Latest California Headlines
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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...
The Changing Surplus Lines Landscape
Jan 25 2016 // The changing excess and surplus insurance landscape was an oft discussed topic at a recent California meeting, with experts describing the challenges and opportunities going forward. “The business that we have and...
California Commissioner OKs New insurance Products to Fill Ridesharing Gap
Jan 21 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved a new insurance product by USAA designed to close the gap in insurance coverage for drivers driving for all ridesharing companies. The product is now available to...
California Commissioner Orders Changes to FAIR Plan
Jan 21 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued an order directing the California Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan to make several changes in the wake of last year’s severe fire season. The order...
Britton Gallagher Expands Life Sciences Division in California with Wright
Jan 21 2016 // Britton Gallagher has named Tina Wright an account manager on its life sciences team. Wright will be based in San Diego, Calif. and will focus on developing solutions for issues facing life science clients. Wright has a...
Plan to Burn off Leaking Methane in California Scrapped
Jan 21 2016 // Air quality regulators agreed on Wednesday to scrap a proposal to capture and burn off some of the methane spewing into the air from a subterranean pipeline rupture that has forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from...
EPIC Taps Rappleye as Producer in California
Jan 20 2016 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has hired Cameron Rappleye as a property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the Sacramento, Calif. office. Rappleye will be responsible for new business development and the design and...
Grants Now Available to Strengthen Older California Homes
Jan 20 2016 // California homeowners have until Feb. 20 to apply for up to $3,000 in funding for retrofits to protect their homes from catastrophic earthquake damage. The Earthquake Brace + Bolt program today opened the registration...
Former California Insurance Commissioner, Past NAIC President Barger Dies
Jan 19 2016 // Richards D. Barger, a former insurance commissioner and a former president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, died on Sunday. The cause is not yet known. He was 87. Barger, who went by the name Dick,...
Alliant in California Names Novotnaj Director of Health Informatics
Jan 19 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Kryz Novotnaj vice president and national director of health informatics in its employee benefits group. Novotnaj will be based in the Walnut Creek, Calif. office, and he will lead...
Burnham Benefits in California Names Bergsto Account Manager
Jan 15 2016 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services has named Alicia Bergsto an account manager. Prior to Burnham Bergsto was an associate consultant with Health Net Inc., where she worked in partnership with senior...
Weather Service: Tornado Hit Southern California in Last Week’s El Niño Storms
Jan 15 2016 // The National Weather Service says a small tornado touched down in Ventura County, Calif. during last week’s powerful El Niño-driven storms. Meteorologists conducting a storms survey determined the tornado swept...
Exxon Deficiencies Found In California Refinery Blast, Probe Shows
Jan 15 2016 // An explosion at an ExxonMobil oil refinery in California last year could have been prevented if managers had taken into account aging safety equipment and shut down a key, spark-generating part of the refinery before...
Self-Driving Cars Still Need Human Help in California Tests
Jan 14 2016 // Futuristic self-driving cars traveling along California roads have needed plenty of old-fashioned human intervention to stay safe. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles this week released reports filed by seven...
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...
