Latest California Headlines
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Trendy e-Scooters for Transportation Seized in Northern California
Apr 16 2018 // San Francisco has pulled the plug on electric scooters that authorities say were blocking sidewalks and building entrances. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Public Works inspectors impounded about 66 scooters last...
California Mudslide Claims Top $421M
Apr 16 2018 // Insurers have received more than 2,000 insurance claims totaling more than $421 million in losses from the deadly Montecito, Calif., mudslide that destroyed or damaged more than 400 homes and businesses and killed 21...
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Apr 16 2018 // The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have elected Robert Gilbert of Markel West Insurance Services as the new chair of the SLA Board of Directors. Gilbert’s election was finalized after the SLA...
Workers’ Comp Written Premium in California Fell Slightly in 2017
Apr 13 2018 // Written premium in California workers’ compensation fell slightly last year, the first time that’s happened in seven years, according to a new report out. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau...
California Oil Company Slapped With $12.5M Fine
Apr 13 2018 // A California oil company with a long history of safety violations and regulatory lapses was hit with a record $12.5 million fine by state regulators for nearly 1,500 violations in the past year at an oil field in Orange...
Western Growers Adds Barry and Hansen in California
Apr 13 2018 // Western Growers Insurance Services has added Paul Barry and Kris Hansen in California. Barry joins the insurance services team as a sales executive, bringing more than 10 years of sales experience. Barry will focus on...
California Oil Firms Had Nearly 400 Violations
Apr 12 2018 // An environmental group says oil and gas companies drilling off Southern California violated state regulations nearly 400 times in the past three years. Records obtained by The Associated Press that were released Wednesday...
Everest Re Expects Q1 Catastrophe Losses of $100M on Rising California Wildfire Claims
Apr 12 2018 // Everest Re Group Ltd. estimates it will incur $100 million of catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance recoverables and reinstatement premiums, in the first quarter of 2018, largely arising from the California wildfires and...
Marijuana Regulators in California Send Cease Order to Nearly 1K Businesses
Apr 11 2018 // Nearly 1,000 individual cannabis businesses have been sent cease-and-desist letters or emails by California regulators during an ongoing enforcement process, a first step in a long effort to ensure the state’s...
Uber Wants Pay Inequality Accord to Also Settle Sex Harassment Claims
Apr 10 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s $10 million settlement with women engineers who complained they were underpaid compared with men would also rid the ride-hailing giant of liability for potentially hundreds of sexual...
California Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Could be Lowered 7th Straight Time
Apr 9 2018 // Hailing worker’s compensation reform in California as a “big hit,” the two top people at the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau explained why the WCIRB governing committee on Monday...
Keating Names Glaser Partner in California
Apr 9 2018 // Keating Inc. has named Lee Glaser as a partner in its property programs. Glaser will be based out of San Diego, Calif. Glaser has more than 10 years of industry experience specializing in excess and surplus property...
California School District to Pay $7M to Teen Injured from Football
Apr 9 2018 // A school district outside San Diego, Calif. has agreed to pay a former student and his family $7.1 million after he received a brain injury while playing football. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports the Grossmont Union...
California Mulling New Rules for Autonomous Cars to Pick Up Passengers
Apr 9 2018 // California’s public utility regulator signaled it would allow self-driving car companies to transport passengers without a backup driver in the vehicle, a step forward for autonomous car developers just as the...
TeenSafe in California Taps Moore to Lead Outreach to Insurers
Apr 6 2018 // TeenSafe has hired Aaron Moore as the company’s head of channel sales. Moore will work with insurance companies to develop programs to parents of help teens eliminate distracted driving. He will be reaching out to...
Uber Seeks to Have California Suit by Woman Hit on Freeway Thrown out
Apr 6 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. is trying to fend off a lawsuit by a woman who claims she was seriously injured after her driver ordered her out of the car in the middle of a California freeway. The ridesharing company is asking a...
$332B in Premiums Makes California World’s 4th Largest Insurance Market
Apr 5 2018 // California’s annual insurance premium volume has increased to $332 billion, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Thursday. That makes California is the 4th largest insurance market in the world, and the...
M5.3 Temblor Shakes Southern California Area, No Damage So Far Reported
Apr 5 2018 // A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Southern California at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake struck roughly 17 miles off the Santa Cruz Islands and was measured at 6.1...
California Workers’ Comp Committee Votes to Lower Mid-Year Filing
Apr 5 2018 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s governing committee has voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit a lower mid-year pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance...
Alliant Acquires Dumortier Risk Management in California
Apr 4 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Dumortier Risk Management Inc., a Los Angeles, Calif.-based insurance brokerage firm that specializes in hospitality risk management. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chris...
