Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jury to Decide If Led Zeppelin Ripped Off ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Licks
Apr 12 2016 // Led Zeppelin founders Jimmy Page and Robert Plant lost their bid to avoid a trial that may rewrite the history of rock n’ roll over song-writing credit for the 1971 classic “Stairway to Heaven.” A federal...
McCaffrey Named Chief Financial Officer of CSAA in California
Apr 11 2016 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named J. Paul McCaffrey Jr. its chief financial officer. McCaffrey has more than 25 years of experience. Most recently he was executive vice president, CFO and treasurer...
After Pay by Gender, Is Pay by Race Next for California Protects?
Apr 11 2016 // Just as California businesses begin to implement a law requiring equal pay for workers regardless of their gender, already the toughest of its kind in the nation, a state lawmaker is seeking to expand it to protect...
Schwarzenegger, Hartwig to Headline May Southern California Symposium
Apr 11 2016 // Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will headline an event next month at a Southern California university to benefit insurance students. Schwarzenegger will be joined by Robert Hartwig, an economist and president...
California Adjuster, Family and Friends Embezzled $250k from Insurer, CDI Says
Apr 8 2016 // Elizabeth Louise Brown, 48, of Canyon Country, a former claims adjuster with Explorer Insurance, was arrested this week and charged with multiple felonies, including insurance fraud and conspiracy for allegedly embezzling...
EPIC Names Miller Vice President in California
Apr 8 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has named Penny Miller vice president in the firm’s employee benefits consulting team. She will be based in San Francisco and report to David Wiesner, regional director of...
California Prosecutors, Uber Settle Over Background Checks
Apr 8 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to settle claims by California prosecutors that its background checks on drivers weren’t as thorough as advertised. The company is required to pay a civil penalty of $10 million within...
California Uber Drivers Seeking $1B Bounty Claim as Trial Draws Near
Apr 8 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. drivers suing to be treated like employees are trying to add $1 billion in penalties under California’s unique “bounty hunter” statute as they prepare for trial in June. About...
California Workers’ Comp Committee Votes for Lower Mid-Year Filing
Apr 6 2016 // The governing committee of the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau voted unanimously on Wednesday to authorize the WCIRB to submit a mid-year pure premium rate reduction filing to the California...
California Legislature Moves Closer to Making Insurance Paperless
Apr 6 2016 // The California Assembly Insurance Committee took another step towards making auto, homeowners and workers’ compensation insurance completely paperless by approving Assembly Bill 2591 on Wednesday. AB 2591, authored...
Crest in Arizona and Partners of the West in California Merge
Apr 6 2016 // Cody Ritchie of Crest Insurance Group LLC in Arizona and Ron Wilson of Partners of the West Insurance Services in San Diego, Calif. have merged. Wilson will continue to manage the California division of Crest. Crest...
California Court Says Employers Can’t Deny Workers Seats
Apr 6 2016 // Employers cannot deny a worker a place to sit just because they prefer the person stand, and they must consider the employee’s work station, not their overall duties, when determining whether to provide a seat, the...
Schuhriemen Joins Alliant’s Healthcare Practice in California
Apr 6 2016 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Robert Schuhriemen senior vice president in its healthcare practice. Schuhriemen has 24 years of experience. He was a client executive with a global...
California Judge Rules in Favor of Lumber Liquidators in Prop. 65 Case
Apr 5 2016 // Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. won a tentative ruling dismissing claims that it failed to adequately warn consumers about cancer-causing formaldehyde found in some of its laminate flooring. Monday’s decision is a...
PIMCO Legal Filing Accuses ‘Bond King’ Gross of ‘Abusive’ Conduct
Apr 5 2016 // Pacific Investment Management Co. said former bond manager Bill Gross’ abusive conduct and effort to sabotage colleagues he deemed disloyal gave it “good cause” to oust him, and not pay any of the more...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based Pickett And Associates
Apr 4 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of La Quinta, Calif.-based Pickett and Associates Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pickett’s owners Debra Pickett and Richard Torres will join Hub California...
Government Task Force Will Examine Massive California Natural Gas Leak
Apr 4 2016 // A new U.S. government task force will look into the country’s biggest ever accidental release of methane, which occurred over several months in Los Angeles, Calif., hoping to prevent future leaks of the potent...
People – West
Apr 4 2016 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Brian McDonnell a managing principal, and the formation of a national construction specialty group. McDonnell will be based in EPIC’s Concord, Calif., office and report to...
Farmers CEO Remembers Joplin Tornado at California Gala
Apr 4 2016 // Jeff Dailey, CEO of Farmers Insurance, turned what could have been a mere acceptance speech into a lesson-filled personal account of his first time seeing the devastation wreaked by the May 2011 tornado in Joplin,...
Business Moves
Apr 4 2016 // AmWINS Group, Group Benefit Services AmWINS Group Inc. has acquired Group Benefit Services Inc. and GBS Payroll Plus Inc., known collectively as Group Benefit Services, in Hunt Valley, Md. Terms of the transaction were not...
