Latest California Headlines
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Firefighters in California Working to Contain Large Wildfire
Jun 22 2021 // California’s weather moderated after a long siege of extreme heat but firefighters still faced the difficult task of trying to contain a large forest fire in rugged coastal mountains south of Big Sur. The Willow Fire...
Grim California Wildfire Outlook Has Insurers Forking Over Big Bucks for Modeling
Jun 18 2021 // Severe drought and searing temperatures are not the only proof that Californians should be worried about wildfires this year. A glaring piece of evidence that there’s ample cause for concern is this: those who will...
Waymo in California Getting $2.5B to Fuel Self-Driving Ambitions
Jun 18 2021 // Waymo, the self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google, isn’t allowing a recent wave of executive departures to detour its plans to expand its robotic taxi service. The Mountain View, California, company made that...
People Moves: Lockton Names Harrison Market Leader in California, Hanleigh Names Haley Sales Director
Jun 17 2021 // Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC has named Sherri Harrison, senior vice president, to market leader. Harrison is responsible for clients, people, operations and the growth of the benefits practice in San Diego, Calif., and...
Cannabis Wholesaler Cannasure Now Operating in California
Jun 17 2021 // Cannasure Insurance Services is now providing its wholesale brokerage and managing general agent services to retail brokers representing insureds domiciled in California. Cannasure announced it will offer property capacity...
California Farmers Being Told Drought Could Cut Off Their Water
Jun 17 2021 // Thousands of Central California farmers were warned Tuesday that they could face water cutoffs this summer as the state deals with a drought that already has curtailed federal and state irrigation supplies. The State Water...
Cornerstone Acquires Cannabis Specialist CLIC in California
Jun 16 2021 // Cornerstone Risk Solutions LLC, a Denver, Colo.-based subsidiary of IMA Inc., has acquired CLIC Management NV LLC, a managing general agent of group-based insurance programs for the legal cannabis industry. CLIC Management...
California OKs Farmers and Zesty.ai Wildfire Risk Assessments, Will Bring 30K New Homeowners Policies
Jun 16 2021 // California regulators have approved a plan by Farmers Insurance to assess wildfire risk by using a tool that combines artificial intelligence with high-resolution aerial photography. The carrier said the Z-Fire risk...
New Mexico AG Opposes California’s Blocking of California Insurance Company’s Redomestication
Jun 15 2021 // New Mexico’s Attorney General has moved to intervene in a lawsuit in which the California Insurance Co.’s is fighting actions by the California Department of Insurance to block CIC’s redomestication to...
$15M Award for Embryos Ruined at California Fertility Clinic
Jun 15 2021 // A jury has awarded nearly $15 million to five people who lost eggs or embryos when a cryogenic storage tank failed at a fertility clinic. A federal jury made the award in a lawsuit filed over the 2018 tank failure at the...
California Encourages Rebuilding in Fire-Prone Areas, Report Says
Jun 14 2021 // California state and local officials are encouraging rebuilding in areas destroyed by wildfires at a time when people should be redirected away from those areas if the state wants to reduce the economic and human impact of...
OLI Insurance Services Acquires Valley General in California
Jun 14 2021 // OLI Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Heffernan Insurance Brokers providing market access and support services to local insurance agencies, has acquired San Jose, California-based Valley General Insurance...
People Moves: CSAA Names Brown EVP of Commercial, Woodruff Sawyer Names Fuhrman Southern California Practice Leader
Jun 14 2021 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Julie Brown executive vice president of commercial insurance. Brown will be responsible for the distribution of commercial insurance under the Mobilitas brand,...
Controversial California Workplace Mask Rule Withdrawn
Jun 11 2021 // California’s workplace regulators have withdrawn a controversial pending mask regulation while they consider a rule that more closely aligns with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise that the state will fully reopen...
Charles Taylor Creates Environmental Services Group in California
Jun 10 2021 // Charles Taylor announced it has created a new division aimed at providing pre-risk and post-loss environmental services. The new business will be known as Charles Taylor Environmental Technical Services and is based in...
People Moves: Allied American Adds Manioukov as Producer in California, PCF Names Smith President
Jun 9 2021 // Allied American Underwriters, a division of USG Insurance Services Inc., has named Eugene Manioukov as producer/broker specializing in workers’ compensation in the Irvine, Calif., branch. Manioukov has four years of...
Water Polo Players Get $14M in California Sex Abuse Settlement
Jun 9 2021 // A dozen female water polo players who accused their coach of sexual abuse will split nearly $14 million after settling a lawsuit against USA Water Polo and a California club. The athletes alleged that International Water...
Washington, California Urge Insurers to Adopt Task Force Climate Reporting Guidelines
Jun 8 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara are askikng all insurers that are currently required to report to them annually on climate change to start reporting their...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based EnterMedicare Inc.
Jun 8 2021 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of EnterMedicare Inc. in Los Angeles, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dennis Negron, Founder and CEO of EnterMedicare, and the EnterMedicare team will join...
People Moves: ICW in California Names Rathsam CFO, Liberty Mutual Names Mitchell Pacific Field Executive
Jun 7 2021 // San Diego, Calif.-based ICW Group Insurance Cos. has named Nicole Rathsam senior vice president, chief financial officer. Rathsam will oversee the company’s premium audit and finance departments. She is in charge of...
