Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Uber’s Bid to Pause Suit by California Drivers Group Rejected
Jan 29 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost its bid to pause a lawsuit by California drivers demanding to be treated as employees that has grown dramatically in both size and potential liability. The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
JLT Specialty USA Names Taliaferro Senior Vice President in California
Jan 29 2016 // JLT Specialty USA has named Brian Taliaferro senior vice president of the entertainment and hospitality practice. Taliaferro, who will be based in JLT’s Los Angeles, Calif., office, will lead the company’s...
13 Indictments Handed Down in Massive Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam
Jan 28 2016 // An investigation into what’s being called one of the largest cases of workers’ compensation health care insurance fraud in California Department of Insurance history led to 13 indictments announced today...
California Regulator Looks to Open the FAIR Plan’s Floodgates
Jan 28 2016 // In those periods of respite when the State of California is not rocking and rolling atop its various fault lines, it’s often quite literally on fire. In fact, of the top 10 costliest wildfires in U.S. history,...
California State Fund to Roll out New Medical Provider Network
Jan 28 2016 // State Compensation Insurance Fund will soon transition to a new outcomes-based medical provider network following a California Division of Workers’ Compensation approval of the new MPN called the State Fund MPN by...
Record Western Wildfires a Contrast in Otherwise Quiet Year for U.S. Natural Disasters
Jan 28 2016 // It was a relatively quiet year for natural disasters – except for those living in the Western U.S. Property data provider CoreLogic today released its annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis. The report shows...
Alteris to Offer Coverage for Mutual Water Companies in California
Jan 28 2016 // Alteris Insurance Services Inc. announced it will serve as insurance administrator for the newly formed CalMutuals Joint Powers Insurance Authority (JPIA) working with nonprofit water systems in California. The new program...
Class Action Follows California Commissioner’s Decision in Applied Dispute
Jan 27 2016 // A decision from the California Department of Insurance has workers’ compensation carrier Applied Underwriters and one of its companies on the defensive, and now a class action suit has been filed seeking to recover...
No Contest Plea from ‘Dancing Hamster’ in California Fraud Case
Jan 27 2016 // A man who played a dancing hamster in car commercials and was a backup dancer for Madonna, has pleaded no contest to single counts of insurance fraud and making a false statement. The Los Angeles County District...
Hoverboard Bursts into Flames in California Home
Jan 27 2016 // A hoverboard burst into flames in a Petaluma, Calif. home, marking the second such fire in Sonoma County in a week. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported that the hoverboard was plugged into an electrical outlet Monday to...
Insurance Department Tally on California Wildfires $1B
Jan 26 2016 // Damage from two destructive Northern California wildfires that killed six and sent thousands fleeing their homes topped $1 billion in insured losses, according to a preliminary estimate by the state’s insurance...
California Insurance Commissioner Calls for Insurance Divestment from Coal
Jan 25 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Monday asked all insurance companies doing business in California to voluntarily divest from their investments in thermal coal as part of a nationwide call to reduce carbon...
Group Asking Residents Use Drones to Map El Niño Flooding in California
Jan 25 2016 // Forget about selfies. In California, residents are using smartphones and drones to document the coastline’s changing face. Starting this month, The Nature Conservancy is asking tech junkies to capture the flooding...
California Gas Leak Follows Years of Lax Regulation of Aging Storage Wells
Jan 25 2016 // Long before a natural gas storage well sprung a disastrous leak near Los Angeles, Calif., utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. The leaking...
JLT Specialty Names Hernandez Senior Vice President in California
Jan 25 2016 // JLT Specialty USA has named Cari Hernandez senior vice president for its entertainment and hospitality practice. Hernandez will be based in JLT’s Los Angeles, Calif. office, where she will manage the needs of clients...
Doyle Joins Leavitt Group in Central California
Jan 25 2016 // Salinas, Calif.-based Leavitt Central Coast Insurance Services has hired Deana Doyle as a personal agent. Doyle focuses on insurance for home and auto and is licensed in property/casualty and life and health. Doyle worked...
Expert Sounds off on Legal, Insurance Issues of Self-Driving Cars
Jan 25 2016 // Hilary Rowen, a partner in the law firm of Sedgwick LLP in Sacramento, Calif., for the last three years has been analyzing and following the insurance issues relating to the emergence of autonomous vehicles, particularly...
California Construction Company Owner Nabbed for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 25 2016 // The owner of a Northern California construction firm was arrested in mid-January on nine felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud and tax evasion totaling $187,707 in losses. William Huffman, 47, of...
People – West
Jan 25 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...
China’s Insurance Marketplace Explained in California Symposium
Jan 25 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...
