Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...
US Regulator Launches Probe of VinFast Crash in California in Which Four Died
May 22 2024 // U.S. auto safety investigators said on Monday they have launched an investigation into the April crash of a VinFast 0TL.F, VFS.O VF 8 electric vehicle in Pleasanton, California, in which a family of four died. The National...
California Court to Weigh Fate of Law Treating App-Based Drivers as Contractors
May 21 2024 // California’s top state court on Tuesday will consider a labor union’s challenge to a ballot measure allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to classify drivers in the state as independent contractors...
Cal/OSHA Beefing Up Safety Enforcement to Protect Workers Against Silicosis
May 21 2024 // California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health reports seeing growing number of silicosis cases among stone workers in California, and the agency is launching efforts to beef up its enforcement...
California’s Scenic Highway 1 to Big Sur Finally Opens to Around-The-Clock Travel
May 20 2024 // A section of California’s scenic Highway 1 leading to the famous Big Sur coast reopened to around-the-clock traffic Friday after stabilization of a storm-triggered rockslide that dropped a chunk of one lane into the...
Landslide Forces Closure of Iconic California Chapel
May 20 2024 // A decades-old landslide that’s rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of Wayfarers Chapel, an iconic Southern California church that was designed by one of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s sons and...
Business Moves
May 20 2024 // National Lancashire Insurance Lancashire Insurance, a subsidiary of Lancashire Group, has been launched as an excess and surplus insurer in the United States. Lancashire Insurance US (LUS) operates under a delegated...
My New Markets
May 20 2024 // California Workers’ Comp Program Market Detail: The FIVE100 Program is provided by CAWorkersCompensationInsurance.com. The workers’ comp program includes five unique dividend plans offering up to 40% return...
Family of California Veteran Who Died After Officer Knelt on His Neck Settles for $7.5M
May 17 2024 // Family members of a Navy veteran who died in 2020 after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes while he was in a mental health crisis have settled a federal lawsuit against the Northern...
California Trucker Death Led to Workers’ Comp Investigation That Found $2M in Underreported Payroll
May 17 2024 // An investigation began after an employee was found dead in a company owned semi-truck led to the arraignment of a California man on three felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. Heigo Kubar, 84, of Fresno, was...
People Moves: BenefitMall Appoints Montes Broker Sales Executive for California
May 16 2024 // XavierMontes BenefitMall appointed Xavier Montes to its individual and senior division (ISD) as the new broker sales executive for California. Montes is based in Whittier, California. Montes has over 25 years of experience...
The Surprising Force Stalling Climate Progress: California Restaurants
May 15 2024 // In the fight to ratchet down climate emissions and soothe the most dangerous effects of an overheating planet, one of the most withering setbacks in recent memory wasn’t delivered by the oil industry or coal...
Farmers to Resume Offering Key Lines of Business Insurance in California
May 14 2024 // Farmers Insurance said it will resume accepting new business commercial multi-peril applications for auto service & repair, habitational, manufacturing, real estate and wholesale distribution policies in...
Tesla Settles Factory Worker’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
May 14 2024 // Tesla has settled a lawsuit by a former factory employee who says she was fired for complaining about severe sexual harassment, as the electric carmaker faces a series of sex and race discrimination lawsuits. U.S. District...
California Workplace Violence Law a Best Practice No Matter What State You’re in
May 14 2024 // California Senate Bill 553 is groundbreaking legislation that aims to prevent workplace violence and enhance employee safety and security in California. The law elevates California’s commitment to protecting workers,...
15 Californians Charged in Complex Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
May 14 2024 // More than a dozen Southern California residents are reported to have conspired to create fraudulent insurance claims to illegally collect more than $350,000. They were arrested last week after an investigation reportedly...
Insurers Like California Governor’s Statement About Expedited Rate Filings
May 10 2024 // Insurers are applauding a move by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to try and expedite the insurance rate filing process. Newsom made the proposal while discussing the state’s budget. It was mentioned in a press...
California Construction Company Fined $371K for Fatal Trench Collapse
May 10 2024 // Cal/OSHA cited D’Arcy & Harty Construction Inc. $371,100 for failing to protect employees working in a trench excavation at a construction site in San Francisco. On Sept. 28, 2023, an employee was replacing sewer...
Mercury Insurance Taking Tokio Marine’s California Personal Lines Business
May 10 2024 // Mercury Insurance on Thursday announced a plan that the Los Angeles-based carrier says will help maintain insurance availability and provide coverage for thousands of California consumers as two insurers exit the...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Increased 2% in 2023
May 9 2024 // Written premium in calendar year 2023 was 2% higher than the prior year, driven by continued economic expansion, but partially offset by continued rate decreases, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation...
