Latest California Headlines
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New Insurance Laws for 2022 Sponsored by California Commissioner
Jan 4 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California Department of Insurance released a list of laws taking effect this year that were sponsored by Lara. New California laws related to insurance include the...
Unfinished Business Awaits California Lawmakers
Jan 4 2022 // California lawmakers are flush with money and unfinished business from last year as they returned to the state Capitol on Monday, but they head into an election year rife with uncertainty due to the redrawing of...
People Moves: Alliant Names Fraser Senior VP; California Workers’ Comp Institute Makes Widener-Brightwell General Counsel
Jan 3 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services named James Fraser senior vice president in its employee benefits team in Denver, Colorado. Fraser will provide employee benefits solutions for a diverse base of regional and national...
People Moves: United Valley Promotes Jarnagin and Kilby; ALKEME in California Names Mitilier President of Its MGA
Dec 30 2021 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. promoted Rubby Jarnagin and Jamie Kilby. Jarnagin has been promoted to marketing team supervisor. Rubby was formerly a marketing consultant/supervisor and focused on workers’...
Video Game Maker Settles California Discrimination Case for $100M
Dec 29 2021 // Riot Games, the publisher behind esports giant “League of Legends,” agreed night to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging pay disparity, gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The...
Major Storm Dumped Snow, Closed Mountain Routes in California
Dec 28 2021 // A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions and closed key highways amid blowing snow in mountains of Northern California and Nevada, with forecasters warning that travel in the Sierra Nevada could be...
People Moves: Alliant Names Walter Vice President; Foresight in California Promotes Bruce and Lachowski
Dec 27 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services named Adam Walter a vice president within its employee benefits group. based in Phoenix, Arizona. Walter will design and deploy employee benefits solutions for an array of regional and national...
Alera Group Acquires Ashbrook-Clevidence in California
Dec 22 2021 // Alera Group acquired Ashbrook-Clevidence Inc. in Santa Ana, California. The Ashbrook-Clevidence team will continue serving clients in its existing roles. Ashbrook-Clevidence provides employee benefits, property/casualty...
Berkshire’s Candymaker Must Face Worker’s Suit Over Husband’s COVID Death: California Court
Dec 22 2021 // A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught COVID-19 at work and gave it to her husband, resulting in his death, a state appeals court held on Tuesday, upholding what appeared to be the...
California Title Rep Banned for Life Following First American’s $1M Fine
Dec 21 2021 // Title marketing representative Eugene Bleecker agreed to surrender his certificate of registration to market title insurance and accept a permanent ban on seeking another license from the California Department of Insurance...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Quarterly Written Premium Lowest Since 2012
Dec 21 2021 // Written premium for 2020 was $1.9 billion, or 12%, below 2019, and was at its lowest since 2012, a new report out from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau shows. WCIRB’s quarterly experience...
California Attorney Suing Walmart for Illegal Disposal of Hazardous Waste
Dec 21 2021 // California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a statewide lawsuit against Walmart for the illegal disposal of hazardous waste. Bonta was joined by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and 12 district...
AM Best Revised Outlooks to Positive for Aspire General in California
Dec 20 2021 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” (Good) of Aspire General Insurance Co. in Rancho...
California DOI: Insurers Non-Renewed Fewer Homeowners in 2020, FAIR Plan Policies Increased
Dec 20 2021 // The number of California homeowners non-renewed by insurers fell by 10%statewide in 2020 compared with the previous year, as mandatory moratoriums by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made up more than 80% of the...
Vaccinated California Employees Face Workplace Restrictions
Dec 20 2021 // In a move criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates, California’s workplace regulators extended the state’s coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with revisions that employers said...
Lawsuit Filed in April Custody Death of Northern California Man
Dec 20 2021 // The family of an Oakland man who died after police held him down filed a wrongful death lawsuit Friday, contending officers asphyxiated him during a confrontation that drew protests and comparisons to the death of George...
Southern California Edison Faces $550M in Penalties for 5 Wildfires
Dec 20 2021 // California regulators approved a settlement placing more than half a billion dollars in fines and penalties on the utility Southern California Edison for its role in five wildfires in 2017 and 2018. The penalties relate to...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Bradawn Insurance Services in California
Dec 20 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Escondido, California-based Bradawn Insurance Services Inc. Dawna Gray and her associates will remain in their current location under the direction of Scott Gregory, head of...
California Man Arraigned on 14 Counts of Insurance Fraud in ‘Paper Collision’ Scheme
Dec 20 2021 // Farrukh Hussain, 37, of Eastvale, California, was arraigned on 14 felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly stealing consumers’ identities to file 14 fraudulent insurance claims with six different insurance...
Grand Jury Charges Oil Company in California Spill
Dec 17 2021 // A Los Angeles federal grand jury charged an oil company and two subsidiaries for an oil spill off the California coast in October. Federal prosecutors said Amplify Energy Corp. in Houston, Texas and its two subsidiaries...
