Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Zoom Trouble
Apr 6 2020 // Online video conferencing has proven itself a useful technology tool in the midst of a worldwide quarantine thanks to COVID-19 but such rapid expansion in recent weeks is causing one of the largest firms a bit of privacy...
California Commissioner Orders Insurance Claim, Coverage Deadline Extensions
Apr 3 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has issued a notice to insurers ordering them to stop enforcing policy or statutory deadlines on policyholders for claims or coverage until 90 days after the statewide...
A Coronavirus Outbreak Among Farm Workers Would Be Catastrophic: Viewpoint
Apr 3 2020 // There is no evidence that Covid-19 has been transmitted by food or food packaging, according to U.S. federal health agencies. How the virus fares among food workers may be a different story. By law, food manufacturers must...
Bender Insurance Solutions in California Names Rohr Vice President of Finance
Apr 3 2020 // Sacramento, Calif.-based Bender Insurance Solutions has named Heather Rohr vice president of finance. Rohr oversees administration, budgeting, financial management, accounting services and facilities maintenance. She has...
Insurance Office of America Adds Miller in California
Apr 3 2020 // Insurance Office of America has added Steve Miller to lead the mobility and innovation group. Miller will be based in Pleasanton, Calif. He was previously vice president at McGriff Insurance Services. In his 15 years in...
Regulators Mull Reversing $462M Increase in PG&E’s California Wildfire Fines
Apr 1 2020 // California power regulators are weighing a recommendation to back off plans to fine Pacific Gas and Electric an additional $462 million for igniting a series of Northern California 2018 deadly wildfires rather than risk...
High-Flying Zoom Faces Privacy Suit Claiming It Fails to Protect User Data
Mar 31 2020 // Zoom Video Communications, which has seen its stock zoom by 115% since January, is being sued by a Sacramento user who claims the service unlawfully discloses users’ personal information. The video service has...
PG&E to Use California Wildfire Victims Fund to Pay for Past Crimes
Mar 30 2020 // Pacific Gas & Electric is warning its elaborate plan for getting out of bankruptcy might collapse if the utility can’t pay for its crimes in a deadly Northern California wildfire by taking money away from a fund...
PG&E’s Falling Stock Price Worries California Wildfire Victims Eyeing Deal
Mar 27 2020 // The stock market turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is raising worries that Pacific Gas & Electric’s $13.5 billion settlement with victims of catastrophic wildfires may be worth far less by the time...
California Commissioner Wants Data on Business Interruption Coverage
Mar 27 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has directed insurance companies to submit data to the California Department of Insurance regarding coverage of commercial business interruption related to COVID-19. It is...
Just in California Announces Telematics Product for Low-Income Drivers
Mar 27 2020 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Just Auto Insurance Inc. has launched a telematics-based auto insurance for lower income consumers. Just’s pricing model is based on an in-house telematics model, which uses data from more...
Cannabis Deemed an ‘Essential’ Business. Will Insurance Landscape Change?
Mar 26 2020 // It’s not just toilet paper and hand sanitizer people have been stocking up on during the COVID-19 crisis. Inventory levels at adult use cannabis stores in the U.S. showed a quick decline after the COVID-19 crisis...
K2 Insurance Services in California Names Smith President
Mar 25 2020 // San Diego, Calif.-based K2 Insurance Services LLC has named Mark Smith president. He has nearly 30 years of insurance experience, including underwriting, actuarial and finance leadership roles. He most recently spent four...
Overturned Tanker Yields Large Oil Spill Near California Dam, Cleanup Needed
Mar 25 2020 // A tanker truck overturned down an embankment, spilling up to 6,000 gallons of crude oil into a river that flows into a dam and reservoir near the city of Santa Maria, authorities said. The driver was no injured and the...
What State Insurance Regulators Have Asked of P/C Insurers to Address Coronavirus
Mar 25 2020 // As state insurance regulators monitor and respond to the coronavirus impact on insurance, property/casualty insurers are calling on them to coordinate their requests for data and ease up on some requirements. David A....
M4.7 Earthquake Confirmed off Coast of Northern California
Mar 24 2020 // A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Sunday morning off the coast of Northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake hit at 8:27 a.m. about 50 miles west of Ferndale, a coastal town of 1,300 people. A...
PG&E Will Plead Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in California Wildfire
Mar 24 2020 // Pacific Gas & Electric said it will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2018 fire in Northern California that killed 84 people and decimated three towns. The utility said in a...
California’s State Fund Announces Credit Extensions, Moratorium on Cancellations
Mar 23 2020 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund announced several steps to support policyholders during the COVID-19 crisis, including a moratorium on policy cancellations and late payment penalties. State Fund also...
Cannabis Home Delivery Surges in California Amid Outbreak
Mar 23 2020 // One company rushed to expand its delivery fleet. Another has seen sales triple. The global coronavirus pandemic has left millions of people locked out of bars, restaurants and theaters, but it’s been an unexpected...
California Employees Who Bring Labor Claims Can’t Recover for Their Unpaid Wages
Mar 23 2020 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that plaintiffs in Private Attorney General Act cases cannot recover for their own or their fellow employees’ unpaid wages, but are limited to recovering civil penalties set...
