Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
InterWest in California Names Hoffman Marketing and Promotions Agent
Jun 8 2017 // Sacramento, Calif.-based InterWest Insurance Services, LLC has named Kurt Hoffmann a marketing and promotions agent. Hoffmann’s responsibilities include business development, project management, community engagement...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends Psychiatrist for Fraud
Jun 8 2017 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended Pasadena psychiatrist Jason Hui-Tek Yang from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system following his conviction in Riverside...
$2M Award by California Jury to Young Relative of Trinity Network Founders
Jun 7 2017 // A Southern California jury awarded $2 million to the granddaughter of Trinity Broadcasting Network founders Jan and Paul Crouch, finding that her grandmother acted outrageously in refusing to report the girl’s sexual...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based The Ponce De Leon Insurance Group
Jun 7 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Elk Grove, Calif. The Ponce de Leon Insurance Group Inc., dba Colton Insurance Associates. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Colton team will join Hub’s...
10 Lawyers, 6 Others Charged in Alleged California Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 6 2017 // Ten lawyers and six others were charged in a multi-million-dollar workers’ compensation fraud scheme that authorities say targeted Latinos in California. The charges were filed after a multi-year investigation into a...
CDI’s Finston Becomes Partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath in California
Jun 6 2017 // John Finston, most recently deputy commissioner and general counsel for the California Department of Insurance, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner. Finston will work from the firm’s San Francisco...
Topa’s Manzitto Joins JLT Re as Executive Vice President in California
Jun 5 2017 // JLT Re North America Inc. has named Tony Manzitto executive vice president in Los Angeles, Calif. Manzitto will focus on the expansion of JLT Re’s structured products team. Manzitto most recently held the positions...
WIAA in California Promotes Brockhouse, Pettersen to Vice President
Jun 5 2017 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based Western Insurance Agents Association has promoted Kou Brockhouse and Steven Pettersen to vice president. Both were member services specialists before being promoted to directors of business...
AmWINS and Networked Deal Plays to Strengths of Both Firms, Execs Say
Jun 5 2017 // The acquisition by AmWINS Group Inc. at the end of last month of Networked Insurance Agents will achieve a number of objectives for both the Charlotte, N.C.-based global distributor of specialty insurance products and...
Specialty Program Group Acquires Paul Hanson Partners in California
Jun 2 2017 // Specialty Program Group, a holding company for specialty insurance underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Paul Hanson Partners and its affiliate, PHP International. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Napa,...
California Governor Looking Around World for Climate Changes Allies
Jun 2 2017 // Looking for allies in the fight against climate change, California Gov. Jerry Brown headed to China this week in a push to build foreign support for carbon-cutting efforts that have found resistance in...
States May Seize U.S. Climate Change Leadership Following Trump’s Paris Exit
Jun 2 2017 // State governors and city mayors were quick to claim the mantle of U.S. leadership in fighting climate change after President Donald Trump said on Thursday the country will pull out of the Paris climate agreement. The...
California Business Owner Nabbed in $32M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 1 2017 // Detectives with the California Department of Insurance arrested Gina Marie Gregori, 55, of Lafayette, for allegedly underreporting payroll and duping insurers out of $32 million. Gregori was charged with 19 felony counts...
California Department of Insurance and FAIR Plan Square off in Public Statements
Jun 1 2017 // The California Department of Insurance and the California FAIR Plan Association squared off in conflicting press releases on Thursday over a court decision that awarded a homeowner higher repair costs following a...
Google’s Paid Carpooling Service Being Expanded Across California
Jun 1 2017 // Google is expanding its paid carpool service throughout California, building on an effort to get more traffic-weary drivers to share their rides to work, and to collect data that could be useful for future transportation...
California Lawmakers May Allow Consumers to Sue Banks Instead of Arbitration
Jun 1 2017 // California lawmakers are making headway on legislation to allow state residents to sue financial institutions for fraud, rather than letting banks force customers to settle disputes in arbitration. The state Senate passed...
EPIC’s Dutra Heads to Stone Creek in California
Jun 1 2017 // Lafayette, Calif.-based Stone Creek Insurance Agency has named Samantha Dutra a commercial account manager. Dutra will work to build Stone Creek’s commercial department and assist in retention and client...
Small Quake Shakes Rural Southern California Inland Area
May 31 2017 // A small earthquake has rattled a rural area of inland Southern California, the he U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS says the magnitude 3.4 quake hit about 12 miles southeast of Idyllwild and 18 miles southwest of...
Air Support Needed as Crews Battle California Brush Fires
May 30 2017 // Ground crews getting help from water-dropping aircraft are battling two brush fires in Los Angeles, Calif. A small blaze that started over the weekend near large homes in the Mandeville Canyon area above Brentwood is...
AmWINS and Networked Deal Plays to Strengths of Both Firms, Execs Say
May 26 2017 // The acquisition by AmWINS Group Inc. at the end of last month of Networked Insurance Agents will achieve a number of objectives for both the Charlotte, N.C.-based global distributor of specialty insurance products and...
