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Former NFL Player Arrested in California for Staged Collision Scheme
Jul 6 2016 // Former Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receiver Jeffrey Leon Webb, 34, of Indio, was arrested on multiple felony counts after orchestrating four staged collisions resulting in a total loss exceeding $139,000. Webb and eight...
California School District Didn’t Supervise Special Needs Boy, Lawsuit Says
Jul 6 2016 // A California mother has filed a second lawsuit against a school district, saying it failed to keep her special needs son safe even after losing the first lawsuit and agreeing to improve his supervision. The Bay Area New...
Wildfire Threat in California, Southwest High in July
Jul 5 2016 // Forecasters say the threat of wildfires will remain high in Southern California and the Southwest this month because of persistent drought and because summer rains may not be as consistent as usual. The National...
California School District Paying $10.5M in Chicken Suit Attack
Jul 1 2016 // A California school district has agreed to pay $10.5 million to a former student who suffered brain damage when he was mobbed while wearing a chicken costume at a pep rally. Kern County High School District agreed to the...
Capital Insurance Group in California Names Janitschke Chief Actuary
Jul 1 2016 // Monterey, Calif-based Capital Insurance Group has named Brian Janitschke chief actuary. His responsibilities will include directing the actuarial functions. As a member of the executive team, he also will be accountable...
California Commissioner Issues Cease and Desist Order to Applied
Jul 1 2016 // Update: The California Department of Insurance originally issued a cease and desist notice, not an order as is reported below. Due to wording in a press release issued from CDI, several news outlets reported an order was...
California Earthquake Authority Wins Top Marketing Award
Jul 1 2016 // The California Earthquake Authority won the SAMMY Award for “overall Best of Show” at the 58th Annual Insurance Marketing & Communications Association Showcase Awards Gala. The SAMMY Award was voted on by...
PCI Urges California Governor to Sign Insurance Bill on the Sharing Economy
Jul 1 2016 // The Property Casualty Association is urging California’s governor to sign a bill approved by the Legislature to ensure homeowners and renters offering rooms for rent on hosting platforms like Airbnb and Home Away...
Central California Blaze Considered Most Destructive in County History
Jun 28 2016 // A California wildfire that killed two people and destroyed 200 homes in the southern Sierra Nevada burned away from neighborhoods this week, clearing the way for some residents to return to homes that survived the savage...
Stone Creek Names Gracey Personal Lines Account Manager in California
Jun 28 2016 // Lafayette, Calif.-based Stone Creek Insurance Agency has named Megan Gracey a personal lines manager for its Northern California office. Gracey specializes in customer service, account management, annual client review and...
Firefighters Advance on California Blaze That’s Destroyed 200 Homes
Jun 27 2016 // Fire crews are making inroads against a raging wildfire in central California that has claimed two lives and destroyed 200 homes. Roughly 2,000 firefighters were battling the blaze, according to officials. Federal fire...
Judge in California Approves Lyft’s $27M Driver Settlement Deal
Jun 27 2016 // A U.S. judge granted preliminary approval to ride service Lyft’s $27 million settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by California drivers who claimed they should be deemed employees instead of independent...
CSAA Insurance Group Financial Leader in California Named to COIN Board
Jun 24 2016 // Lincoln Walworth, an investments executive for CSAA Insurance Group, has been appointed to the advisory board of the California Organized Investment Network. Since 1997, COIN has provided insurers with guidance on making...
Lockton Names Michon Executive Vice President in Northern California
Jun 24 2016 // Lockton has named Alex Michon an executive vice president and leader of client service and business development in its new Sacramento, Calif. office. Michon is a 21-year veteran of Aon, where he was vice president and...
More California Drivers Spotted Using Cellphones, Traffic Report Shows
Jun 24 2016 // The number of California drivers using cellphones is rising, as are deaths and injuries blamed on distracted driving. The California Office of Traffic Safety reported this week that nearly 13 percent of drivers were seen...
California’s Last Nuke Plant Would Be Closed by 2025 Under Deal
Jun 24 2016 // California’s last nuclear power plant will close by 2025 under an accord announced this week, ending three decades of safety debates that helped fuel the national anti-nuclear power movement. The state’s...
California Commissioner Asks National Regulators to Block Aetna-Humana Deal
Jun 24 2016 // California’s insurance commissioner on Thursday urged national antitrust regulators to block health insurer Aetna Inc’s proposed $34 billion acquisition of Humana Inc. David Jones, whose state Department of...
Jury Backs Led Zeppelin in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Trial
Jun 23 2016 // Led Zeppelin won’t have to share royalties from one of rock-and-roll’s masterpieces after a jury found guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant didn’t steal the opening chords of “Stairway to...
Judge Allows Bulk of Starbucks Suit in California over Lattes to Proceed
Jun 23 2016 // A federal judge is allowing the bulk of a lawsuit accusing Starbucks of systematically under-filling lattes to move forward. Two California residents are suing the Seattle-based coffee chain, claiming that Starbucks lattes...
Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case Goes to Jury
Jun 22 2016 // The recollections of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant about events 45 years ago were questioned a final time before jurors were asked to decide who to believe about the genesis of the band’s classic...
