Latest California Headlines
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WSS Acquires Klein & Costa Insurance Services in California
Sep 5 2019 // Western Security Surplus has acquired Klein & Costa Insurance Services in Santa Ana, Calif. K&C was founded by Clarence Costa and Jim Klein. K&C’s primary focus is on small to medium specialty...
Report Sees ‘Explosive’ Growth for North American Cannabis Market
Sep 5 2019 // The cannabis market in North America will be worth $47.3 billion by 2024, a new report shows. The report out this week paints a positive portrait of the cannabis industry in the U.S. and Canada that “is growing at an...
Tesla Autopilot Design, Plus Driver Error, to Blame for 2018 Crash: Safety Board
Sep 5 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday cited driver errors and Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot design as the probable cause of a January 2018 crash of a Model S into a parked fire truck on a highway in...
California Commissioner Sorry for Accepting Insurance Industry Contributions
Sep 4 2019 // Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has offered an apology for accepting campaign contributions from the insurance industry. Lara in a letter that was reportedly sent on Tuesday acknowledged that his campaign solicited...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Medical Payment Trends Fell in 2018
Sep 4 2019 // Medical payments in California’s workers’ compensation system continued to decline in 2018 as the medical payments per claim decreased, according to a report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Bender Insurance in California Names Beno Commercial Lines Claims Specialist
Sep 4 2019 // Bender Insurance Solutions in Sacramento, Calif., has named Rick J. Beno claims specialist in the commercial lines department. Beno has more than 30 years of experience in the management of claims. Bender Insurance...
Risk Strategies Acquires Risk Management Advisors in California
Sep 4 2019 // Risk Strategies has acquired Risk Management Advisors in Long Beach, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Risk Management Advisors designs and administers captive insurance programs and self-insured plans. Client...
Report Examines First-Year Impact of California’s New Drug Formulary
Sep 3 2019 // A new report shows that an evidence-based drug formulary put into effect by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation over a year ago may be working. The formulary went into effect Jan. 1, 2018. It was...
9 Missing, 25 Dead in Southern California Dive Boat Fire
Sep 3 2019 // Divers and search crews were still looking Tuesday for nine missing people after at least 25 were confirmed dead when a boat packed with scuba divers caught fire near an island off the Southern California coast. The...
Relation Insurance in California Names Saich to Lead National Sales Team
Sep 3 2019 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Relation Insurance Services has named Paul Saich national sales leader. Saich’s primary focus will be to develop and implement growth sales strategies, tactics and action plans for the...
Wildfires Making Insurance Harder to Find, California Department of Insurance Says
Sep 2 2019 // Severe wildfire seasons have made it harder for homeowners to find insurance in high wildfire-risk areas, according to new data collected by the California Department of Insurance. The data released in late-August from the...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires California Benefits Broker, Garnett-Powers & Associates
Aug 30 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the University Services business of Mission Viejo, California-based benefits broker and consultant Garnett-Powers & Associates Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the transaction...
Uber, Lyft Pledge $60M to Fight Possible California Labor Ballot
Aug 30 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are putting $60 million behind a potential ballot measure to ensure they don’t have to reclassify their California drivers as employees. The ride-hailing giants and other gig...
Tesla Begins Rolling Out Its Auto Insurance in California
Aug 28 2019 // Tesla Inc. said on Wednesday it was launching an insurance service designed to give drivers in California, its biggest market, lower rates because of safety features on its electric vehicles. Chief Executive Elon Musk has...
California Earthquake Authority Policy Sales Spiked After Ridgecrest Quakes
Aug 28 2019 // The California Earthquake Authority gained 23,861 earthquake insurance policies following the magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 earthquakes and aftershocks that struck on unnamed faults near Ridgecrest beginning on the July 4...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Report Shows Written Premium Falling
Aug 27 2019 // The Workers’ Compensation Bureau of California on Tuesday issued its latest quarterly report on insurer loss and premium experience valued as of March 31. The report shows written premium for 2018 is 4% below that...
Measles May Have Been Brought to Southern California by Tourist
Aug 27 2019 // A New Zealand teenager who visited Disneyland and other Southern California tourist spots last week brought along more than just her luggage. She brought measles. Public health officials in Los Angeles and Orange counties...
Evacuations Lifted in Wildfire Along California-Nevada Border
Aug 27 2019 // Authorities say a fast-moving wildfire on rural land along the California-Nevada border burned one home before crews were able to slow its spread. Fire spokesman Adam Mayberry says the blaze about 25 miles north of Reno,...
How Small Businesses Are Training for Active Shooters
Aug 27 2019 // At a four-hour meeting last month, Michelle Abdow’s staffers got to experience some of the sights, sounds and even smells they could encounter if someone invaded their office and began shooting. Security experts and...
California Woman Hit by Police Truck to Get $260,000
Aug 26 2019 // The Santa Rosa City Council has agreed to pay a settlement to a California woman hit by a police truck. The Press Democrat reported that 29-year-old Laure Friedell filed a lawsuit in March 2018 after her right foot and...
