Latest California Headlines
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California Governor Wants to Curb a Labor Law That Cost Businesses $10B
Jun 13 2024 // For two decades, a California law has helped workers sue the world’s biggest companies. Drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. won a $20 million settlement, Google employees secured $27 million over complaints of...
D.A. in California Sues Farmers, Other Home Insurers Alleging Scheme to Underinsure
Jun 13 2024 // Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s Consumer Justice Bureau has sued multiple home insurance carriers in California, including Farmers Insurance Exchange, alleging they’re operating a scheme that...
Hard-to-Come-By Trust Is Top Driver of Auto Insurance Customer Satisfaction: J.D. Power
Jun 12 2024 // Rate increases do not necessarily erode customer satisfaction with auto insurers, according to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Auto Insurance Study. The consumer intelligence company reported that when customers have a high level...
California Is Sitting on Millions That Could Boost Wage Theft Response
Jun 12 2024 // As lobbyists for businesses and labor groups negotiate with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on how to amend a unique California labor law that allows workers to sue their bosses, the two sides seem to agree on at...
Workers’ Comp Fraud Task Force Uncovers $30M Scheme in California
Jun 12 2024 // A pair of businessmen were arraigned on multiple felony counts including insurance fraud, grand theft, and tax fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found they allegedly underreported over $29.2...
Tesla Must Face Autopilot False Ad Claims by California DMV
Jun 11 2024 // Tesla Inc. failed to persuade an administrative judge to dismiss claims by a California regulator that the company overstated its vehicles’ self-driving capabilities — one of several ongoing regulatory...
Uber Loses Challenge to California Gig Work Law in Appeals Court
Jun 11 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by Uber and subsidiary Postmates to revive a challenge to a California law that could force the companies to treat drivers as employees rather than independent contractors who...
California’s Capital Will See Temperatures Above 100F This Week
Jun 10 2024 // California’s Central Valley will have another round of searing temperatures that will boost energy demand this week, reaching a high of 103F (39C) in Sacramento on Tuesday. A heat advisory is in place for the state...
All the Major Legal Battles Elon Musk and His Companies Are Facing
Jun 10 2024 // Elon Musk and his companies are embroiled in dozens of lawsuits, ranging from fatal crashes blamed on Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot system to civil rights complaints over the treatment of employees. Tesla’s board and...
Lax Oversight by California Agency Put Freeway at Risk Before 2023 Blaze, Audit Finds
Jun 10 2024 // Lax oversight by California’s transportation agency contributed to a destructive blaze last year that consumed a vital section of a Los Angeles freeway used by hundreds of thousands of commuters, according to a state...
California City Awarded Grant to Study Insurance Protections from Sea Level Rise
Jun 7 2024 // A California city has been awarded a grant to study insurance protections from sea level rise. The City of Imperial Beach received an $848,000 grant to develop flooding adaptation strategies to help prepare residents for...
Emerald Bay and Arrowhead Launch Commercial Earthquake Facility in California, Pacific Northwest
Jun 7 2024 // Emerald Bay Risk Solutions and Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. have launched a commercial earthquake facility that provides difference in conditions insurance policies for medium to large businesses. Arrowhead EQ...
Hub Acquires Combined HCM in California
Jun 5 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Combined Benefits Inc., Combined Commercial Insurance Services LLC., and Combined Employer Services Inc. Donny Woo, CEO, and Jonathan Zhao, vice president of payroll, and the...
Firefighters Increase Containment on California’s First Big Wildfire of the Season
Jun 4 2024 // California’s first big fire of the season is nearly fully contained, as rising temperatures across the West this week are increasing the risk of wildfires. The Corral fire, burning east of San Francisco in San...
AccuWeather: Year’s First Big Heatwave Raises Wildfire Risk in West
Jun 3 2024 // Severe heat will raise the risk of brush and grassfires from central and northern California, also bringing a moderate to and high risk of wildfires in parts of Arizona and New Mexico, a forecast out on Monday shows. The...
Firefighters Battle California Wildfire With Hot Weather in the Forecast
Jun 3 2024 // Firefighters battling a California wildfire burning east of San Francisco have increased containment on the fire, but hot weather is in the forecast for the next few days. Nearly 500 firefighters, along with several air...
Declarations
Jun 3 2024 // The Bee Stings “The guys did get stung on a regular basis. Everyone got stung at least a couple of times.” — Fire Chief Travis Leary, of Clinton, Maine, said of first responders who had worked to ensure...
Business Moves
Jun 3 2024 // National Neptune Flood, Charles River Data Private flood insurer Neptune Flood reported it acquired Charles River Data, a Boston-based data science consulting group. Charles River Data was founded by data scientists from...
California Trucker Death Led to Workers’ Comp Investigation That Found $2M in Underreported Payroll
Jun 3 2024 // An investigation that began after an employee was found dead in a company owned semi-truck led to the arraignment of a California man on three felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. Heigo Kubar, 84, of Fresno,...
People & Places
Jun 3 2024 // National Kara Higginbotham Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, named Kara Higginbotham head of professional liability and cyber for U.S. national accounts, leading a team of underwriters who serve...
