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Federal Government Will Shrink California Beach City’s Flood Zone
Aug 21 2018 // A report says a Southern California beach city has persuaded federal officials to exclude about 2,700 coastal properties from updated flood maps, saving homeowners thousands in insurance costs. The Los Angeles Times...
California’s Plan for PG&E Bonds to Cover Fire Damages in Final Stages
Aug 20 2018 // California is finalizing the details of a plan that could let PG&E Corp. issue bonds to cover potential damages from wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes last year. The details are still being worked out, and a...
California Workers’ Compensation Bureau Submits Lower Pure Premium Filing
Aug 20 2018 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Monday submitted an advisory pure premium rate filing lower than last year’s approved rate to the California Insurance Commissioner. The...
Changes in California Fire-Liability Law Looking Less Likely
Aug 20 2018 // California utilities won’t get a break from lawmakers who were weighing changes to state liability laws that expose the companies to billions in potential damages from last year’s wildfires. Lawmakers...
Excess and Surplus Coverage From Prime Insurance Company Now Available in California
Aug 20 2018 // Chicago, IL, August 20, 2018 — Prime Insurance Company, a leader in excess and surplus lines insurance, announced today that it has been added to the List of Approved Surplus Line Insurers in California. Prime can now...
Study Looks at Polypharmacy Claims in California Workers’ Comp
Aug 17 2018 // A study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows the likelihood that indemnity was paid on a workers’ comp claim increased with the number of concurrent prescriptions the injured worker was...
The Liberty Co. Acquires Majority Ownership of Mitchell & Mitchell in California
Aug 17 2018 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has acquired majority ownership in Mitchell & Mitchell Insurance Agency of Novato, Calif. Liberty will become majority owner joining with several former shareholders of Mitchell...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Acquires Majority Ownership of Mitchell & Mitchell Insurance Agency
Aug 17 2018 // Woodland Hills, CA, August 17, 2018 – The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, based in Woodland Hills with offices throughout California, is proud to announce its newest partnership with Mitchell & Mitchell Insurance...
Crumbaker Opens Brightway Agency in Carlsbad, California
Aug 16 2018 // Veteran insurance executive and now Brightway insurance agency owner, Brian Crumbaker, has opened Brightway, The Crumbaker Agency in Carlsbad, California. While the brand is still new to California, Crumbaker’s...
California Considers Rule Changes as Legal Pot Market Struggles
Aug 15 2018 // The nation’s largest legal marijuana market is struggling. Illicit sales continue to thrive in California and shaky supply chain has customers looking at barren shelves in some licensed shops. There are testing...
2018 Wildfire Season Outpacing 2017
Aug 15 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Examining the Risk in French Gulch and Redding Less than a year ago, California was ablaze with some of the most catastrophic fires the United States has seen. Over 10...
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Creates California Wildfire Disaster Relief Fund
Aug 15 2018 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a nonprofit organization that unites the insurance industry in helping communities and enriching lives through grants, volunteer service and leadership, has announced...
Monsanto’s ‘Junk Science’ Appeal of Roundup Verdict Faces Long Odds
Aug 15 2018 // Bayer AG unit Monsanto faces long odds on an appeal blaming an “inflamed” jury and “junk science” for a verdict of $289 million in damages to a man who said the company’s Roundup weed killer...
Fires May Make It Harder for Homeowners to Get Insurance in California
Aug 14 2018 // California homeowners may find themselves facing insurance headaches even if their houses weren’t affected by this year’s blazes. The California Department of Insurance had already warned this year that the...
To Date, Wildfires Are Burning 3 Times More of California Than in 2017
Aug 14 2018 // California’s wildfires are now burning through land at a pace more than three times faster than last year’s blazes. About 4,200 fires have charred 726,000 acres (294,000 hectares) in the state so far this year,...
California Jury Backs Man Claiming Roundup Weed Killer Caused Cancer
Aug 13 2018 // A San Francisco jury has ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company’s popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease. Dewayne...
Facing $17B in Fire Damages, PG&E CEO Blames Climate Change
Aug 13 2018 // It was California’s biggest fire yet. In late July and August, wildfires devastated an area north of San Francisco far bigger than New York City, destroying more than 100 homes and injuring two fire fighters....
First Jury in a Roundup Cancer Trial Orders Monsanto to Pay $289 Million
Aug 13 2018 // A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay $289 million...
Church Mutual, Church & Casualty Pilot Wildfire Loss Prevention Program in California
Aug 10 2018 // Church Mutual Insurance Company and Church & Casualty Insurance Agency have launched CM Wildfire Solutions, a no-cost, multifaceted program to keep customers and their property safe from the devastation of...
$120M Settlement Reached Over 2015 Southern California Methane Gas Leak
Aug 10 2018 // A Southern California utility reached a nearly $120 million settlement over a massive blowout at a natural gas storage field that became the nation’s largest known release of climate-changing methane and forced...
