Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mitsubishi Says Edison Claims $7.57B over California Nuclear Facility
Jul 28 2015 // Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said the operator of the San Onofre nuclear plant is claiming $7.57 billion in damages related to the shutdown of the California facility. The Tokyo-based company said in a filing that U.S....
Cal Fire Captain, Insurance Agent Brother Arrested For Insurance Fraud
Jul 27 2015 // A California Fire captain and his insurance agent brother have been arrested for insurance fraud. Neal Moriarty, 38, a Cal Fire Captain, and Ross Moriarty, 42, a licensed insurance agent, were arrested last week on...
Northern California Wildfire Threatens Homes, Prompts Evacuations
Jul 27 2015 // A Northern California wildfire raced through more than six square miles of drought-stricken timber over the weekend, threatening at least 150 rural homes in the Sierra Nevada, authorities said. The blaze forced evacuations...
MOC Insurance in California Makes New Hires
Jul 24 2015 // MOC Insurance Services made several additions to its California team. Leanna Dole was named account executive. Dole’s focus is on personal, high net worth accounts. She has 25 years of industry expertise. Prior to...
Former California Agent Ordered to Pay Restitution for Premium Theft
Jul 24 2015 // Christopher Emery, 33, of Downey, Calif. formerly a licensed insurance broker doing business as CPE Insurance Services, has plead guilty to seven felony counts of grand theft for stealing insurance premiums. Emery...
Report on California Workers’ Comp Reforms Touts Successes
Jul 23 2015 // The Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation have released a report on progress implementing California’s workers’ compensation reforms. The report details increased...
Teague Acquires C. Lee Williams in Southern California
Jul 22 2015 // Teague Insurance has acquired C. Lee Williams Insurance, a pair agencies that have been located in the San Diego, Calif. area for more than 50 years. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. C. Lee Williams was founded in...
Jury Awards $10M to Family of Teen Who Died at California Facility
Jul 22 2015 // The family of a teenage boy who died at a Mission Viejo care facility has been awarded more than $10 million for damages relating to the boy’s death. The Orange County Register reported that 15-year-old Kevin Barr...
Alliant Acquires Garibaldi in Central California
Jul 22 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Todd Garibaldi Insurance Agency Inc. in Lodi, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Garibaldi will join Alliant as senior vice president in agribusiness and food services....
Gullickson to Head Western Growers Insurance Services in California
Jul 22 2015 // Jeffrey Gullickson will head Western Growers Insurance Services. Gullickson was named senior vice president of the firm, and assumes responsibility for its production, account management and support teams at its Irvine,...
California Judge Orders Kaiser to Broaden Reconstructive Surgery Coverage
Jul 21 2015 // A California judge has ruled that Kaiser Permanente cannot systematically classify removal of excess skin following bariatric weight loss surgery as a cosmetic procedure after a trial in a class action case. The trial...
California Storms Collapse Bridge, Snarling Traffic
Jul 21 2015 // All traffic along a major freeway connecting California and Arizona was blocked indefinitely when a bridge over a desert wash collapsed during heavy rain, and the roadway in the opposite direction suffered severe damage,...
Small Earthquake Strikes Northern California over Weekend
Jul 20 2015 // A small earthquake has struck near the mountain town of Truckee in Northern California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-3.5 quake occurred about 6:36 p.m. Saturday. The epicenter was 9 miles northwest of...
$3.7M Award for California Rite Aid Manager in Robbery Injury Suit
Jul 20 2015 // A jury has awarded $3.7 million to the former manager of a Los Angeles Rite Aid store, who claimed supervisors harassed him after he hurt himself trying to stop a robbery. City News Service says the ruling came last week...
Judge in California Says Uber Must Face Taxi Suit over Safety Claims
Jul 20 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over its claims to being safer than taxis. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco on Friday allowed the case to proceed, finding that the app-based ridesharing...
Judge Finds Injuries ‘Part of Soccer’ in Dismissing Concussion Lawsuits
Jul 20 2015 // A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit by soccer players and parents seeking to force FIFA and other governing bodies to change the sport’s rules to limit the risk of concussions and other head injuries, especially for...
California Agents Get Creative to Sell Rideshare Endorsement
Jul 20 2015 // Kathy Lamm, an insurance agent in Costa Mesa, Calif., over the past month or two has been busy selling a ridesharing endorsement that Farmers Insurance Group introduced in California in late May. Lamm started spreading the...
California Insurance Guarantee Association in Whistleblowing Suit
Jul 20 2015 // Danny Ly, the former controller for the California Insurance Guarantee Association, has filed a lawsuit against the association that charges it fired him after he blew the whistle about alleged financial irregularities,...
Small Number Causing California Workers’ Comp Review Excess
Jul 20 2015 // A small number of physicians are responsible for a large portion of the independent medical review of workers’ compensation cases in California, a process that could be costing payers in excess of $100 million, a...
Declarations
Jul 20 2015 // Uncommon Occurrence “It’s been about 10 years since we’ve had one of these so it’s not an everyday occurrence.” — Emerald Isle, N.C., Fire Chief Bill Walker, after a deck collapsed from...
