Latest California Headlines
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People Moves: Alliant’s Caterino on Nevada Agent Advisory Council; Venbrook in California Names Reddy Chief Human Resources Officer
Jan 31 2022 // Karen Caterino, senior vice president of Alliant Insurance Services, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Nevada Division of Insurance Agent Advisory Council. Caterino was selected by Nevada Insurance...
Gun Rights Group Files Suit Against California City’s Liability Insurance Law
Jan 28 2022 // A gun rights group and a gun owner have filed a lawsuit against a California city for a newly passed ordinance requiring citizens to obtain firearm liability insurance and pay an annual fee. The National Association for...
California Insurance Agent Arraigned in Alleged Affinity Group Discounts Scheme
Jan 28 2022 // Raffi Sarian, 32, of North Hollywood, California, was arraigned this week on four felony counts of identity theft and nine felony counts of forgery after allegedly altering information from professional licenses and...
California Business Owner Couple Nabbed in $4.5M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jan 28 2022 // Wei Wen Wu, 54, and Feng Wen Lam, 49, both of Arcadia, California, were charged with 43 felony counts of insurance fraud, grand theft, and conspiracy after allegedly underreporting nearly $4.5 million in employee...
Insurers Call California Climate Disclosure Bill ‘Potentially Dangerous’
Jan 27 2022 // An insurer group is unhappy with new legislation to require insurance companies operating in California to disclose investments in fossil fuel-related entities as well as the fossil fuel-related companies and projects...
Evacuations Lifted for Wildfire on California Coast
Jan 27 2022 // Evacuation orders were lifted Wednesday as firefighters strengthened control lines and mopped up hot spots at a wildfire along California’s Big Sur coast, authorities said. Fire activity was minimal overnight, with...
People Moves: Allied American Names Altrock Program Manager; WTW Adds Knox in California
Jan 27 2022 // Allied American Underwriters, a division of USG Insurance Services, Inc., named Susan Altrock program manager in the Scottsdale, Arizona satellite office. Altrock has more than 25 years of industry experience, most...
California Insurance Agent Sentenced in Burial Policy Scheme
Jan 26 2022 // Saul Hinojosa, 48, of Calipatria, California, was sentenced to one felony count of identity theft and one felony count of grand theft after stealing his clients’ identities to write fraudulent insurance policies to...
California City Votes to Require Gun Liability Insurance
Jan 26 2022 // The city council in San Jose, California, voted on Tuesday to become the nation’s first city to require gun owners to purchase insurance coverage. Funds from an accompanying annual fee of $25 will go toward reducing...
Wildfire on California Coast Now 45% Contained
Jan 25 2022 // Shifting winds and increased humidity helped firefighters make progress against a blaze burning in rugged mountains near California’s Big Sur coast, authorities said. The Colorado Fire was 45% contained on Tuesday,...
California Bill Would Require Insurers to Disclose Fossil Fuel Dealings
Jan 25 2022 // California Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-Marin County) on Tuesday introduced a bill to require insurance companies operating in California to disclose investments in fossil fuel-related entities as well as the fossil...
Mother Says California Teachers Manipulated Child to Change Gender Identity
Jan 25 2022 // A mother who claims teachers secretly manipulated her 11-year-old daughter into changing her gender identity and name has filed a legal case against a tiny California school district. Spreckels Union School District was...
California Utility’s Criminal Probation Ending Amid Ongoing Safety Worries
Jan 25 2022 // Pacific Gas & Electric is poised to emerge from five years of criminal probation, despite worries that nation’s largest utility remains too dangerous to trust after years of devastation from wildfires ignited by...
Hundreds Evacuated as Crews Battle California Wildfire
Jan 24 2022 // Hundreds of residents remained evacuated Sunday as crews battled a wildfire in rugged mountains along the California coast that forced the closure of the main roadway near Big Sur. One structure, a yurt, was destroyed by...
PG&E Blamed for Dixie Fire in Northern California
Jan 24 2022 // Pacific Gas & Electric power lines sparked last summer’s Dixie Fire in Northern California that swept through five counties and burned more than 1,300 homes and other buildings, state fire officials said. The...
New Safety Rules After Deadly California Dive Boat Accident
Jan 24 2022 // The Coast Guard has announced new safety rules following the deadly blaze that killed dozens of people on a scuba diving boat off the California coast more than two years ago. The Labor Day 2019 fire that killed 34 people...
Judge Tosses California Lawsuit of Man Who Was Nude Baby on Album Cover
Jan 24 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a 4-month-old on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is child pornography. Judge Fernando...
California Commissioner OKs FAIR Plan Coverage Options for Farms and Ag Businesses
Jan 21 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday approved the FAIR Plan to offer new commercial coverage for farm structure risks starting Feb. 1. The FAIR Plan is an association made up of all admitted insurance...
Cause of Death Released for Mother, Son Fall at Petco Park in California
Jan 21 2022 // San Diego police have determined the causes of death of a 40-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son who plunged from the third level of San Diego’s Petco Park, just as thousands of baseball fans were heading inside...
School District in California to Pay $14.7M in Teacher Sex Abuse Case
Jan 21 2022 // The Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to pay $14.7 million to seven former students at an elementary school who claim their teacher sexually abused them several years ago. Rene Tenas, who taught fourth grade at...
