Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California-Based Confie Acquires Illinois Insurance Agency
Sep 12 2016 // Confie, a national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired the BMR Agency LLC dba First Stop Insurance in Washington Park, Ill. First Stop Insurance specializes in non-standard auto insurance. The...
Uber, Drivers Resume Talks After $100 Million Deal Falls Apart
Sep 12 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. doesn’t appear ready to walk away from further negotiations with its drivers in their dispute over whether they should be treated as employees rather than independent contractors. Three weeks...
Court Smacks Down California Regulators Over Broker/Agent Ruling
Sep 9 2016 // An Orange County, California court has given the state’s Department of Insurance a stunning smack down in a long-running case about the “broker fees” charged by some insurance agents. The complicated case...
Federal Suit Filed by Former Employees of Indiana-Based ITT Tech Institute
Sep 9 2016 // Two employees laid off by the parent company of Indiana-based for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute have filed a lawsuit claiming the company violated federal law by not providing 60 days’ notice. Allen...
Southern California School Reopens After 2-Year Asbestos Closure
Sep 9 2016 // The last of three Southern California schools closed two years ago after asbestos was found has reopened following a complete overhaul. The Orange County Register reported Lake View Elementary opened its doors Wednesday to...
AIA Backs California Bill Changing Workers’ Comp Filing Requirements
Sep 8 2016 // The American Insurance Association is asking California Gov. Jerry Brown to sign into law a bill that would exempt large employers from waiting for insurance commissioner approval of ancillary agreements that are part of...
Appeals Court Grants Uber Pro-Arbitration Ruling, Thwarting Drivers’ Class Action
Sep 7 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s arbitration agreements were largely ruled by an appeals court to be valid and enforceable in a blow to driver efforts to secure the benefits and protections of employees in California. The...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Lowers Rate Filing with Eye on Bills
Sep 7 2016 // The governing committee of California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday approved an amended, and reduced, rate filing for Jan. 1, 2017 workers’ compensation rates. It did so...
Berkshire Agrees to Stop Selling EquityComp Policies in California
Sep 6 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday approved an order agreed to by California Insurance Co. and Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company Inc. under which they will stop selling workers’...
California’s Deal with VW in Diesel Cheating Scandal OK’d by Judge
Sep 6 2016 // Volkswagen AG’s agreement with California to resolve unfair competition claims tied to the company’s emissions-cheating scandal won final approval from the federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits in the...
People – West
Sep 6 2016 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Tina Perchetti vice president and shareholder. Perchetti provides clients in northeastern Nevada with commercial insurance products and risk management services. She...
California Saw $600M in Workers’ Comp Liens Filed by Convicted Providers
Sep 6 2016 // The California Department of Industrial Relations announced in late August that $600 million in liens were filed against injured employees’ claims for workers’ compensation benefits by convicted or criminally...
California Commissioner Approves Rate Reductions on State Farm Commercial Policies
Sep 6 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved rate reductions for several State Farm commercial policies that he said will bring millions of dollars in premium savings for tens of thousands of small businesses,...
Three California Entities Get FEMA Preparedness Awards
Sep 6 2016 // Three California entities were named by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as winners of its annual preparedness awards. The FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness Awards recognize the outstanding efforts of...
NAIC Dignitaries Remember Former California Commissioner Kinder
Sep 2 2016 // On a recent morning at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting in San Diego, Calif., a group of people with impressive credentials gathered to pay tribute a man they held in high regard. Wesley J....
California Granny Who Lost Life Savings Awarded $15M in Case Against Insurers
Sep 2 2016 // A California grandmother who lost her life savings in a real estate investment scam offered by an insurance agent was awarded more than $15 million Wednesday in a lawsuit against MetLife and two subsidiaries, attorneys...
California’s Jones Appoints Allen Deputy Commissioner for Rate Regulation
Sep 2 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has appointed Ken Allen as deputy commissioner of the rate regulation branch for the California Department of Insurance. Allen will fill the vacancy left by Joel Laucher, who...
Petersen International in California Names Boggs Regional Vice President
Sep 1 2016 // Valencia, Calif.-based Petersen International Underwriters has named Lori Boggs a regional vice president of the firm. Boggs previously was the national account management vice president of MetLife Insurance Co. At MetLife...
California Based EPIC Insurance Brokers Hires Caracciolo and Klaschka in New York
Sep 1 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant based in San Francisco, Calif., has hired two managing principals from Integro Insurance Brokers...
New York Set to Expand Medical Marijuana Program
Sep 1 2016 // New York state will loosen rules on marijuana prescribing, allow home delivery of the drug and take other steps to expand its medical cannabis program, health officials announced on Tuesday. The announcement follows a...
