Latest California Headlines
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California High Court Rules on Independent Contractors Matter
May 1 2018 // In a big win for labor advocates, the California Supreme Court on Monday limited businesses from classifying workers as independent contractors who can’t receive key employment protections. Experts expect the ruling...
Peter C. Foy & Associates Completes Acquisitions in California and Nevada
Apr 30 2018 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Peter C. Foy & Associates Insurance Services LLC has completed the acquisition of four agencies, three in California and one in Nevada. The acquisitions are Walnut Creek, Calif.-based R.L....
California Trucking School Owner Got Illegal Licenses for Students
Apr 30 2018 // The owner of a California trucking school has pleaded guilty to conspiring with state employees to obtain driver’s licenses for students who failed or did not take driving tests. Mangal Gill of San Ramon, California...
Southern California Police Officer Arrested in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Apr 27 2018 // The Los Angeles Police Department says one of its officers has been arrested on suspicion of workers’ compensation fraud. Officials say Officer John Bailey was taken into custody this week after a felony warrant was...
Judge Tentatively Rejects PG&E Bid to Set Aside Liability in California Fire
Apr 27 2018 // PG&E Corp. tentatively lost a bid to inoculate itself from a finding of liability in a 2015 fire, a court decision that deals the company a potentially more serious setback in its strategy to shield itself from deeper...
Bills Addressing Last Year’s California Wildfires Have Insurers Concerned
Apr 26 2018 // Insurance industry representatives said on Thursday they are working with the authors of pair of controversial bills approved by a committee in the California state Senate that are designed to give relief to victims of the...
California Bill Would Shield PG&E, Edison from Some Wildfire Liability
Apr 26 2018 // Utility giants PG&E Corp. and Edison International could gain at least some protection against future wildfire damages under a bill that’s advancing in California’s legislature. An amended bill being...
RIC in California Names Wells Business Development Manager
Apr 25 2018 // RIC Insurance General Agency has named Gary Wells a business development manager. Wells is tasked with expanding the firm’s commercial and personal lines marketing efforts, working primarily with retail insurance...
California Commissioner Doing Battle with Insurers over Wildfire Bills
Apr 25 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones appears to be poised for a fight with the insurance industry over a legislative package supports say will protect survivors of last year’s wildfires that struck in the...
Champion Risk in California Adds Deutsch in Personal Lines
Apr 25 2018 // Champion Risk & Insurance Services in San Diego, Calif. has hired Joseph Deutsch. He is tasked with growing the firm’s high net worth personal lines department. Deutsch has been providing high net worth personal...
Cavignac & Associates in California Names Majam Senior Personal Lines Account Manager
Apr 24 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Kathy Majam a senior account manager within its personal lines department. Majam serves as the main contact for clients whose accounts she has been assigned, she...
California Commissioner Urging Insurers to Offer Coverage for Cannabis Industry
Apr 24 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is renewing his call for insurers to offer insurance products for California’s legalized cannabis industry in the wake of recent reports that President Trump has abandoned...
San Francisco Bay Area Falls Behind on Quake Safety, Analysis Shows
Apr 24 2018 // The San Francisco Bay Area is falling behind on efforts to retrofit buildings that are vulnerable to collapse during a major earthquake, according to a newspaper analysis. The Los Angeles Times reported that there are up...
Evidence of Massive California Oil Spill Was Obvious, But Was It A Crime?
Apr 23 2018 // An acrid stink of petroleum three years ago sent Santa Barbara County firefighters scrambling in a search for a possible spill. When they arrived at Refugio State Beach they witnessed oil staining the pristine sands and...
Geico Must Pay $23M to Southern California Motorist
Apr 19 2018 // A jury has decided Geico Insurance must pay a Southern California man nearly $23 million in compensation and damages after the company unreasonably delayed paying out on a $400,000 damage claim. The injured driver, Omar...
California Wildfire Insurance Bills Moved Forward by Committee
Apr 19 2018 // A policy committee in California Legislature has unanimously approved a pair of wildfire-inspired bills by Assemblyman Marc Levine requiring insurance companies to notify homeowners whether their policies are sufficient to...
Tesla Probed by California Agency on Occupational Safety
Apr 19 2018 // Tesla Inc. is being probed by a California agency for occupational safety after a report that the electric carmaker failed to disclose serious injuries at a Fremont factory. The state’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Quake Scenario: More than 1M Bay Area Homes Could Suffer Extensive Damage
Apr 18 2018 // More than a million San Francisco Bay Area residents would face extensive damage to their homes after a major earthquake on the Hayward fault, according to a new earthquake scenario developed by the U.S. Geological...
Train in Southern California Kills Woman on Tracks
Apr 18 2018 // A Southern California commuter train struck and killed a woman who fell from a platform onto tracks. Police Lt. Paul McLaughlin says the woman slipped and fell backward from the platform. McLaughlin says a man jumped onto...
California Governor Suspends Mobile Home Regulations to Help Fire Victims
Apr 17 2018 // Gov. Jerry Brown has signed an executive order removing barriers to mobile home construction and placement in an effort to help residents displaced by the recent Southern California mudslides and wildfires. The order...
