Latest California Headlines
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Home Surveillance Video Leads to Arrests for Fraud in Alleged Staged Auto Collision
Jan 25 2024 // A home surveillance video camera helped lead investigators to five Southern California residents for allegedly staging an auto collision to collect an insurance payout. Each defendant has been charged with one felony count...
The Hartford to Discontinue Writing New Homeowners Policies in California
Jan 24 2024 // The Hartford confirmed this week it will discontinue writing new homeowners policies in California. The carrier reportedly has less than 1% of the state’s homeowners market. The Hartford issued the following...
California Reaches $1M Settlement with Cheesecake Factory, Janitorial Contractors
Jan 24 2024 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $1 million settlement against the Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. and two janitorial contractors for reportedly underpaying 589 janitorial workers. The...
California May Face Major Flooding From Jan. 30: Weather Watch
Jan 23 2024 // The odds are rising that California and the West will be struck by a plume of moisture known as an atmospheric river from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3, the US Climate Prediction Center said in a social media post. The agency said...
Man Who Built Plane That Crashed off California Coast Recalls Selling to Enthusiast
Jan 23 2024 // A small airplane that crashed into the ocean off the California coast on Sunday was constructed piece by piece over nearly a decade, one of tens of thousands of home-built aircraft that are part of a high-flying hobby...
People Moves: Aspire in California Adds Gunter as General Counsel
Jan 23 2024 // Dale Gunter joined Aspire General Insurance as general counsel. Gunter’s previous role was with National General/Allstate. He has over 30 years of insurance experience, joining National General Insurance when it was...
Family of Slain California College Student Sues for Wrongful Death Nearly 30 Years Later
Jan 22 2024 // The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence. Smart, then 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic...
Business Moves
Jan 22 2024 // National Confie, Acceptance Insurance Confie has added Acceptance Insurance’s retail division to its family of brands. Confie said its latest acquisition expands its footprint to 26 states across the U.S. with the...
A Deep Dive into the Diligent Effort (Search) Requirement
Jan 22 2024 // The excess and surplus lines insurance market is a rapidly-growing avenue for the placement of insurance policies in the United States. Many alien (non-U.S.) insurance carriers write surplus lines insurance coverage via...
Viewpoint: California’s Homeowners Insurance Shift: Population, Inflation, and Admitted Insurer Exits
Jan 19 2024 // The excess and surplus lines homeowners’ insurance market in California has undergone significant changes in recent years. The number of policies has changed substantially in over the last decade—first increasing,...
People Moves: Zimmer Named CEO of Alliant Insurance Services in California
Jan 19 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., appointed Greg Zimmer as chief executive officer. Zimmer joined Alliant in 1998 as chief financial officer and was named president in 2007. He assumes the role...
Uninsured California Subcontractor Charged with 30 Felony Counts
Jan 19 2024 // The California Department of Insurance is urging business owners to verify the insurance coverage for any subcontractor or vendor they do business with after trucking company owner and operator Raymond Youash, 37, of...
California Emergency Services Official Sued for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation
Jan 19 2024 // A lawsuit accused a deputy director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services of sexual harassment and retaliation against a senior employee while the agency did nothing to stop it. Ryan Buras, an...
Lobstermen’s Suit Against Conservation Group Over ‘Do-Not-Eat’ List Dropped
Jan 18 2024 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England lobster to its list of seafood to avoid. The lawsuit stemmed from a decision by Seafood Watch, which...
Lawsuit over California Group’s Do-Not-Eat Listing for American Lobster Dismissed
Jan 18 2024 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England lobster to its list of seafood to avoid. The lawsuit stemmed from a decision by Seafood Watch, which...
10 Things that May (or May Not) Happen with the Insurance Industry in 2024
Jan 18 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. AgentSync’s partially humorous take on industry prognostication It wouldn’t be December without a new crop of industry prophecies for the coming year, now...
California Has Lowest Number of Fire Departments Per 100K People, Report Shows
Jan 17 2024 // California topped the ranking for the states with the fewest fire departments per 100,000 people, a new study shows. The study out this week shows California tied with Florida, and Nevada ranking second and Arizona ranking...
Alliant in California Launches Student Health Specialty for Higher Ed
Jan 17 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services launched a student health specialty within Alliant Public Entity, offering student medical insurance for domestic and international students. The firm says its program helps higher educational...
Federal Reinsurance Backstop for Catastrophes: APCIA Says No Thanks
Jan 16 2024 // Federal lawmakers introduced a bill to create a federal natural catastrophe backstop recently, reacting to insurers’ issues with growing private reinsurance costs. But a trade group for carriers suggested that a...
People Moves: Banks Joins Alliant in California as EVP
Jan 16 2024 // Tyler Banks joined Alliant Insurance Services as executive vice president, Alliant Private Client. Banks previously served as North America practice leader, president and CEO, personal lines at WTW. Alliant is based in...
