Latest California Headlines
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United Insurance Partners in California Names Henry Chief Marketing Officer
Jun 11 2015 // Pasadena, Calif.-based United Insurance Partners has named Paul Henry chief marketing officer. Henry will focus on retail sales and brokering. He has a background in commercial property/casualty insurance, and previously...
LP Insurance Services Names Armour Account Manager in California
Jun 11 2015 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Debbie Armour an account manager in the personal lines division in California. She is responsible for supporting, maintaining and servicing account relationships with personal insurance...
EPIC Taps Laney as Broker and Principal in Northern California
Jun 11 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Brian Laney a property/casualty insurance broker, producer and principal in its Sacramento, Calif. office. Laney will be responsible for new business development and the design...
McLamb Joins EPIC’s Private Client Group in Northern California
Jun 11 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Sheryl McLamb an account manager in its private client group in Sacramento, Calif. McLamb will be responsible for providing individual risk management and insurance portfolio...
El Nino Now 85% Likely to Last Through Winter: U.S. Climate Forecasters
Jun 11 2015 // The odds that a weather-changing El Nino will last until the Northern Hemisphere’s next winter are increasing, though it’s too early to say if it will provide drought relief across California, the U.S. Climate...
Wildfire Report Shows 2 Million California Homes at Risk as Drought Continues
Jun 10 2015 // A report issued today shows California has more than 2 million homes at “high” or “extreme” wildfire risk, as the multi-year drought continues stoke fears among some experts of a potentially...
Arson Suspected in Car Dealership Fire in Northern California
Jun 10 2015 // Arson investigators say they suspect car fires were intentionally set at a dealership north of San Francisco. KNTV-TV reported Sgt. Sasha D’Amico says officers found several vehicles on fire when they responded to a...
Report: 4.5 Million Homes in 13 States at Extreme Wildfire Risk
Jun 10 2015 // A report issued today shows 4.5 million U.S. homes at high or extreme risk of wildfire as the multi-year drought continues. The report’s author said the worsening drought means 2015 has the potential to be one of the...
Topa in California Promotes Three People to Key Posts
Jun 9 2015 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Co. has promoted three people to key positions. Chuck Williamson has been promoted to assistant vice president and controller, Tina Epstein Abrams has been promoted to assistant...
B Corp Status Gives California Agency Conscientious Bragging Rights
Jun 8 2015 // Already considering itself a socially and environmentally minded business, Burnham Benefits Insurance Services took the next logical step and went for an official designation that would help alert others to their...
CIG Names Eckert Agency Development Manager for Southern California
Jun 8 2015 // Capital Insurance Group has named Todd Eckert agency development manager for the Ventura territory in Southern California. Eckert is replacing the retiring John Higbee after 14 years. Eckert has a background in improving...
$4M Fire-Prevention Grant Ignites Passions in Northern California
Jun 5 2015 // City officials accepted a $4 million federal grant to chop down trees in the ritzy Oakland hills, a decision that ignited debate over how best to prevent deadly wildfires in the affluent Northern California region. The...
Widow of Man Run Over by Suge Knight Files Suit in California
Jun 5 2015 // The widow of a man who died when he was run over by a pickup truck driven by Marion “Suge” Knight has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the former rap music mogul and key figures involved in the upcoming...
UPDATE: Hurricane Blanca Remains on Course for Baja California
Jun 5 2015 // The latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami describes Blanca as a “large hurricane,” with hurricane force winds extending “outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the center and tropical...
UPDATE: Hurricane Blanca Weakens off Mexico Coast; Bound for Baja Resorts
Jun 4 2015 // Hurricane Blanca weakened slightly off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Thursday but could restrengthen as it continues moving toward tourist resorts at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, the U.S. National...
Risk Strategies Acquires Dubraski & Associates in California
Jun 3 2015 // Risk Strategies Co. has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Dubraski & Associates Insurance Services, a national brokerage and consulting firm that provides risk and insurance solutions to the healthcare...
Stone Creek Adds 3 to Ranks in Northern California
Jun 3 2015 // Lafayette, Calif.-based Stone Creek Insurance Agency has hired three new people for its Northern California office. Russell Wong has been named a personal lines broker. He specializes in personal lines insurance, including...
Alliant Acquires Mary Roach Insurance Agency in California
Jun 3 2015 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Mary Roach Insurance Agency Inc., a provider of crop insurance to the agribusiness community headquarter in Fresno. Mary Roach will be instrumental in...
California Assembly Advances Earthquake Safety Bills
Jun 3 2015 // The California Assembly is advancing a pair of bills designed to help buildings withstand earthquakes. The legislation approved unanimously this week would expand financial incentives for seismic retrofits. AB428 would...
Woman Who Lost Silicon Valley Sex Suit Appealing Verdict
Jun 3 2015 // A woman at the center of a high-profile gender bias lawsuit against an elite Silicon Valley venture capital firm filed an appeal of a jury verdict against her. Alan Exelrod, an attorney for plaintiff Ellen Pao, filed the...
