Latest California Headlines
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CIG in California Promotes Cummins, Hepner
Feb 12 2021 // Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has promoted Scott Cummins to assistant vice president in personal lines, and Pauleen Hepner to regional field executive. Cummins will oversee personal lines underwriting,...
More Felony Charges for California Insurance Agents in Reported $748K Theft
Feb 11 2021 // Additional charges of felony grand theft were filed this week against licensed California insurance agents Robert Farmer, 66, of Camarillo, and Marion Urcan, 68, of Agoura Hills. The additional charges were filed after...
Lockton Adds Lopez to Northern California Construction Practice
Feb 11 2021 // Lockton Pacific has added Cynthia Lopez to its construction practice in Northern California. Lopez is based in Lockton’s Sacramento office. Lopez’s expertise includes more than two decades in the insurance...
Bender in California Names Murray Technology Risk Advisor
Feb 11 2021 // Bender Insurance Solutions in Sacramento, Calif., has named Bryan Murray a technology risk advisor in the commercial lines department. He will provide risk management advice and education for technology businesses across...
Heffernan Acquires Micor Insurance Brokers in California
Feb 10 2021 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has acquired Micor Insurance Brokers in San Jose, Calif. The Micor San Jose office is Heffernan’s 10th California location. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Corrie Foos, president of...
Report on California’s Formulary Shows Pharmaceutical Costs Declining
Feb 9 2021 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has updated the cost impact evaluation of the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule Drug Formulary, utilizing additional pharmaceutical transaction...
California Surplus Lines Weathered Pandemic, Wildfires, Civil Unrest
Feb 9 2021 // In a year marred by a pandemic, massive Western U.S. wildfires, civil unrest, and a contentious election, California’s surplus lines market “didn’t miss a beat.” That was the message from Ben McKay,...
California to Establish Home And Community Hardening Standards for Insurance
Feb 8 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced a new partnership between the California Department of Insurance and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Administration to establish statewide standards for home and...
California Largest Utilities Will Spend Billions to Lower Wildfire Risk
Feb 8 2021 // California’s largest utilities said that they will spend about $13 billion to reduce the risk of wildfires following the worst fire season in modern state history and a string of blazes that were blamed on their...
Newfront Insurance in California Adds Benedetti to Employee Benefits
Feb 8 2021 // Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Joseph Benedetti a principal and employee benefits producer. Benedetti is based out of the Los Angeles area and supports clients across all of California. He joins...
46 Years Helping Shape California Insurance Landscape
Feb 8 2021 // Robert W. Hogeboom has quietly been in the background of making and forming insurance laws and regulations for decades — and he’s seen a lot change in California’s insurance landscape in all of that...
California Supreme Court Rejects Rideshare Vote Lawsuit
Feb 5 2021 // The California Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that sought to overturn a ballot measure that makes app-based ride-hailing and delivery drivers independent contractors instead of employees eligible for benefits and job...
California’s New Mini-CFPB Law Largely Parallels Its Federal Cousin
Feb 5 2021 // California recently adopted significant amendments to its financial code, resulting in what is now known as the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CFPL), or colloquially as the California “mini-CFPB”...
Former California Agent Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing from Clients
Feb 4 2021 // Former licensed insurance agent Laura Lopez, 37, of Long Beach, Calif., was arraigned on one felony count of grand theft after allegedly collecting over $97,000 in insurance premiums from clients and pocketing the...
Newfront Insurance in California Adds Relation’s Chenu
Feb 4 2021 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Newfront Insurance has named Jeff Chenu a principal and commercial insurance broker. Chenu is based in Sacramento, and supports a client roster across the Western U.S. He joins Newfront from...
California Warehouse Worker Arraigned for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 3 2021 // Crescencio Velasco Covarrubias, 45, of Button Willow, Calif., was arraigned this week on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly failing to disclose prior work-related injuries in order to collect...
Google Paying $2.6M to Settle California, Washington Discrimination Case
Feb 3 2021 // Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that the internet giant discriminated against female engineers and Asians in California and Washington state. The...
PGIA in California Names Farrell President, Chima CEO
Feb 2 2021 // San Diego, Calif.-based Partners General Insurance Agency LLC has named Thomas Farrell president. Jas Chima will become CEO (formerly president and CEO) and John Davis will remain as executive vice president. Farrell...
CompWest Adds McNamara to Southern California Team
Feb 2 2021 // CompWest Insurance has added Liz McNamara as a business development consultant in Southern California. McNamara most recently was a senior underwriter at Amtrust. She began her insurance career in 1987 as a multi-line...
2 California Customers Sue Subway over Tuna
Feb 1 2021 // Two San Francisco Bay Area residents have sued the fast-food chain Subway alleging that its tuna is “anything but tuna” and calling it “tuna salad” constitutes fraud and false...
