Latest California Headlines
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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...
Families of California Mass Shooting Victims Splitting $8M Settlement
Nov 15 2022 // The families of nine people killed last year by a co-worker at a California rail yard will receive $8 million to settle damage claims filed last November, officials said. The agreement was reached with the families of...
Delos in California Launches New Program to Expand Wildfire Insurance Options
Nov 15 2022 // Delos Insurance Solutions launched a program to expand homeowners insurance options for Californians facing wildfire risks and provide full home insurance policies to homeowners currently on the California Fair Access to...
California Sues Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ That Taint Water
Nov 14 2022 // A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms that have over decades found...
Captain of Burning Dive Boat in California Pleads Not Guilty in 34 Deaths
Nov 14 2022 // A dive boat captain pleaded not guilty in federal court for a second time to manslaughter in the fiery deaths of 34 people trapped below deck on his burning vessel three years ago off Southern California. A federal grand...
Report: Insurance Industry Spent $3.1B with California Diverse Businesses
Nov 14 2022 // New data from the California Department of Insurance suggests some progress in the department’s push for California’s $409 billion insurance industry to partner more with the diverse small businesses. The...
