Latest California Headlines
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California Surplus Lines Weathered Pandemic, Wildfires, Civil Unrest
Feb 9 2021 // In a year marred by a pandemic, massive Western U.S. wildfires, civil unrest, and a contentious election, California’s surplus lines market “didn’t miss a beat.” That was the message from Ben McKay,...
California to Establish Home And Community Hardening Standards for Insurance
Feb 8 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced a new partnership between the California Department of Insurance and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Administration to establish statewide standards for home and...
California Largest Utilities Will Spend Billions to Lower Wildfire Risk
Feb 8 2021 // California’s largest utilities said that they will spend about $13 billion to reduce the risk of wildfires following the worst fire season in modern state history and a string of blazes that were blamed on their...
Newfront Insurance in California Adds Benedetti to Employee Benefits
Feb 8 2021 // Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Joseph Benedetti a principal and employee benefits producer. Benedetti is based out of the Los Angeles area and supports clients across all of California. He joins...
46 Years Helping Shape California Insurance Landscape
Feb 8 2021 // Robert W. Hogeboom has quietly been in the background of making and forming insurance laws and regulations for decades — and he’s seen a lot change in California’s insurance landscape in all of that...
California Supreme Court Rejects Rideshare Vote Lawsuit
Feb 5 2021 // The California Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that sought to overturn a ballot measure that makes app-based ride-hailing and delivery drivers independent contractors instead of employees eligible for benefits and job...
California’s New Mini-CFPB Law Largely Parallels Its Federal Cousin
Feb 5 2021 // California recently adopted significant amendments to its financial code, resulting in what is now known as the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CFPL), or colloquially as the California “mini-CFPB”...
Former California Agent Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing from Clients
Feb 4 2021 // Former licensed insurance agent Laura Lopez, 37, of Long Beach, Calif., was arraigned on one felony count of grand theft after allegedly collecting over $97,000 in insurance premiums from clients and pocketing the...
Newfront Insurance in California Adds Relation’s Chenu
Feb 4 2021 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Newfront Insurance has named Jeff Chenu a principal and commercial insurance broker. Chenu is based in Sacramento, and supports a client roster across the Western U.S. He joins Newfront from...
California Warehouse Worker Arraigned for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 3 2021 // Crescencio Velasco Covarrubias, 45, of Button Willow, Calif., was arraigned this week on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly failing to disclose prior work-related injuries in order to collect...
Google Paying $2.6M to Settle California, Washington Discrimination Case
Feb 3 2021 // Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that the internet giant discriminated against female engineers and Asians in California and Washington state. The...
PGIA in California Names Farrell President, Chima CEO
Feb 2 2021 // San Diego, Calif.-based Partners General Insurance Agency LLC has named Thomas Farrell president. Jas Chima will become CEO (formerly president and CEO) and John Davis will remain as executive vice president. Farrell...
CompWest Adds McNamara to Southern California Team
Feb 2 2021 // CompWest Insurance has added Liz McNamara as a business development consultant in Southern California. McNamara most recently was a senior underwriter at Amtrust. She began her insurance career in 1987 as a multi-line...
2 California Customers Sue Subway over Tuna
Feb 1 2021 // Two San Francisco Bay Area residents have sued the fast-food chain Subway alleging that its tuna is “anything but tuna” and calling it “tuna salad” constitutes fraud and false...
Lockton Pacific Names Lattimore in California to Lead Voluntary Benefits
Feb 1 2021 // Lockton Pacific Series has named Lorrinda Lattimore vice president, voluntary benefits. Lattimore is based in Lockton’s Irvine, Calif., office. Lattimore has more than 20 years of experience in leadership, sales and...
Distinguished Programs Adds Arrizabalaga in Southern California
Feb 1 2021 // Distinguished Programs has added George Arrizabalaga to the sales team as a regional sales executive for Southern California. Arrizabalaga will work with agents and brokers throughout Southern California to choose...
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck Names Thompson Law Partner in California
Jan 29 2021 // Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP has named Allyson K. Thompson an employment litigation partner in its Los Angeles, Calif., office. Thompson provides advice and counsel to companies to manage workplaces and workforces and...
Unlicensed California Agent Fined $20K Following Cease and Desist Order
Jan 28 2021 // Former insurance agent, Karen Marie Dondanville, 53, of Lake Forest, Calif., this week was ordered to pay the California Department of Insurance $20,000 in penalties after a judge’s decision that affirms the cease...
California Passes 103K COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claims for AY 2020
Jan 28 2021 // The monthly count of COVID-19 job injury claims reported rose to a record 32,549 cases in December, bringing the total number of COVID-19 claims for accident year 2020 to 103,712, or more than one out of every six...
Hogeboom Looks Back on 46 Years Helping Shape California Insurance Landscape
Jan 28 2021 // Robert W. Hogeboom has quietly been in the background of making and forming insurance laws and regulations for decades – and he’s seen a lot change in California’s insurance landscape in all of that...
