Latest California Headlines
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Industry Watchers Weigh-in on ‘Concerning’ California Workers’ Comp Bills
Apr 8 2021 // A handful of workers’ compensation bills make their way through state Legislature every year that catch the attention of those watching the space – for better or worse. A few bills this year have a pair of industry...
California FAIR Plan Endorses Bill Expanding Coverage to Farms
Apr 8 2021 // The California FAIR Plan Association is publicly supporting a bill to amend the California Insurance Code to allow the FAIR Plan to write commercial coverage for permanent structures on farms. The California Fair Access to...
California’s PG&E Sees Criminal Charges in 2019 Wildfire
Apr 8 2021 // A California prosecutor has filed 33 criminal charges accusing troubled Pacific Gas & Electric of inadvertently injuring six firefighters and endangering public health with smoke and ash in a 2019 fire blamed on its...
California Court Rules That Sports Organizations Must Protect Athletes
Apr 8 2021 // Sports governing organizations such as those for swimming and gymnastics have a duty to protect young athletes from sexual and other abuse and can be legally liable if they don’t, the California Supreme Court has...
Correction: Brokerslink Enters into Service Partnership with B. Riley Advisory Services Group in California
Apr 7 2021 // Brokerslink has entered into a service partnership with B. Riley Advisory Services Group in Los Angeles, Calif. B. Riley’s compliance, risk and resilience practice specializes in business continuity, cybersecurity...
Family Sues After California Man Dies in Taco Eating Contest
Apr 7 2021 // The son of a California man who choked to death during an amateur taco eating contest at a minor league baseball game is suing the event’s organizers for negligence. Eighteen-year-old Marshall Hutchings’...
Three Dozen California Bills Focus on Wildfire, Others Are Concerning for Insurance Industry
Apr 6 2021 // Roughly three dozen pieces of California legislation are directly related to wildfire, and while those bills should hold much interest for the insurance community, there are other bills making their rounds that should draw...
Palomar Holdings in California Closes $400M Cat Bond with Torrey Pines Re
Apr 5 2021 // La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. and Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Co., the company has successfully closed a $400...
Federal Court Won’t Intervene in Applied Underwriters Case Against California Regulator
Apr 5 2021 // A California federal court has declined to get involved with a lawsuit that Applied Underwriters and the California Insurance Co. filed against the California Department of Insurance. The case against the CDI is based upon...
Groups Opposing Bill to Create California Medical Provider Network Option for Workers
Apr 5 2021 // A California bill to establish a statewide medical provider network for employees is raising a few eyebrows. Assembly Bill 1465 would require the administrative director of the state’s workers’ compensation...
Alaska Wary of ‘California Style’ Blackouts; Study Assesses Global Hailstorm Trends
Apr 1 2021 // Alaska could face “California-style” blackouts as climate change increases the state’s wildfire risk. That’s according to an article this week in the Anchorage Daily News. The article centers on...
Champion Risk in California Names Neal Director of Operations, Peretz Marketing & Communications Director
Apr 1 2021 // San Diego, Calif.-based Champion Risk & Insurance Services has hired Kristy Neal as director of operations and Rachel Peretz to lead thee marketing and communications department Neal is charged with making the agency...
Mother of Black Student Seeking Damages Against California School for Racist Rant
Mar 31 2021 // The mother of a Black 12-year-old boy is seeking damages against a Southern California school district after her son’s teacher went on a half-hour tirade laced with racism and profanity. Katura Stokes filed a damage...
Lawmakers from California Want U.S. Departments to Be Year-Round Wildfire Agencies
Mar 31 2021 // California’s U.S. senators and nearly two-dozen representatives are asking the Agriculture and Interior departments to transition their agencies to a year-round wildland workforce because blazes are no longer limited...
Former California Agent Arraigned After Allegedly Stealing from Client
Mar 31 2021 // Formerly licensed insurance agent, Mandy Pruitt, 42, of Visalia, Calif., was arraigned today on one count of grand theft after she allegedly stole more than $4,400 from a client and used the money to pay for personal...
California County Paying $4M in Misconduct Suits
Mar 30 2021 // San Diego County has so far spent more than $4 million to settle a dozen lawsuits brought after a sheriff’s deputy admitted to on-duty misconduct with 16 women, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Union-Tribune cited...
Groups Opposing Bill to Create California Medical Provider Network Option for Workers
Mar 29 2021 // A piece of California legislation to establish a statewide medical provider network for employees is raising a few eyebrows. Assembly Bill 1465 would require the administrative director of the state’s workers’...
Judge Considering Requiring PG&E in California to Turn off Power More Often
Mar 29 2021 // A federal judge overseeing Pacific Gas & Electric’s criminal probation said Tuesday that he is considering requiring the utility to be more aggressive about turning off its electricity lines near tall trees, a...
Former California Uber Driver Convicted of Raping Passengers
Mar 29 2021 // A former Uber driver in Central California was found guilty of sexually assaulting and stealing from five passengers. Jurors took less than three hours to convict Alfonso Alarcon Nunez of 13 felonies, including three...
California Landscaper Arraigned in Alleged Workers’ Comp Scam
Mar 24 2021 // Angel Maces, 23, of San Jacinto, Calif., was arraigned for felony insurance fraud after allegedly misrepresenting symptoms following a work-related injury in order to receive over $42,000 in undeserved workers’...
