Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cannabis: Striking a Balance Between Federal and State Laws
Sep 17 2018 // Currently, 30 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of cannabis in some form. Some states restrict use to medically necessary uses, while other states have legalized recreational use. Still other...
Report on California’s Independent Medical Review Shows Continued Progress
Sep 17 2018 // An annual progress report from the California Department of Workers’ Compensation’s Independent Medical Review program shows it’s working as intended. IMR is a medical dispute resolution process that uses...
New Workers’ Comp Program for California’s Cannabis Industry
Sep 17 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in early September announced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for California’s cannabis industry. The program was created by Atlas General Insurance...
Tesla Driver in California Blames Autopilot for Firetruck Crash, Arrested for DUI
Sep 17 2018 // Authorities say a Tesla driver, who said he thought his car was in Autopilot mode, crashed into the back of a firetruck in San Jose. The California Highway Patrol says the Tesla rear-ended a fire engine that was stopped...
California Cites Garment Contractors $570K, Some Lacked Workers’ Comp
Sep 17 2018 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has cited six Los Angeles area garment contractors $573,704 for labor law violations after uncovering a scheme where the contractors illegally operated under one license to...
CSAA in California Names Ro VP of Corporate Compliance and Employment Law
Sep 14 2018 // CSAA Insurance Group has named Junna Ro vice president of corporate compliance and employment law. For the past six years, she has led the corporate compliance and ethics function for the company. In addition to...
Tech Giants, Chamber Offer Views on National Consumer Privacy Rules
Sep 14 2018 // Two technology trade groups on Wednesday released proposals for national consumer privacy regulations, adding to the chorus of businesses seeking to influence the growing momentum for stricter rules on how companies handle...
Woodruff Sawyer Names Parsons VP in Construction Practice in California
Sep 13 2018 // Woodruff Sawyer has named Matthew Parsons vice president and account executive in the firm’s San Francisco, Calif. construction practice. Parsons specializes in risk management and insurance coverage for mid-size and...
Paladin in California Names Riley Head of Insurance
Sep 13 2018 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Paladin Cyber has named Josh Riley head of insurance. He will lead the company’s efforts to develop and market integrated solutions that combine risk management services with risk transfer...
Numerous California Marijuana Products Failing Safety Tests
Sep 12 2018 // Nearly 20 percent of marijuana products in California have failed tests for potency and purity since the state started requiring the checks on July 1, a failure rate some in the industry say has more to do with unrealistic...
Suit: Uber Saved $500M a Year by Misclassifying California Drivers as Independent Contractors
Sep 12 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. may be saving more than $500 million a year by misclassifying its California drivers as independent contractors, according to a lawsuit that claims the ride-hailing company is flouting a ruling by...
California Department of Insurance Issues Cease and Desist Order to NRA
Sep 11 2018 // The California Department of Insurance on Tuesday issued a cease and desist order to the National Rifle Association of America alleging the NRA marketed an insurance product in California without being licensed to do...
Former California Agent Arrested for Allegedly Stealing And Misusing Consumer Information
Sep 11 2018 // Andrew Barcoma Go, 51, of Bellflower, Calif., was arrested on seven felony counts including six for identity theft and one for grand theft after allegedly falsifying information on insurance applications to steal over...
Jury Finds Texas Pipeline Company Guilty in 2015 California Oil Spill
Sep 10 2018 // A California jury has found the Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline company guilty on criminal charges of fouling state waters and harming wildlife in a major oil spill three years ago along the Pacific shoreline...
Report on California’s Independent Medical Review Shows Continued Progress
Sep 10 2018 // An annual progress report from the California Department of Workers’ Compensation’s Independent Medical Review program shows it’s working as intended. IMR is a medical dispute resolution process that uses...
California Cites Garment Contractors $570K, Some Lacked Workers’ Comp
Sep 10 2018 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has cited six Los Angeles area garment contractors $573,704 for labor law violations after uncovering a scheme where the contractors illegally operated under one license to...
Northern California Wildfire Rages, Abandoned Trucks Litter Highway
Sep 7 2018 // An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people. The Delta Fire erupted Wednesday afternoon and...
Labor Secretary: Cost Savings in California Workers’ Comp $1.3B Annually
Sep 6 2018 // Cost savings in the California worker’s compensation system from reforms made five years ago are far more massive than projected, according to David Lanier, secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development...
Claims from California Summer Fires Top $845M, Commissioner Blames Climate Change
Sep 6 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday announced that insured residential and commercial losses from the Carr and Mendocino Complex fires topped $845 million and are now counted among the most destructive...
California Comp Quarterly Report: Written Premium on Pace with Last year, but an Overall Declining Trend
Sep 5 2018 // Worker’s compensation rates in California have been going down a while, and that has had an impact on written premium, a report released on Wednesday shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of...
