Latest California Headlines
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Who Self-Insures for Workers’ Compensation in California?
Mar 6 2017 // Workers’ compensation liability is one of the main commercial lines in the U.S. property/casualty market. In order to manage this loss exposure, employers have two choices: they can either buy market insurance or...
California’s Central Coast Accounting for More of State’s Comp Claims, Report Shows
Mar 6 2017 // California’s Central Coast has been accounting for more of the state’s workers’ compensation claims recently, a report issued in late February shows. The California Workers’ Compensation Institute...
Later Last Call Times Proposed by California Lawmaker
Mar 6 2017 // Closing times at bars in California could go later if proposed legislation there gets passed. The bill proposed by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco, would let municipalities set their own...
Billionaire from California Donates $5M to Help San Jose Flood Relief Efforts
Mar 3 2017 // A California billionaire has donated $5 million for flood relief efforts in San Jose. Kieu Hoang is a one-time refugee from Vietnam who built a fortune in medical products. He presented a check to city officials this week....
Nationwide Says Extreme Weather Brings Bigger Claims, Need for Disaster Plans
Mar 2 2017 // More extreme weather has led to more extreme insurance claims in the U.S. over the past few years. In a review of more than 100,000 commercial catastrophe claims during a 10-year period, Mark A. Anderson, a claims...
Hub Acquires LISSC in Southern California
Mar 2 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired LISSC in Santa Ana, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. LISSC’s team will join Hub California. Angelo Maroutsos and Dennis Monahan, co-owners, and David Trevino, vice...
Debris Pile Emerges from Water Near Troubled California Dam
Mar 2 2017 // Crews worked this week to clean up dirt and debris from the base of Oroville Dam and biologists rush to save stranded fish after state officials shut off the flow of water from a damaged spillway at the Northern California...
University of California Releases Details on 113 Employee Sex Misconduct Cases
Mar 2 2017 // The University of California said it investigated 113 cases of sexual misconduct involving staff and faculty at its 10 campuses over a recent three-year period, according to hundreds of pages of internal documents released...
California Tour Bus Crash Leaves 1 Killed, 26 Injured
Mar 1 2017 // A tour bus crossed into oncoming traffic and hit two cars head-on, killing one woman and injuring 26 others in the Southern California high desert, according to the California Highway Patrol. It’s unclear why the...
Heffernan in California Names Huang Assistant VP of Employee Benefits
Mar 1 2017 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Edward Huang assistant vice president of employee benefits. Huang an enterprise sales background ranging from financial services to software as a...
Worker’s Comp Lien Filing Rules Filed with California Secretary of State
Feb 28 2017 // The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has adopted its final rules of practice and procedure implementing Senate Bill 1160, which passed last year. The Office of Administrative Law has filed the WCAB’s new...
Cavignac & Associates in California Names Watson Junior Account Executive
Feb 27 2017 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Stephen Watson a junior account executive. Watson’s area of focus will be on professional liability. Watson previously was employed as assistant manager of...
California Governor Calls for $437M in Spending for Flood Control
Feb 27 2017 // California Gov. Jerry Brown is calling for a boost in spending on water and transportation infrastructure as the waterlogged state grapples with an emergency dam repair, frantic levee fixes and catastrophic road damage...
Woman Arrested in Connection with 28 California Fires
Feb 23 2017 // A 24-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to 28 fires set throughout the city of Fullerton, Calif., since September. The Orange County Register reports that the woman was arrested after investigators found her...
Beecher Carlson Names Newell as Managing Director in California
Feb 23 2017 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC is expanding its West Coast operations with the appointment of Keith Newell as its managing director. Newell will be primarily based in the firm’s Woodland Hills, Calif. office....
California Surplus Lines Association Elects Ciardello Chairman of the Board
Feb 23 2017 // The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have elected Tom Ciardello, senior executive vice president of Worldwide Facilities LLC, as the chair of the SLA board of directors. Ciardello’s election was...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Employer Resource Group in California
Feb 22 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Employer Resource Group Financial & Insurance Services Inc. in Torrance, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tim Dickins, ERG founder and CEO, will join Hub...
Infogain Names Patterson as Guidewire Head for Insurance Vertical in California
Feb 21 2017 // Infogain has named James Patterson as Guidewire head. Patterson is based in San Diego, Calif. and reports to Girish Kannalli, vice president and general manager of the insurance and healthcare business unit. Patterson is...
California Gas Prices Could Rise Following Local Refinery Blast
Feb 21 2017 // An explosion and fire at an oil refinery in Torrance, Calif. over the weekend forced the partial shutdown of the plant, leading oil traders to expect a spike this week in West Coast gasoline prices. Police and the plant...
17 Million U.S. Homes Worth $4.9 Trillion Are in Environmental Hazard Zones
Feb 20 2017 // Millions of homes and condominiums across the country are in high danger zones for environmental hazards. According to the Environmental Hazards Housing Risk Index, produced by ATTOM Data Solutions, 17.3 million single...
