Latest California Headlines
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California Bridge Under Construction Gets Sensors to Gather Earthquake Data
Sep 5 2018 // A replacement bridge under construction at the second-busiest port in the U.S. isn’t just a crucial route for cargo trucks and Southern California commuters – it’s a concrete-and-steel science experiment for...
California Legislators Dodge Action as Utility Frets on Fire Costs
Sep 5 2018 // As California’s lawmakers debated late Friday night under the statehouse capitol dome in Sacramento, the city’s utility district kept the lights on for them. But the legislators fell short for the electricity...
Jones Warns the Feds Won’t Bail Out California When the ‘Big One’ Strikes
Sep 4 2018 // A week and a half after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake off the coast of Oregon reminded West Coast residents of the ever-present seismic risk below their feet, The New York Times cast its gaze on California, where only about...
California Lawmakers OK Bill to Help PG&E Pay for Wildfire Costs
Sep 4 2018 // California lawmakers passed legislation to help utility giant PG&E Corp. pay for billions of dollars in potential liabilities from wildfires that ravaged Northern California wine country last year. The state Assembly...
Accident Report Confirms Apple Still in Autonomous Car Race
Sep 4 2018 // An Apple Inc. self-driving car was rear-ended while merging onto an expressway near the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters this month, the company said in an accident report posted on Friday that confirmed the...
California’s 1st Cannabis Insurer Expands Coverage
Sep 3 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved a filing from Golden Bear Insurance Co. amending its California Cannabis program product to lower rates, expand coverage options, and expand the classes of business...
California Court Rules Workers’ Comp Law Provides Exclusive Remedy in Utilization Review Case
Sep 3 2018 // The California Supreme Court issued an opinion in late August that utilization review physicians cannot be sued for malpractice, upholding established law that the workers’ comp system provides injured employees an...
Bill to Expand Harassment Training Requirements Passes California Assembly
Aug 31 2018 // The California Assembly on Thursday voted unanimously on a plan to address workplace sexual harassment and expand a requirement for harassment training to small businesses. Current law requires all employers with 50 or...
Woodruff Sawyer in California Names Scales Vice President
Aug 31 2018 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Jen Scales vice president and account executive in its employee benefits practice. Scales has more than 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, having spent...
EEOC Sues California Restaurant Chain Preferred Hiring Females Over Males
Aug 30 2018 // Burgers & Beer, a chain of Southern California restaurants, violated federal law when it denied males with the same employment opportunities as their female counterparts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
New Workers’ Comp Program for California’s Cannabis Industry
Aug 30 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for California’s cannabis industry. The program was created by Atlas General Insurance Services to...
School District in California Settles Sex Abuse Cases for $15M
Aug 30 2018 // A Southern California school district agreed to pay more than $15 million to settle lawsuits by eight former students who say they were sexually abused by teachers and staff members, attorneys announced this week. The...
FDA Says Coffee Doesn’t Deserve California’s Cancer Risk Warning
Aug 30 2018 // The top U.S. regulator of food and health products endorsed a plan by California officials to exempt coffee from a state law that would have made Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts and other coffee shops add a cancer warning...
Atlas General Insurance Services Launches Workers’ Compensation Program for the Cannabis Industry
Aug 30 2018 // San Diego, CA, August 30, 2018– Leading national program administrator, Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, announced today its new workers’ compensation program for the cannabis industry in California. This...
California Legislature Passes Bill Aimed Collecting Data and Helping Wildfire Victims
Aug 29 2018 // The California Legislature has passed Senate Bill 824, a bill aimed at provided information to the California Department of Insurance related to fire risk information on the residential property policies issued by...
Cybercube in California Adds Swiss Re’s Weber to Board
Aug 29 2018 // CyberCube has added Matthias Weber to its board of directors. Weber was previously group chief underwriting officer and member of the group executive committee at Swiss Re. San Francisco, Calif.-based CyberCube is a...
Last Year’s Wine Country Fires in California Leave Homeowners Struggling
Aug 29 2018 // Construction crews have already put up the frame on Cheri Sharp’s new house, but she still questions whether rebuilding was the right choice after California’s most destructive wildfire took her old home in...
Wildfire Insurance Bill Signed by California Governor
Aug 28 2018 // California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed into law a bill that is intended to combat what are believed underinsurance issues revealed by 2017 wildfires. AB 1797 by Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-Marin County, is expected to...
Tesla Driver in California Blames Autopilot for Firetruck Crash, Arrested for DUI
Aug 28 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...
At-Bay in California Names Sadoff of Hiscox Head of Insurance
Aug 28 2018 // Mountain View, Calif.-based At-Bay announced that Brett Sadoff will join the company as head of insurance. Sadoff will be responsible for design and deployment of At-Bay’s insurance program, field operations, and...
