Latest California Headlines
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California’s Snowpack Data Likely Signals Another Fire-Prone Summer
Apr 1 2025 // California is emerging from its wettest time of the year with new fire and drought risks. The state is scheduled to measure the snowpack amassed over winter on Tuesday — April 1 is the typical peak point before...
California Bill Would Require Insurers to Notify Property Owners of Aerial Inspections
Apr 1 2025 // A California bill requiring insurers to provide a notice to homeowners before conducting an inspection with aerial imaging is set for a committee hearing on Wednesday. Assembly Bill 75 requires insurers to provide a notice...
California OKs Increase in FAIR Plan Commercial Property Coverage Limits
Mar 31 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a filing from the California FAIR Plan Association to increase commercial property coverage limits. Related: New Fire Maps Put Nearly 4M Californians in Hazardous...
California Agency Issues Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Affected by LA Wildfires
Mar 27 2025 // The California Department of Managed Health Care issued an all-plan letter designed to provide flexibility for health plans to assist healthcare providers impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. Related: LA Municipal...
California at Risk of New Insurance Bailout Amid Fire Danger
Mar 25 2025 // As Los Angeles-area residents recover from one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history, California’s insurer of last resort is careening toward another hot and dry summer with its coffers already strained....
California Cites Contractor $157K Following Fatal Trench Accident
Mar 25 2025 // A construction company was fined $157,500 by California for multiple violations of workplace safety regulations following a fatal trench collapse. W.A. Rasic Construction was fined by the California Division of...
Southern California Restaurant Fined $1.1M for Labor Violations
Mar 24 2025 // A Southern California restaurant has been fined more than $1.1 million over wage theft and sick leave violations. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office took the action against Food Source LLC, a Buena Park...
Justice Department Launches Hostile Workplace Probe into University of California
Mar 24 2025 // The Justice Department opened an investigation into the University of California to determine if the UC system has allowed an Antisemitic hostile work environment to exist on its campuses. The investigation, being...
Contractor Fined $430K for California Labor Violations
Mar 24 2025 // A construction company was fined more than $430,000 for California labor violations that resulted in unpaid wages, overtime and other violations. The stateis Labor Commissioneris Office secured the settlement to return...
$25M for California Worker Safety, Including Support for LA Fire Recovery Workers
Mar 20 2025 // The California Department of Industrial Relations made available $25 million in funding for the California Workplace Outreach Project to support 89 community-based organizations across the state. This initiative is...
California Insurance Wholesalers Launch Women and Insurtech Initiatives
Mar 19 2025 // The California Insurance Wholesalers Association launched two new initiatives: CIWA Women and an Insurtech Committee. CIWA Women is designed to promote women’s interests, development and empowerment in the...
Tesla a Step Closer to Ride-Hailing With California Permit
Mar 18 2025 // Tesla Inc. was granted approval in California to begin carrying passengers in its vehicles as Elon Musk’s company takes steps toward offering ride-hailing services. The California Public Utilities Commission said in...
Not Only the Fires Are Wild: California and the P&C Market Outlook
Mar 18 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. After years of watching insurance carriers exit the California property and casualty market, the state may see another exodus in the wake of the January 2025 wildfires...
California Man Wins $50M in Lawsuit Over Burns From Starbucks Tea
Mar 17 2025 // A delivery driver has won $50 million in a lawsuit after being seriously burned when a Starbucks drink spilled in his lap at a California drive-through, court records show. A Los Angeles County jury found Friday for...
People Moves: California Reappoints Members to Diversity Task Force and WCIRB Governing Committee
Mar 17 2025 // Ricardo Lara California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reappointed members Mitch Steiger and C. Bryan Little to the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee and reappointed...
California Insurance Commissioner Provisionally OKs State Farm’s 22% Rate Request
Mar 14 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara provisionally approved State Farm’s request for a 22% interim homeowners insurance rate hike, the California Department of Insurance announced on Friday. The approval...
State Farm, Consumer Group Battle Ahead of Calif. Insurance Commissioner Decision
Mar 13 2025 // Ahead of a decision from California’s insurance commissioner on a State Farm General request for emergency rate increases, company executives and representatives of a consumer group pled their opposing cases in...
California Body Shop Owner Charged With Insurance Fraud on Bait Car
Mar 13 2025 // A San Jose, California, body shop owner was charged with insurance fraud following an undercover sting operation that reportedly revealed he jacked an insurance damage estimate on a bait car. The operation, led by...
Viewpoint: The Evolution of Homeowners Insurance in California—From Niche to Necessity
Mar 12 2025 // For many years, the homeowners insurance market operated as a relatively stable and predictable sector in California. Changes were incremental, and the market largely catered to established patterns of risk and...
A California City Is Pioneering Urban-Scale Insurance for Climate Disasters
Mar 11 2025 // “Fire took everything, please help.” The headline was one of hundreds like it on GoFundMe campaigns that launched even as the embers of the fires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena were still smoldering....
