Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance to Offer Free Fraud Protection in CA
Aug 24 2015 // Rocklin, CA, August 24 2015-Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) will be offering Fraud Protection at no extra charge to purchasers of their Victory Admitted Contractor General Liability policy...
11,000 Firefighters on Front Lines in California Blazes
Aug 21 2015 // A large blaze burning for nearly three weeks in a recreation area outside Kings Canyon National Park has scorched more than 50 square miles and the flames were moving toward a popular lake, officials said Thursday. More...
New ‘Superbug’ Linked to Scope Found at California Hospital
Aug 21 2015 // A Los Angeles-area hospital said that some of its patients contracted an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” that has been linked to a type of medical scope and infected dozens of people around the...
John Steinbeck, Boeing Drone, Jimi Hendrix, Ford Car: Intellectual Property News
Aug 21 2015 // Rightscorp Inc., the company that identifies infringers to copyright holders, said in a company filing that it now has contracts covering about 208,000 copyrights. That’s more than twice the 100,000 copyrights the...
Crystal & Co. Names Drew Managing Director in California
Aug 20 2015 // Peggy Drew has joined Crystal & Co.’s commercial property/casualty department as managing director. Drew will also serve as the team leader for the firm’s Los Angeles, Calif. office. Her responsibilities...
Berkshire Hathaway Guard Taps Martinez in California
Aug 20 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Guard Insurance Cos. has named Mark Martinez senior field representative. Martinez will help promote growth in Southern California. In this capacity, he is responsible for identifying prospects for...
California WCIRB Proposes Premium 7.8% Below 2015 Average
Aug 20 2015 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has submitted its Jan. 1, 2016 pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance proposing advisory pure premium rates that average $2.45 per $100 of...
California Prosecutors Say Uber Screening Missed Ex-Convicts
Aug 20 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s criminal background checks for drivers failed to prevent it from hiring registered sex offenders, identity thieves, burglars, a kidnapper and a convicted murderer, California prosecutors...
Lawsuit Presses Costco Liability for Thailand Fishing’s Slave Labor
Aug 20 2015 // Costco Wholesale Corp. was sued for selling farmed shrimp from Thailand, where slave labor and human trafficking in the fishing industry are widespread, and allegedly misleading U.S. consumers about it. A California woman...
Uber Headache if More Drivers Want Full-Time Status
Aug 19 2015 // Thousands of new full-time workers would spring into existence if Uber is forced to stop treating some of its drivers like contract workers, and the benefits that come with that employee status may entice part-time...
California Regulators Consider Investigation of PG&E Safety Culture
Aug 19 2015 // California utility regulators are considering an investigation into the safety culture and governance of PG&E Corp., citing persistent lapses in company oversight. If approved, the California Public Utilities...
King Insurance in California Names Fondarella Vice President
Aug 18 2015 // King Insurance in California has named Laura Fondarella vice president of marketing and product development. Fondarella has been involved in the development and merchandising of various personal lines and commercial niche...
California WCIRB Report Shows Medical Bill Transactions Fell in 2014
Aug 18 2015 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Tuesday issued its California Workers’ Compensation Aggregate Medical Payment Trends report showing medical bill transactions fell by $100 million...
Southern California Fires Burn Structures, Stop Oil Field Operations
Aug 18 2015 // Crews working through the night stopped the spread of two Los Angeles County fires in Southern California that burned several structures, charred hundreds of acres of dry brush and led to the arson arrest of one person. A...
Former California School District Admin to Get $300K Settlement
Aug 18 2015 // A former deputy superintendent for the Twin Rivers Unified School District in Northern California will receive $300,000, settling a lawsuit she filed against district officials after she was fired in 2012. The Sacramento...
California Insurance Company Oversight Law Signed
Aug 18 2015 // California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 553, which establishes new oversight aimed at reducing the number of insurance company insolvencies. AB 553 was authored by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, and was...
Small Earthquake Jolts Northern California
Aug 18 2015 // A short sharp earthquake rattled California’s San Francisco Bay Area, but there are no reports of injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 4.0 magnitude quake struck Monday and was centered just north of...
California Earthquake Authority Prepares to Go into ‘Hyperspace’
Aug 18 2015 // The California Earthquake Authority – the state’s quasi-public earthquake insurance pool – long has had a problem with take-up. Only about 10 percent of homeowners in this most seismically active state actually...
States Developing IRA Plans for Small Business Employees
Aug 18 2015 // For people working for a small business that doesn’t have a retirement plan, help is on the way. Roughly half of the U.S. states are working to create government-sponsored automatic individual retirement account...
Alliant in California Names Bennetsen to Lead Middle Market Division
Aug 17 2015 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has named Robert Bennetsen to lead its Alliant Americas division as executive vice President and senior managing director. Bennetsen will spearhead Alliant’s...
