Latest California Headlines
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Southern California City Unveils Mapping Tool for Wildfire Hazards
Oct 2 2015 // As fire season ramps up, San Diego County, Calif. has unveiled a new online interactive map that allows residents to search out wildfire dangers in specific areas. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported he digital tool...
California Lab Settles Age Discrimination Suit for $37.25M
Oct 2 2015 // Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is paying $37.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 129 workers who say they were fired because of their ages. The Contra Costa Times reported Mike McElfresh says he was a...
California Commissioner Announces Bid for State Attorney General
Oct 1 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced via a mass email late Thursday that he’s running for the office of California Attorney General in a little over two years. “I am very excited at the...
Jury Awards $1.8M Exploding e-Cigarette Trial in California
Oct 1 2015 // A Superior Court jury in Riverside, Calif. awarded $1.885 million in a lawsuit over an e-cigarette product that exploded while charging, physically burning and emotionally scarring her, attorneys for the woman said on...
Dispensaries Make Offer of Free Cannabis to California Fire Victims
Oct 1 2015 // Medical marijuana dispensaries in Northern California are offering up to $200 in free cannabis per patient affected by a hugely destructive wildfire. The Los Angeles Times reported the two companies are offering free...
California Insurance Commissioner Says More to Lose Fire Coverage
Oct 1 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says more people may be dropped from fire coverage and that residents of high risk areas may have to shop for more expensive insurance as wildfires become more destructive...
Alliant in California Names Anders Chief Financial Officer
Oct 1 2015 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has named Ilene Anders chief financial officer. Anders, formerly the firm’s chief information officer, will lead Alliant’s finance team. Anders will retain...
Walker’s Daughter Sues Porsche in California Over Fatal Crash
Sep 30 2015 // Paul Walker’s daughter sued Porsche for wrongful death Monday, claiming the sports car that her father was in when he was killed suffered from numerous design defects. The lawsuit filed by Meadow Rain Walker seeks...
California Draws $10M From Reserves to Remove Wildfire Debris
Sep 30 2015 // California Governor Jerry Brown last week directed $10 million from the state’s budget reserve to help pay for the removal of huge amounts of burned debris left in the wake of two massive wildfires, the...
Farmers Estimates $225M Loss from Northern California Fires
Sep 30 2015 // Farmers Insurance reported more than 1,300 claims filed, and an anticipated 1,800 total, with an estimated overall loss of roughly $225 million from two California wildfires that burned nearly 150,000 acres this month in...
Northern California Town Fights Back After Being Nearly Burned Off Map
Sep 28 2015 // Mountain Ranch is known as a Gold Rush-era, fiercely independent place, where many of its aging residents distrust the government and prefer to take matters into their own hands. The unincorporated hamlet in Calaveras...
California Governor Signs Bill Dealing with Insurance Code
Sep 28 2015 // California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1515, which clarifies and corrects sections in the insurance code. The omnibus bill was authored by the Assembly Committee on Insurance and sponsored by Insurance...
Heffernan Taps Todd Davis in Employee Benefits in California
Sep 28 2015 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Todd Davis assistant vice president of employee benefits in its Walnut Creek, Calif. office. Davis will be working with Jani De La Rosa, director of employee benefits, to grow the...
California Gas and Electric Company Seeks to Split Costs on Uninsured Fire
Sep 28 2015 // San Diego Gas and Electric is seeking authority to bill its customers $379 million for legal settlement costs left over from 2007 wildfires that destroyed 1,300 homes and killed two people. In filings with state regulators...
California Court Rules Batmobile Entitled to Copyright Protection
Sep 25 2015 // Batman won’t have to worry about Batmobile knockoffs after a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday the caped crusader’s vehicle is entitled to copyright protection. The Batmobile’s bat-like appearance and...
Networked Brings on Stankowich and Hermsmeyer in California
Sep 25 2015 // Networked Insurance Agents has named Joe Stankowich sales vice president and the key point of contact for independent agency members in California’s San Francisco Bay, East Bay, Silicon Valley and Central Valley...
Car Dealers Sue Volkswagen Over Losses Tied to Diesel Cheating
Sep 25 2015 // Independent car dealerships sued Volkswagen AG in California on Thursday over losses they say they will incur following revelations that the company fitted some diesel models with software to cheat on U.S. vehicle...
How Regulators Caught Volkswagen’s Diesel Deception
Sep 25 2015 // The confession of cheating that’s embroiled Volkswagen AG in one of the biggest scandals in auto industry history came on a cool California morning, on the sidelines of an academic conference focused on green...
Workers’ Compensation Premiums Up 5.3% in First Half of 2015: Demotech
Sep 25 2015 // Workers’ compensation insurers reported a 5.3 percent increase in direct written premiums during the first six months of 2015 versus the same period in 2014, according to actuarial firm Demotech’s review of...
WSS Hires Gregory Brubaker As New Associate Broker for California Office
Sep 25 2015 // Plano, TX, September 25 2015-Western Security Surplus is pleased to announce its hiring of Gregory Brubaker as a new Associate Broker. Starting Monday, September 28th, Gregory will be working with Wendy Clinton in the WSS...
