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California Town Devastated by Wildfire Rebuilds, But Is It Any Safer a Year Later
Nov 7 2019 // There was “no way in hell” Victoria Sinclaire was rebuilding in Paradise, Calif. She’d thought she was going to die during the six hours it took her to escape the deadliest and most destructive wildfire...
Driscoll & Driscoll in California Adds Currado
Nov 7 2019 // Driscoll & Driscoll Insurance Agency in Palmdale, Calif., has added John Currado. Currado is a former principal of Currado Insurance Agency. He sold his Allstate agency and retired in 2017 after 44 years, and has...
California Probing Facebook, Says Social Media Company Stonewalling
Nov 7 2019 // California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook Inc.’s privacy practices and accused the social media giant on Wednesday of hampering the probe by failing to turn over emails from Chief...
CSAA in California Names Vigus and Ummel Executive Vice Presidents
Nov 7 2019 // CSAA Insurance Group has named Ryan Vigus executive vice president, personal lines product, and Eric Ummel, executive vice president, commercial lines product. Vigus leads CSAA’s auto and home personal lines. His...
Philadelphia Fire Highlights Dangers of Old Infrastructure at U.S. Refineries
Nov 6 2019 // How did a piece of piping installed when Richard Nixon was U.S. president go without once being checked before leading to a fire that devastated the East Coast’s largest and oldest oil refinery? That’s a...
PG&E Extending Deadline for California Wildfire Damage Claims
Nov 6 2019 // Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to extend by two months the deadline to file claims against the company for damages suffered from a series of wildfires in California. Lawyers for the victims asked to extend the...
California Cannabis Group Asking for Tighter Vaping-Safety Rules
Nov 6 2019 // An alliance of major legal marijuana businesses in California urged the state Monday to adopt tougher safety rules for ingredients and devices used in vaping and get tougher with illegal shops, amid an outbreak of a...
Boosting Resilience to U.S. Wildfires Should Be Insurance Industry Priority: I.I.I.
Nov 6 2019 // Nearly a year after the deadliest and costliest wildfire in U.S. history, insurers and the customers they cover are revisiting how to reduce their collective exposure to this risk, according to the Insurance Information...
California Labor Commissioner Nails Inventory Company, Grocers for $1.6M
Nov 5 2019 // Update: Inventory Professionals issued a statement disputing the Labor Commissioner’s allegations. That is now included in this article. The California Labor Commissioner has cited Anaheim-based Inventory...
Court Orders California Insurance Company Conserved in Another Round in Applied Battle
Nov 5 2019 // Note: This story has been updated with a response from an Applied spokesman describing the actions by the California Department of Insurance as “an unusual Draconian attempt.” A San Mateo County Superior Court...
Flood Risk Heightened for Southern California Dam
Nov 5 2019 // A California dam could fail during an extreme storm and send water flooding into Mojave Desert communities that are home to about 300,000 people, authorities said. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it has...
United Valley Adds Two New Members in California
Nov 5 2019 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has added two new members, JPL Insurance Services of San Diego, and Levoy & Associates Insurance Agency Inc. of Roseville. Both are in California. JPL Insurance Services serves...
Quake Confirmed in Northern California Area Burned by Wildfire
Nov 5 2019 // A small earthquake has rattled a Northern California wine region where a huge wildfire was burning, the United States Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS reported the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 struck at...
‘Party Houses’ Banned by Airbnb After California Shooting Kills 5
Nov 4 2019 // Airbnb’s CEO said the company was taking actions against unauthorized parties in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Halloween party held at an Airbnb rental home in California. In a series of tweets, Brian Chesky...
California Agent Arrested for Allegedly Stealing $148K, Leaving Clie…
Nov 4 2019 // Insurance agent Stephen Mark Gomez, 64, of Lake View Terrace, Calif., was arraigned last month on eight felony counts of grand theft and embezzlement after allegedly collecting over $148,000 in insurance premium payments...
Wildfire Season Rages on in Southern California as Thousands Flee
Nov 1 2019 // A wildfire that erupted overnight near Los Angeles has forced 7,500 people to flee as the tail end of a powerful windstorm takes its a final swing at Southern California. The blaze in Ventura County ripped through more...
Topa Insurance in California Names Rozema Director of Programs
Nov 1 2019 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Co. has named Ben Rozema director of programs. Rozema Responsible for the P&L of all program business as well as the relationships with all program partners and direct oversight...
Suit Against Facebook Alleges Age, Gender Bias in Financial Services Ads
Nov 1 2019 // Facebook Inc. was sued on Thursday in a proposed class action accusing it of discriminating against older and female users by withholding advertising for financial services such as bank accounts, insurance, investments and...
CEO Greenberg Says Chubb Has Been Able to ‘Reshape Portfolio’ in Wildfire Zones
Nov 1 2019 // Some insurers may be facing sizable risks stemming from the latest round of California wildfires now raging, but Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg insists his company isn’t one of them. “We do have a quota...
A.M. Best Says Insurers Challenged by ‘New Normal’ of California Wildfires
Oct 31 2019 // While the number of burned acres in 2019 is still well below the number reported last year through October, experts predict the greatest fire potential will occur from now through December as the Santa Ana winds pick up,...
