit that accused the San Bernardino County sheriff of illegally seizing over $1 million in cash it was transporting from medical marijuana businesses in California. The settlement...
Hospital in California Sued for Racism in Black Mother’s Death
May 6 2022 // The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical hospital on Wednesday, saying she bled to death because of a culture of racism at the renowned Los Angeles medical...
Trust Distributed $1.69B to PG&E California Fire Victims in 2021
May 6 2022 // Nearly $1.7 billion has been distributed to victims of California wildfires for which Pacific Gas & Electric was blamed, a new report shows. The Fire Victim Trust has filed its annual report and claims report for the...
Jury Rules for Kardashians in California Lawsuit
May 4 2022 // A jury gave a sweeping win to the Kardashian family in former reality TV star Blac Chyna’s lawsuit against them. The Los Angeles jury found that none of the members defamed Chyna, nor did any interfere with her...
California City Pushing Back on $85M Award in Restraint Case
May 3 2022 // San Diego County lawyers are seeking to wipe out an $85 million jury award to the family of man who died after being restrained by sheriff’s deputies in 2015, or get a new trial in the lawsuit that generated the...
People Moves: Highwing Names McKenney CEO; Gorst & Compass Adds Oliva in California
May 2 2022 // Highwing named Jim McKenney CEO, and added an advisory board of experienced professionals to support its expansion. McKenney will lead the company’s team of insurtech professionals. President and Co-founder Erik...
