Latest California Headlines
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West Regulation Report Card: California Most Politicized State
Jan 9 2017 // A report gives California’s insurance regulatory environment low marks for auto body repair rules, the insurance commissioner’s call for insurers to divest from coal, its prior approval law and being the...
Tesla Owner in California Sues Tesla over Sudden Acceleration
Jan 9 2017 // Tesla Motors Inc. has been sued by a Model X owner in California who said his electric SUV suddenly accelerated while being parked, causing it to crash through the garage into the owner’s living room, injuring the...
California Court Orders Hot Yoga Guru to Cough up Income to Pay For Suit
Jan 6 2017 // The founder of Bikram yoga has been ordered to turn over the proceeds from his global fitness business to go toward a $6.8 million judgment his former legal adviser won against him last year in a sexual harassment and...
Report on California Workers’ Comp Shows Sharp Increase in ALAE Costs
Jan 5 2017 // Allocated loss adjustment expense costs have increased sharply over the last several years despite implementation of many of the components of a workers’ compensation reform law intended to reduce total loss...
Founders Closing Central California Arthouse after Fire Inspection
Jan 4 2017 // Founders of a popular artists’ collective operating in a Fresno, Calif. warehouse say they’re closing following an Oakland fire in December that killed dozens. Adam Mena, a co-founder of the space called...
New Partners Named at Woodruff-Sawyer in Western Region
Jan 4 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named 10 new partners to the firm. The partners represent various product lines, from property/casualty to management liability to employee benefits, and are...
Heffernan Names Matlock Assistant Vice President in California
Jan 4 2017 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Paul Matlock assistant vice president in its commercial lines department of the Petaluma, Calif. office. Matlock has more than 10 years of sales experience in technology and finance....
JLT Specialty Names Cohen Senior Vice President in California
Jan 3 2017 // JLT Specialty USA has named Paul Cohen as senior vice president. Cohen will work out of Orange County, Calif. with JLT’s global fine art and jewelry and practice with a focus on clients in the U.S. Cohen has more...
K2 Acquires Waterplus, Fireplus And JPA Expirations From Alteris in California
Jan 3 2017 // K2 Insurance Services LLC has acquired the WaterPlus, FirePlus and JPA in-force expirations from San Francisco, Calif.-based Alteris Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Alteris President Paul...
Tesla Owner in California Sues Tesla over Sudden Acceleration
Jan 3 2017 // Tesla Motors Inc. was sued by a Model X owner in California who said his electric SUV suddenly accelerated while being parked, causing it to crash through the garage into the owner’s living room, injuring the driver...
California Labor Commissioner Nails Taxi Company for Failure to Carry Comp
Dec 30 2016 // Santa Rosa, Calif. taxi company A-C Transportation Services Inc. has agreed to settle a $522,300 citation for refusing to provide its 30 drivers with workers’ compensation insurance coverage and for misclassifying...
Expert: Remote Nevada Earthquakes Big Enough to Cause $1B in Damage
Dec 30 2016 // A trio of significant earthquakes that struck a remote part of western Nevada along the Sierra Mountains’ eastern front Wednesday were big enough to cause as much as $1 billion in damage if they had been centered...
Trump vs. California Climate Battle Brewing
Dec 29 2016 // California vs. Trump, so to speak, is shaping up to be a heavyweight match. On one side is the world’s sixth (or so) largest economy – home to Disneyland, Hollywood and Big Sur. On the other is the reality show...
California DIR Releases Overview of Upcoming New Laws
Dec 29 2016 // The California Department of Industrial Relations has released its 2016 Legislative Digest, which summarizes new laws that impact workers and employers. Most of the chaptered bills are slated to take effect on Jan. 1,...
Crystal & Co. Names Weiss Managing Director in Southern California
Dec 29 2016 // Crystal & Co. has named Scott Weiss a managing director in its commercial property/casualty department and a team leader for Northern California. Weiss’ responsibilities include the development, administration...
USI Taps Lang as Practice Leader in Southern California
Dec 29 2016 // USI has named Jeff Lang practice leader for its Southern California commercial insurance division. Lang has more than 20 years of experience in property/casualty brokerage and five years as an insurance company and TPA...
Greenberg Traurig Adds Gausewitz to Insurance Regulatory Practice in California
Dec 29 2016 // Greenberg Traurig LLP has added Bill Gausewitz as a shareholder to its government law and policy and insurance regulatory and transactions practices in the firm’s Sacramento, Calif. office. Gausewitz focuses his...
CEA Reports No Claims So Far from Nevada Quake
Dec 28 2016 // A swarm of earthquakes in Nevada produced shaking in wide parts of Northern and Central California early this morning, including in Sacramento and Fresno. The first shock, a magnitude 5.7, occurred shortly after midnight...
Deadly California Fire Has Artists, Officials Clashing over Safety of Venues
Dec 27 2016 // The party is over at Purple 33. About a week after 36 people died in a fire at an underground music party in Oakland, inspectors acting on a complaint discovered a makeshift nightclub and unpermitted living quarters...
Central California City Wins $22M from Shell Oil in Toxic Drinking Water Case
Dec 27 2016 // The central California city of Clovis has won a $22 million civil case against Shell Oil over the cleanup of a toxic chemical found in drinking-water wells, officials said. The Fresno Bee reported that the chemical...
