Latest California Headlines
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Report Blames PG&E Power Lines for 4 of Northern California Wildfires
May 28 2018 // PG&E Corp.’s equipment was responsible for causing four of the smaller wildfires that tore through Northern California last year, according to the first report issued by state investigators. The fires in Butte...
Southern California Agents Arrested for Fraud
May 25 2018 // California-based life insurance agents, Samuel Tadlock III, 32, of Eastvale, Marlene Ramirez, 42, of Murrieta, Daniel Herrarte, 34, of Sylmar, and Jorge Lopez Jr., 38, of San Fernando, were arrested this week on multiple...
3 Things Insurance Professionals Should Know in Honor of Wine Day
May 25 2018 // National Wine Day is a thing. And it’s today. Oenophiles probably know that May 25 is Wine Day, but the annual celebration of fermented grapes might be news to those who only like, but don’t necessarily love,...
Family of Woman Who Died at California Music Festival Sues Promoter
May 24 2018 // The family of a 20-year-old woman who died after attending a California music festival last year is suing the event promoter. City News Service is reporting the lawsuit alleges Baylee Gatlin didn’t receive proper...
California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 3 Medical Providers for Fraud
May 24 2018 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended three more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended to...
Uber Ends Self-Driving Program in Arizona Following Fatality
May 24 2018 // Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said on Wednesday. Uber Technologies Inc is not shuttering its entire autonomous...
Willis Towers Watson Adds Abbott to Lead Northern California Market
May 24 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has added Fred Abbott as market leader for Northern California. Abbott will be responsible for the company’s business operations, client relationships and growth opportunities across the Northern...
California Organized Investment Network Launches High Impact Service for Insurers
May 23 2018 // The California Organized Investment Network has launched the Impact Investment Marketplace, a portal to help facilitate high impact investments in underserved communities and environmental projects in California. The...
California Workers’ Comp Directors and Officers Cleanup Law Takes Effect July 1
May 22 2018 // A new law that enables corporate directors and officers owning at least 10 percent of a business to opt out of workers’ compensation coverage goes into effect on July 1. The law is intended to reduce the threshold of...
Farmers Group in California Names Daly President of Personal Lines
May 22 2018 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Farmers Group Inc. has named Keith Daly president of personal lines. Daly, who is currently Farmers’ chief claims officer, takes the new post effective June 11. He joined Farmers in 2009...
Man Dies After Tesla Crashes into Pond in California
May 22 2018 // Authorities in California’s San Francisco Bay Area are investigating the death of a man after a Tesla car he was driving veered off a road, crashed through a fence and into a pond. KTVU-TV reports that rescuers...
California Legislation Aims to Clarify Mudslide Insurance
May 21 2018 // The California Senate has approved legislation that seeks to clarify homeowners’ insurance coverage following deadly mudslides near Santa Barbara. Insurance policies generally cover damage caused by fires but not by...
PG&E Judge Won’t Rule Out California Fire Cost Claim
May 21 2018 // PG&E Corp. suffered another legal setback with a judge saying he won’t release the company from a key legal claim over the most destructive wildfires in California history. PG&E has been challenging a...
Coffee in California to Be Paired With Cancer Warnings
May 21 2018 // Starbucks Corp. and other roasters and retailers must serve up a cancer warning with coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge has ruled. Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle in a ruling published in early May said that...
Agent’s California Senate Bid Driven by Need for Better Representation
May 21 2018 // Tom Pratt, an insurance agent who specializes in procuring fine art coverage in a rural Northern California community, has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years. By day he is an insurance agent. In his...
California Man Nabbed for Getting Comp from Multiple Insurers While Working
May 21 2018 // Michael Williams, 34, of Daly City, Calif., was arrested on 21 felony counts of insurance fraud and grand theft after allegedly working for multiple employers while collecting over $85,000 in workers’ compensation...
California Commissioner Ran a Climate Change ‘Stress Test’ on Insurers
May 21 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has run a “stress test” on the state’s largest insurers. Jones said during a press conference in May that he is the first U.S. financial regulator to conduct a...
Manufacturer Paying $60M to Settle California Lead Paint Litigation
May 18 2018 // A lead paint manufacturer will pay more than $60 million to remove the toxic material from homes around California. Officials in Santa Clara County announced the settlement with NL Industries on Wednesday, ending 18 years...
HUB Adds Dobbs to National Real Estate Practice in California
May 17 2018 // HUB International of California has named Mark Dobbs vice president of and producer for the national real estate specialty practice. Dobbs has more than 15 years of experience in global commercial real estate business...
G2 Insurance Services Names Frykman Vice President in California
May 17 2018 // G2 Insurance Services has named Matt Frykman vice president in employee benefits. He is located in in San Francisco, Calif. office. Frykman was previously global benefits manager at Glassdoor Inc. He was an account...
