Latest California Headlines
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Three California Entities Get FEMA Preparedness Awards
Sep 6 2016 // Three California entities were named by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as winners of its annual preparedness awards. The FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness Awards recognize the outstanding efforts of...
NAIC Dignitaries Remember Former California Commissioner Kinder
Sep 2 2016 // On a recent morning at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting in San Diego, Calif., a group of people with impressive credentials gathered to pay tribute a man they held in high regard. Wesley J....
California Granny Who Lost Life Savings Awarded $15M in Case Against Insurers
Sep 2 2016 // A California grandmother who lost her life savings in a real estate investment scam offered by an insurance agent was awarded more than $15 million Wednesday in a lawsuit against MetLife and two subsidiaries, attorneys...
California’s Jones Appoints Allen Deputy Commissioner for Rate Regulation
Sep 2 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has appointed Ken Allen as deputy commissioner of the rate regulation branch for the California Department of Insurance. Allen will fill the vacancy left by Joel Laucher, who...
Petersen International in California Names Boggs Regional Vice President
Sep 1 2016 // Valencia, Calif.-based Petersen International Underwriters has named Lori Boggs a regional vice president of the firm. Boggs previously was the national account management vice president of MetLife Insurance Co. At MetLife...
California Based EPIC Insurance Brokers Hires Caracciolo and Klaschka in New York
Sep 1 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant based in San Francisco, Calif., has hired two managing principals from Integro Insurance Brokers...
New York Set to Expand Medical Marijuana Program
Sep 1 2016 // New York state will loosen rules on marijuana prescribing, allow home delivery of the drug and take other steps to expand its medical cannabis program, health officials announced on Tuesday. The announcement follows a...
Judge Finds $28M Uber Offer to Settle Rider Fee Class Action Unfair
Sep 1 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. was dealt a second rejection of a legal settlement, this time in a case over claims the company misled riders when it charged them a $1 “safe rides fee” that earned the company almost...
ICW in California Names Guthrie Vice President of Customer Experience
Aug 31 2016 // San Diego, Calif.-based ICW Group Insurance Cos. has named Kristin Guthrie vice president of customer experience. At this new position for the company, Guthrie will be reporting directly to Chief Operating Officer David...
Woodruff-Sawyer Names Meister Assistant Vice President in Southern California
Aug 31 2016 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named John Meister assistant vice president in the firm’s Southern California office. Meister will work at developing and implementing growth opportunities for Woodruff Sawyer and...
Farmers Insurance in California Names Elliott Head of Human Resources
Aug 31 2016 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Farmers Insurance has named Suzie Elliott head of human resources. With her new appointment, Elliott also becomes part of the group’s senior leadership team. She will report to Deborah...
Judge Denies Another Trump Bid to Block Fraud Lawsuit Against University
Aug 31 2016 // Donald J. Trump and his now-defunct real-estate university lost another legal attempt to block former students from suing as a group in a California case accusing the Republican presidential candidate of fraud. Trump...
Woman High on Drugs and Driving on Wheel Rim Sparked California Wildfires
Aug 30 2016 // Fire officials in southern California say a car driven by a woman high on drugs has sparked several wildfires that so far have burned 450 acres and prompted evacuations. Authorities say Renee Hogan was arrested Sunday. The...
Restaurant Programs of America Taps Enos as VP of Sales in California
Aug 30 2016 // Restaurant Programs of America LLC has named Peter M. Enos vice president of sales in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Enos has for 25 years provided risk management solutions to clients in a variety of specialties...
NAIC San Diego: Self-Driving Cars and Regulatory Renewal
Aug 30 2016 // Insurance regulators are a diverse bunch. Some are elected, while others are appointed. Some are Republicans, while others are Democrats. At the triennial meeting of the National Association Insurance Commissioners in San...
California Insurance Agent Nabbed for Fraud Scheme Involving 100-plus Policies
Aug 29 2016 // Vicki Lee McGinley, 58, a licensed insurance agent in California, was arrested by the Kern County Sheriff’s department on seven counts of identity theft and seven counts of insurance fraud after allegedly...
Court Sides with California-based Grocer Trader Joe’s in Knockoff Suit
Aug 29 2016 // A U.S. court has the authority to hear a trademark lawsuit by grocery chain Trader Joe’s against a man who purchased the company’s products and resold them in Canada at “Pirate Joe’s,” a store...
Questions, Research on Possible Synthetic Turf Link to Athletes’ Cancer Continue
Aug 26 2016 // Their son is gone. Luke Beardemphl, a standout Tacoma, Washington soccer player during his years at Stadium High School, died last year at 24, following a seven-year battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But Luke’s...
California Lawmakers Vote for Extension of Climate Change Law
Aug 25 2016 // California lawmakers voted to extend the state’s landmark climate change law — the most aggressive in the nation — by another 10 years, resisting fierce opposition from oil companies and other business interests...
AAA Cautions: Not All Automatic Braking Systems Are Alike
Aug 25 2016 // While most American believe that automatic braking systems are designed to work without human intervention, not all work that way. The hi-tech braking systems vary in design and performance, according to the automobile...
