Latest California Headlines
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Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of BayRisk Insurance Brokers in California
Jan 13 2016 // Brown & Brown Insurance Services of California Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired certain assets of San Francisco, Calif.-based BayRisk Insurance Brokers Inc. Following the transaction, the...
Barney & Barney in California Names Nine New Principals
Jan 13 2016 // Barney & Barney has appointed nine senior executives to principals. The new principals in the firm’s San Diego, Calif. office are: David Freeman; Richard Hallett; LuAnn McSwiggen and Debora Walker. The new...
China’s Insurance Marketplace Explained in California Symposium
Jan 13 2016 // Few people in the world could probably offer the sort of perspective on China’s developing insurance industry as economist Qixiang Sun. Sun is the dean of the school of economics at Peking University, and director of...
Expert Sounds off on Legal, Insurance Issues of Self-driving Cars
Jan 12 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Editor’s note: To hear the full interview click on the podcast above or visit www.insuarncejournal.tv. Hilary Rowen, a partner in the law firm of Sedgwick LLP in Sacramento, Calif., for...
Worldwide Names Vassallo Senior Vice President in New California Office
Jan 12 2016 // Worldwide Facilities has opened a new location in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, Calif. and has named Brian Vassallo senior vice president in the office. Vassallo will focus on providing service to clients and...
Glatfelter Launches Insurance Program for California Water Entities
Jan 12 2016 // The California Rural Water Association (CRWA) and Glatfelter Public Practice (GPP) have formed MemberGuard, a fully reinsured property & casualty pool targeted to launch April 1, 2016. Based on recently enacted...
The Changing Surplus Lines Landscape in California and Beyond
Jan 11 2016 // The changing excess and surplus insurance landscape was an oft discussed topic on Monday, with experts describing the challenges and opportunities going forward. “The business that we have and the risk we see is...
Palomar Launches Equity Protector Residential Earthquake Product in California
Jan 11 2016 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Company has launched Equity Protector, a residential earthquake insurance policy in California. Equity Protector provides for the protection of $50,000 or $75,000 in Coverage A – Dwelling...
California Earthquake Authority’s 2016 Changes Aim to Increase Policy Count
Jan 11 2016 // It’s about the closest thing to DIY earthquake insurance as one can get, though there’s definitely no indication that the newest consumer-friendly features being rolled out by the California Earthquake...
Owners of Hotel Cleaning Firm in California Charged with $7M Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 11 2016 // The owners of a janitorial company serving luxury hotels in Southern California and Nevada have been accused of running a $7 million workers’ compensation insurance and tax evasion scam. Hyok “Steven”...
Former Southern California Insurance Broker Found Guilty of Stealing Premiums
Jan 11 2016 // Mia Chang, 51, former insurance broker and owner of Lotte Insurance Services in Southern California, was sentenced in December for felony insurance fraud and grand theft. After her arrest Chang returned $19,218 in stolen...
California Jury Rejects Deaf Worker’s Discrimination Suit
Jan 8 2016 // A jury in Sacramento, Calif. federal court has decided that a Placer County nonprofit did not discriminate against a deaf employee by failing to provide an American Sign Language interpreter. The Sacramento Bee reported...
Quake Jolted Northern California Area: USGS
Jan 8 2016 // An earthquake jolted a Northern California area but there were no reports of any problems. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.3-temblor struck shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday and was centered 36 miles...
California Construction Company Owner Nabbed for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 8 2016 // The owner of a Northern California construction firm was arrested Thursday on nine felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud and tax evasion totaling $187,707 in losses. William Huffman, 47, of...
A.M. Earthquake Jolted Parts of Southern California
Jan 7 2016 // An early morning earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 shook the inland region of Southern California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS says the quake occurred at 6:42 a.m. Wednesday and was...
Criminal Investigation of Chipotle for Outbreak Tied to California Restaurant
Jan 7 2016 // Chipotle has been served with a federal subpoena as part of a criminal investigation tied to a norovirus outbreak at one of its restaurants in California. The investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s...
Emergency Declaration from California Governor for Sempra Gas Leak
Jan 7 2016 // California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency to protect residents from natural gas that has been leaking from Sempra Energy’s underground storage site near Los Angeles for more than two months. Brown...
Topa in California Promotes Manzitto to Chief Operating Officer
Jan 6 2016 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has promoted Anthony Manzitto to chief operating officer and executive vice president. He was chief underwriting officer. Manzitto will be responsible for underwriting, human...
McNamara in California Expands with Move, Staff Addition
Jan 6 2016 // San Rafael, Calif- based McNamara Insurance Services Inc. has moved into a larger office and brought on a new team member to start the new year. The firm moved from a 650-square-foot office to a 1,500-square-foot office in...
Californians Purchased 28K New Flood Policies in Anticipation of El Nin᷈o
Jan 6 2016 // New data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on National Flood Insurance Program policies shows a big increase in NFIP policies written in California during the month of November 2015, a jump FEMA is crediting to...
