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Judge Upholds California Insurance Commissioner’s Order to Expand FAIR Plan Coverage
Jul 20 2021 // A Superior Court judge has upheld the California Insurance Commissioner’s authority to order the California FAIR Plan to offer broader coverage options to consumers. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel has...
In the Face of a Severe California Wildfire Season, is The Oft-Used ‘Mitigation’ Word Too Little Too Late?
Jul 20 2021 // It may have been around 2017 when a true sense of urgency donned on insurers, public officials, residents and regulators in wildfire-prone California, as fires destroyed or damaged more than 10,000 structures in the state,...
M5.1 Earthquake Confirmed off Northern California Coast
Jul 20 2021 // A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck off the Northern California coast late Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake just before midnight was about 12 kilometers west of Petrolia in Humboldt County and...
People Moves: Island Insurance Names Kadomoto Assistant Vice President; The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers in California Names Arricale Chief Financial Officer
Jul 20 2021 // Island Insurance Co. has promoted Denise Kadomoto to assistant vice president of accounting and finance. Kadomoto will continue to serve as the company’s controller, a position she has held since 2015. Kadomoto...
Takeaways from Our Conversation on The Impact of California Wildfires on Cannabis Insurance
Jul 19 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv The California wildfire season is shaping up to be an ugly one, with a worsening drought and soaring temperatures in the Western U.S. Wildfires are already blazing across numerous states. As...
California Drivers Charged After Text Messages Detail Alleged Fraud Scheme
Jul 19 2021 // Maricela Pantjoa Vidrio, 31, of Fairfield, Calif., and Areshma Kiran, 35, of Sacramento, Calif., were charged on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly conspiring to misrepresent the facts following an...
California Insurance Company Pressing for its ‘Day in Court’
Jul 19 2021 // U.S. District Court Judge William B. Shubb granted the motion by the California Department of Insurance to dismiss the lawsuit filed by California Insurance Co. against the CDI. Shubb acted in a manner consistent with his...
Cardinal Health, AppleOne Settle California Harassment and Retaliation Suit for $1.45M
Jul 19 2021 // Global health care services and products company Cardinal Health will pay $1.45 million to resolve a racial harassment and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
17 More Arraigned in $822K California Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
Jul 16 2021 // Another 17 defendants were arraigned for their alleged involvement in an organized auto insurance fraud ring in California in which dealers reportedly purchased damaged vehicles and then filed inflated claims and even...
Uber to Share Sexual Assault Claims Data on Website in Deal with California Regulator
Jul 16 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement with a California regulator for sharing data on sexual assault and harassment claims on its platform while protecting victims’ privacy and avoiding a...
Newfront and ABD Insurance in California Agree to Merge
Jul 15 2021 // California companies Newfront Insurance and ABD Insurance and Financial Services have entered into an agreement to combine. The merger values the combined company, which will be called Newfront, at $1.35 billion and is...
California Pension Fund Agrees to $2.7B Lawsuit Deal
Jul 15 2021 // The nation’s largest public pension fund has agreed to pay up to $2.7 billion to refund policyholders hit with huge hikes in their premiums, it was announced Tuesday. The California Public Employees’ Retirement...
People Moves: Burnham in California Names Jacques Vice President; AMERIND Names Dahl COO
Jul 15 2021 // Burnham Risk and Insurance Solutions LLC has added vice president Ryan Jacques to advance the firm’s property/casualty footprint in the public sector industry. Jacques has 28 years of experience across multiple...
California Lawsuits Say Pesticide Caused Kids’ Brain Damage
Jul 14 2021 // Lawsuits filed in California seek potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer linked to brain damage in children. Chlorpyrifos is approved for use on more than...
Admitted FAIR Plan Alternative Actively Writing Business Throughout California
Jul 13 2021 // Are you tired of working with the market of last resort? San Diego, CA First Cap Property Insurance Solutions has announced a new admitted Dwelling Fire program for California residential risks. The program is designed to...
Aftershocks From M6 Earthquake Rattle California, Nevada
Jul 12 2021 // Aftershocks have hit the region between Northern California and Nevada Friday after a magnitude 6 earthquake sent large boulders rolling into highways and knocked smaller items off shelves. The quake shortly before 4 p.m....
Cardinal Health, AppleOne Settle California Harassment and Retaliation Suit for $1.45M
Jul 9 2021 // Global health care services and products company Cardinal Health will pay $1.45 million to resolve a racial harassment and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
California Seeing More Wildfires So Far Than in Disastrous 2020
Jul 9 2021 // The number of wildfires and amount of land burned in parched California so far this year greatly exceed totals for the same period in the disastrous wildfire year of 2020. Between Jan. 1 and July 4, there were 4,599 fires...
Obsidian Acquires Western Home Insurance in California
Jul 9 2021 // Obsidian Insurance Holdings Inc. has acquired Western Home Insurance Co. from Western National Mutual Insurance Co. The acquisition supports the company’s growth plans and together with Obsidian’s existing...
California Insurance Company Pressing for its ‘Day in Court’
Jul 8 2021 // U.S. District Court Judge William B. Shubb granted the motion by the California Department of Insurance to dismiss the lawsuit filed by California Insurance Co. against the CDI. Shubb acted in a manner consistent with his...
