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California Workers’ Comp Premium for First Two Quarters of 2020 Down 11%
Oct 19 2020 // Written workers’ compensation premium in California for the first two quarters of 2020 was 11% below that for the first two quarters of 2019, according to a new report out. The Worker’s Compensation Insurance...
Should Upcoming California Commissioner’s Hearing on Wildfires Concern Insurers?
Oct 16 2020 // Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will convene a “virtual investigatory hearing” on Monday to initiate a series of regulatory actions that will protect residents from the increasing risk of wildfires. Several...
California Heat Wave Prompts Power Shutdowns, Wildfire Danger
Oct 16 2020 // More than 50,000 California utility customers were without power and others around the state were urged to conserve electricity Thursday amid a fall heat wave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger. The...
California Permits GM’s Driverless Car to Cruise Streets of San Francisco
Oct 16 2020 // The race for driverless autonomous vehicles is heating up and on Thursday Cruise became the first to receive a permit to test cars without anyone in them on the streets of San Francisco from California’s Department...
Cline Agency Names Rawstron Real Estate Practice Leader in California
Oct 16 2020 // Cline Agency has named “Skip” Robert Raymond Rawstron III its real estate practice leader based in Los Angeles, Calif. Rawstron specializes in commercial real estate. He has owned an agency and has been a...
Hull & Company Acquires Assets of J.E. Brown & Associates in California
Oct 15 2020 // Hull & Company LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of J.E. Brown & Associates Insurance Services Inc. Following the transaction, the J.E. Brown team will...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Bloodgood in California
Oct 15 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Wes Bloodgood to the Woodland Hills, Calif., office. Bloodgood has experience in high net worth personal lines risk management, as well as experience with high risk...
RenaissanceRe Estimates Net Negative Impact of $325M from Q3 Natural Catastrophes
Oct 14 2020 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced it estimates that natural catastrophes during the third quarter of 2020 will have a net negative impact of approximately $325 million. The estimated net negative impact is primarily...
California Insurance Agent, Unlicensed Employee Arraigned for Alleged Fraud
Oct 13 2020 // Insurance agent Brenda Cervantes, 31, of Oxnard, Calif., and unlicensed employee Edith Arellano-Quinones, 39, of Ojai, were arraigned on Tuesday on misdemeanor counts of insurance fraud after allegedly selling auto...
California Appeals Court Listening to Arguments in Gig Worker Lawsuit
Oct 13 2020 // A California appeals court on Tuesday listened to arguments by lawyers for Uber Technologies Inc. , Lyft Inc. and the state of California about whether the state can recognize their drivers as employees with the right to...
Judge Tells PG&E to Explain Role in Zogg Fire in California Last Month
Oct 13 2020 // PG&E Corp was ordered by a U.S. district judge to explain its role in the ignition of the Zogg Fire in California last month, according to a court order filed on Monday. Last week, the California Department of Forestry...
Team Investigating Deadly California Wildfire Seizes PG&E Equipment
Oct 12 2020 // Fire investigators looking into what caused a wildfire that killed four people in far Northern California have taken possession of equipment belonging to Pacific Gas and Electric, the utility has reported. PG&E said in...
50 Years at the Helm of Insurance Journal
Oct 12 2020 // Entrepreneur, innovator, oenophile, insurance industry icon, all around great guy. That’s Mark Wells, the force behind Insurance Journal and Wells Media Group, who this year is celebrating his 50thanniversary in...
From Wildfires to Sally to China Floods, September Was a Disastrous Month
Oct 9 2020 // Third quarters are often the costliest of the year in terms natural disasters. Insurance broker Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred...
Newfront in California Adds Alliant’s Parker to Run Carrier Partnerships
Oct 9 2020 // Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Natalie Parker head of carrier partnerships. Parker will oversee carrier relationships for Newfront, and join its executive team. She joins Newfront from Alliant...
Family of Man Killed in Southern California Allege Wrongful Death
Oct 8 2020 // The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by an Orange County sheriff’s deputy last month filed a wrongful death claim Tuesday against the county. Kurt Andras Reinhold was killed Sept. 23 in the oceanside city...
M.J. Hall Creates Personal Lines Practice by Adding Hughes in California
Oct 8 2020 // M.J. Hall & Co. has formed a personal lines insurance practice, adding April Hughes as a broker specializing in personal lines. Hughes is based in Stockton, Calif. Hughes has more than 20 years of industry experience....
California Commissioner Makes Appointments to Insurance Boards
Oct 8 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has added new members to the California Department of Insurance’s Curriculum Board, the California Life and Health Insurance Guarantee Association’s Board of...
NFP Acquires Santa Maria & Co. in California
Oct 7 2020 // NFP has acquired Santa Maria & Co. in Walnut Creek, Calif. Craig Santa Maria, a principal and cofounder of the firm, will join NFP as a senior vice president and report to Doug Turk, regional managing director of...
Bender in California Names Abouelezz Business Development Manager
Oct 7 2020 // Sacramento, Calif.-based Bender Insurance Solutions has named Ramy Abouelezz business development manager. Abouelezz will drive organic growth initiatives across all lines of business. He has 25 years of experience in the...
