Latest California Headlines
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FAIR Plan Asks Court to Stop California Insurance Commissioner’s Order
Dec 13 2019 // Note: This is been updated with a statement from Lara’s office. The FAIR Plan today filed a petition for a writ of mandate seeking to have a court annul, vacate, or withdraw an order issued last month by the...
California Judge Allows Gender Pay Bias Suit Against Disney to Proceed
Dec 13 2019 // Walt Disney Co. failed to persuade a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by female employees who allege the company discriminates by paying male workers better. A state judge in Los Angeles found that the 10 current and former...
Southern California Bride Tied up in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 13 2019 // Vermyttya Miller, 37, of Santa Clarita, Calif., was sentenced this week to five years in county jail and ordered to pay $22,500 in restitution after pleading no contest to one count of felony insurance fraud for a wedding...
United Valley Insurance Services in California Adds Alanis
Dec 13 2019 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. in California has named Nichole Alanis a member relations specialist. Alanis is focused on assisting members and vendors with on-boarding and training. Nichole previously worked as an...
McDonald’s Has Friends in High Places in High-Stakes Labor Fight
Dec 12 2019 // In a television commercial that’s become part of the lore surrounding Donald Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s Corp., he embraced a purple, lumpy denizen of the fast-food chain’s...
Alliant Adds Blair in California to West Coast Benefits Team
Dec 12 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has added Los Angeles, Calif.-based Jennifer Blair to its West Coast employee benefits team. Blair will service an array of organizations across the region. Blair’s background includes...
Sage Insurance Increases Capacity, Coverage for Secondary Homes in California
Dec 12 2019 // Sage Insurance Holdings LLC (Sage), a California wildfire-focused homeowners insurance provider, has increased its capacity and will now write exposures up to $4 million TIV. For a primary home, that translates to an...
Shooting Survivor Suing Southern California Synagogue
Dec 11 2019 // A man wounded in a shooting at a San Diego, Calif.-area synagogue is suing the house of worship, alleging Chabad of Poway didn’t use federal funds meant to hire security to protect worshipers, according to a...
Firefighter Overtime Surges 65% in California, Report Shows
Dec 10 2019 // Following an unprecedented series of wildfires across California, overtime costs for firefighters surged by 65% over the past decade, pushing annual wages to nearly $5 billion, according to a newspaper analysis published...
California Department of Insurance Arrests Suspects in $500K Auto Fraud Ring
Dec 9 2019 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance, San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, and the California Highway Patrol have arrested four suspects for alleged involvement in an organized auto fraud...
PG&E Gains on $13.5B Settlement With California Wildfire Victims
Dec 9 2019 // PG&E Corp. surged on the strength of a Friday announcement it had secured a $13.5 billion settlement with victims of wildfires ignited by its power lines, a step toward resolving the biggest utility bankruptcy in U.S....
$4M for California Woman Whose Car Plunged into Sinkhole
Dec 9 2019 // Los Angeles will pay $4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who was injured when her car plunged into a sinkhole nearly three years ago. The City Council agreed to the settlement on last week. Stephanie Scott...
Industry Representative Puts Fire Insurance Availability at Feet of Commissioner
Dec 6 2019 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will have to choose whether he wants insurers to charge higher rates or to stop writing homeowners insurance in fire-prone areas, an industry representative said following new...
Trials Over Bayer’s Roundup Weedkiller Delayed for Mediation Talks
Dec 6 2019 // Bayer AG agreed to postpone two upcoming U.S. trials involving its Roundup weedkiller to allow time for mediation talks on a possible settlement with plaintiffs. The German agriculture giant agreed to delay two trials that...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based Blair Jarcik Insurance Agency
Dec 5 2019 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Novato, Calif.-based Blair Jarcik Insurance Agency Inc. Blair Jarcik, president of Blair Jarcik Insurance Agency, will join Hub California and report to Bryan Costello, San...
Study: California Self-Insured Employers Save Over Traditional Workers’ Comp
Dec 5 2019 // A new study on California workers’ compensation shows the cost of self-insurance is 14% to 28% less than a traditional workers’ comp policy. It should be noted that the study was commissioned by the California...
California Commissioner Calls for Statewide Non-Renewal Moratorium, More Measures to Protect Wildfire Victims
Dec 5 2019 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies non-renewing policyholders, a move he says will help at least 800,000 homes in wildfire disaster...
PG&E Nearing $13.5B Deal With California Wildfire Victims
Dec 5 2019 // Bankrupt California power producer PG&E Corp. is close to finalizing terms for a $13.5 billion payout to victims of wildfires triggered by its power lines, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with...
United Valley Insurance Services Adds Lawrence Potter Agency in California
Dec 4 2019 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has added Lawrence Potter Insurance Agency in San Diego, Calif., as a member. Larry Potter, Managing Principal, is the sole proprietor owner of the retail agency. The agency focuses on...
Video Game Maker in California to Pay $10M in Gender Bias Case
Dec 4 2019 // The maker of popular video game League of Legends has agreed to pay $10 million to female employees to settle a broad gender discrimination case. Court documents show that Los Angeles-based Riot Games will pay about 1,000...
