Latest California Headlines
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Nation’s Excess & Surplus Market Reports 13% Growth Through Midyear
Aug 14 2019 // Source: Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office The nation’s excess and surplus lines insurance industry is growing almost 13 percent faster halfway through this year than it did last year at this time. Mid-year premium...
Northern California Wildfire Victims Can File Claims With PG&E
Aug 14 2019 // People affected by wildfires in Northern California in 2017 and 2018 can soon file claims for housing assistance and other immediate needs with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. They can file their claims online through the...
Jury Awards $13M to Former Patients of California Psychiatric Facility
Aug 14 2019 // A jury has awarded more than $13 million to three women, finding they were harmed and did not consent to sexual contact by an employee of a California psychiatric facility. The Ventura County Star reports the jury found...
Court in California Rules NCAA Athletes Are Not Employees
Aug 13 2019 // A former linebacker for the University of Southern California wasn’t an employee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the PAC-12 Conference and isn’t owed payment for his work on the football...
Texas’ Tricolor Launches Auto Insurance Option for Low Income Consumers
Aug 13 2019 // Tricolor, a Dallas-based used vehicle retailer focusing on the sale and financing of vehicles to the Hispanic consumer, is now offering affordable auto insurance option for low-income and credit invisible customers through...
California Group Seeking Legislative Action on Wildfires
Aug 12 2019 // A broad California coalition is calling for support for package of bills to create a California Wildfire Warning Center, develop more skilled firefighters and establish defensible space standards Action for Wildfire...
Mobile Auto Insurer Root Insurance Expands Into California
Aug 12 2019 // Root Insurance, a licensed insurance carrier powered by mobile, has entered California, making it now available to 60% of the U.S. population. Customers can sign up and customize their coverage to immediately see how some...
Execs: Wholesalers at Center of Topa Plans After Acquisition of California Insurer
Aug 9 2019 // Two key executives involved in the acquisition of Topa Insurance Group by Altamont Capital Partners who spoke about the deal were emphatic about one thing: wholesalers will continue to be the center of the company’s...
University of California Regents to Pay $1.5M in Hostile Work Environment Case
Aug 9 2019 // A Los Angeles jury has ordered the University of California Board of Regents to pay $1.58 million to a woman who alleged co-workers made harassing and racially charged comments. The verdict was announced Tuesday by lawyers...
PG&E Posts $2.6B Loss Stemming From California Wildfires, Bankruptcy
Aug 9 2019 // PG&E Corp. reported a $2.6 billion loss for the second quarter as costs from devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018 and the California utility’s giant’s ongoing bankruptcy wiped out earnings. The loss...
Bayer Proposes to Settle U.S. Roundup Lawsuits for $8 Billion: Bloomberg
Aug 9 2019 // Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, according to people familiar with the negotiations. An agreement, which could take...
Clarifying Law Around Insurance of Marijuana Act Would Reduce Gaps, Expert Says
Aug 8 2019 // Chris Boden is stoked about the potential of a recently introduced bill in Congress that would create a safe harbor for insurers engaging with cannabis-related businesses. Boden is the cannabis practice group team leader...
EPIC Acquires Trumark Insurance & Financial Services in California
Aug 8 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has acquired Trumark Insurance & Financial Services in a Pleasanton, Calif. The deal closed August 1, and terms were not disclosed. Trumark is a brokerage/general agency...
Apple Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over Listening to Siri Users’ Recordings
Aug 8 2019 // Apple Inc. was sued over claims that the privacy of Siri users was violated when human reviewers listened to customer recordings. The lawsuit was filed as a class action Wednesday, just days after Apple said it would pause...
Ridgecrest Earthquakes Shake Up Californians, but How Bad Could it Be?
Aug 8 2019 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Earthquake risk in California is no secret. For years scientists have been warning the state is overdue for a large damaging event. Nearly 30 years ago, the 1989 Loma...
California Insurance Commissioner’s Applied Underwriters Decision Challenged over Campaign Contributions
Aug 7 2019 // A pair of companies has filed to overturn decisions by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in cases involving workers’ comp provider Applied Underwriters, alleging the decisions by Lara were swayed by...
California Workers’ Comp Committee Votes for Drop in 2020 Pure Premium Filing
Aug 7 2019 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s governing committee voted on Wednesday to authorize the WCIRB to submit a Jan. 1, 2020 advisory pure premium rate filing to the California...
California Manufacturer of Fire Protection Spray Sued for $5M
Aug 7 2019 // A $5 million lawsuit has been filed against a Los Angeles County company that sells a product it contends helps protect homes from wildfires. The Santa Barbara County district attorney and the Los Angeles city attorney...
AmWINS Group to Acquire LISI and CoPower in California
Aug 7 2019 // AmWINS Group Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LISI Inc. and CoPower, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close later this month, pending regulatory approval and...
U.S. Northwest Faces Growing Wildfire Threat
Aug 6 2019 // Nestled in the foothills of Washington’s Cascade Mountains, the bustling Seattle suburb of Issaquah seems an unlikely candidate for anxiety over wildfires. The region, famous for its rainfall, has long escaped major...
