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California Approves New Product Liability Program for Cannabis Industry
May 16 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday he has approved a new product liability and product recall program for the cannabis industry in California. This new cannabis insurance policy, offered by...
Goodwill and Affiliate in California to Pay $850K for Harassment
May 16 2018 // Two California entities, Goodwill Industries of the East Bay Area and its affiliate, Calidad Industries Inc., will pay $850,000 to eight former and current employees to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit...
Anderson & Murison Names Jawitz Executive Vice President in California
May 15 2018 // Anderson & Murison Inc. has named Mitchell Jawitz executive vice president. Jawitz will be located in the Pasadena, Calif., office and will focus on national business development with independent agents and brokers. He...
NFP Acquires 1st Community Insurance Services in California
May 15 2018 // NFP Corp. has acquired Palm Springs, Calif.-based 1st Community Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Principals of the firm Ernie Santora, Dean Nickodemus and Ken Conrad will report to Roger...
Woodruff Sawyer in California Ads Burke from Hiscox as Cyber Specialist
May 14 2018 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Dan Burke vice president and cyber specialist. He will expand Woodruff Sawyer’s cyber liability resources for clients to include new partnerships with cyber...
Agent’s California Senate Bid Driven by Need for Better Representation
May 14 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...
USGS: M3.3 Quake Rattles Southern California Desert
May 14 2018 // A magnitude 3.3 earthquake has rattled the Southern California desert, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS said the quake on Saturday was centered about 27 miles northwest of El Centro in the desert near the...
Burns & Wilcox Adds Lynch as Vice President in California
May 14 2018 // Burns & Wilcox has named Jim Lynch vice president of California brokerage in its San Francisco office. He will be primarily responsible for casualty placements, assisting his clients with challenging allied healthcare,...
California Security Company Busted for $3.2M Workers’ Comp Premium Fraud
May 11 2018 // Security Code 3 Inc. owner Troy Carson, 55, of San Jose, was arrested by California Department of Insurance detectives for allegedly underreporting payroll by more than $12 million in an attempt to secure a lower...
Big Independent Group Awards 2018 “Biggies” at Convention
May 11 2018 // Agents association honors best and brightest insurance industry stars Indian Wells, CA, May 11, 2018- The BIG Independent Group, a leading association of independent agent and brokers, was pleased to bestow its BIGGIE...
California Lawsuits Challenging Contractor Model for Lyft, Postmates
May 10 2018 // Ridesharing service Lyft Inc. and courier service Postmates Inc. are among the first companies to be sued for improperly treating workers in California as independent contractors following a recent decision that makes it...
G2 Insurance Names Glover Assistant Vice President and Producer in California
May 10 2018 // G2 Insurance Services has named Paul Glover assistant vice president and producer. He is located in G2 Insurance Services’ San Francisco, Calif. office. Glover plans to expand the company’s middle market...
Napa River in California Names Mazurek Director, Lopez Claim Manager
May 10 2018 // Napa River Insurance Services Inc. in California has named Peter Mazurek director of marketing and third-party administrator operations. Mazurek is responsible for overseeing claim and risk management services across Napa...
Former Zenefits CEO Surrenders Insurance License Following California Enforcement
May 9 2018 // Parker Conrad has surrendered his insurance license for his alleged role in licensing compliance violations that occurred at Zenefits during his tenure as CEO, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on...
Coffee in California to be Paired With Cancer Warnings
May 9 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 on Monday said that...
EPIC Names Conrad a Southern California Principal
May 8 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Sean Conrad a principal in its Southern California operations. Conrad will be based in EPIC’s Irvine, Calif., office. He will be responsible for new business...
California Commissioner Ran a Climate Change ‘Stress Test’ on Insurers
May 8 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has run a “stress test” on the state’s largest insurers. Jones said during a press conference on Tuesday that he is the first U.S. financial regulator to...
California Judge Orders County to Pay $1.4M in Lawyers’ Fees
May 8 2018 // A judge in central California has ordered Stanislaus County to pay nearly $1.4 million in fees to attorneys of a deputy who sued the Sherriff’s Department for discrimination. The Modesto Bee reports an attorney for...
CoreLogic® Offers Unique Perspective to HayWired Earthquake Scenario in Conjunction with the United States Geological Survey (USGS)
May 7 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Situated along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire,” California is in the middle of earthquake country, and planning for the next...
Is GrubHub Case a Barometer for Independent Contractors Rules?
May 7 2018 // Food delivery company GrubHub Inc. may be one of the first tech firms to feel the impact of a ruling this week from California’s highest court that makes it easier for workers to prove they are a company’s...
