Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Woman in California Discrimination Suit to be Questioned by Jury
Mar 13 2015 // Jurors will have an opportunity to pose their own questions today to the ex-partner who filed a sexual discrimination case against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which could reveal their impressions in the third...
Juries to Decide If Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Independent Contractors
Mar 12 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. lost an early round of a fight with drivers in lawsuits that could upend the companies’ nationwide business models. The on-demand car services will need to make the case to juries...
Increased Chance of Big One in Long-Term Quake Forecast for California
Mar 11 2015 // Chances that California will experience a magnitude 8 or larger earthquake in the next 30 years has increased from 4.7 to 7.0 percent, according to an earthquake forecast by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners. The...
Earthquake Risks Are Rising, but Take-Up Isn’t
Mar 11 2015 // The West Coast’s risk of ruin is even greater than we previously feared. According to the just-released Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, the likelihood that California could see an earthquake of...
Mercury Agrees to $1M Settlement With California Department of Insurance
Mar 10 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced a $1 million settlement with Mercury Insurance Co., Mercury Casualty Co. and California Automobile Insurance Co. over findings that Mercury violated California laws on...
Networked in California Promotes Carrington, Duong to Vice President
Mar 10 2015 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has promoted Michael Carrington to vice president of service and Tam Duong to vice president of commercial lines account management. Carrington leads a team of 30...
More States Eye Use of Drug Formularies in Workers’ Compensation
Mar 10 2015 // While workers’ compensation pharmacy benefit managers have been utilizing drug formularies to control prescription drugs costs and monitor medical treatments for a long time, states are now catching on. Drug...
Stone Creek Brings on Quinton in California
Mar 9 2015 // Kayla Quinton was named a junior broker at Stone Creek Insurance Agency Inc. in Lafayette, Calif. Quinton’s focus at Stone Creek is to assist in maintaining the agency’s growth and community presence in the...
Suit Filed Against Jewish Cemetery in California For Throwing Out Remains
Mar 9 2015 // One of the nation’s largest Jewish cemeteries and the resting place of notables including Groucho Marx has been sued for allegedly breaking vaults to make room for more graves and throwing out human bones in a...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based Laubacher
Mar 9 2015 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Laubacher Insurance Agency Inc., which services the California counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The agencies...
After Deadly California Fire Thousands of Smoke Alarms Installed
Mar 9 2015 // Volunteers have installed thousands of free smoke alarms in a Southern California neighborhood where a fire killed a mother and her two sons. Five-thousand smoke alarms donated by the Kidde fire safety products firm were...
New Drought Rules at Restaurants, Hotels Considered in California
Mar 9 2015 // Officials are considering new water restrictions as California’s drought drags on, possibly forcing residents to ask for water at restaurants and for fresh towels and sheets at hotels. The State Water Resources...
California ‘Superbug’ Outbreak Prompts FDA Alert on Device
Mar 9 2015 // The complex design of endoscopes that have been linked to a “superbug” outbreak at the UCLA Health System in California may hinder proper cleaning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned. The hospital...
Report: Wildfire Reconstruction of West’s Riskiest Homes – $237B
Mar 9 2015 // In the Western United States there are nearly 900,000 homes representing an estimated reconstruction cost of more than $237 billion considered at “very high” or “high” risk from wildfires, a report...
Hull & Company Taps Azer in Southern California
Mar 5 2015 // Hull & Company Inc. has named Sherif Azer a commercial underwriter/broker in its Irvine, Calif. office. Azer focuses on commercial lines with the placement of E&S brokerage and MGA risks. Azer began his insurance...
Settlement Reached in Deadly California Lexus Crash
Mar 5 2015 // Parents of a family that died when their Lexus sped up and crashed on a San Diego County, Calif. freeway have settled a lawsuit against the former car dealer. California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, his wife,...
California Sues Glass Company Over Hazardous Waste in Wine Bottles
Mar 4 2015 // California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control says it is suing a glass company for violating recycling laws after it added hazardous waste dust to wine bottles made at its Modesto plant. The department said...
Surplus Line Association of California Names Brady Chair
Mar 4 2015 // The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have named Denis Brady, president of Burns & Wilcox Brokerage in San Francisco, chair of the SLA Board of Directors. Brady’s election was finalized after...
Asiana Settles Personal Injury Suits Over San Francisco Crash
Mar 4 2015 // Asiana Airlines Inc. settled 72 personal injury claims in lawsuits filed over a July 2013 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport and is continuing to negotiate with other passengers. The airline announced the...
TNCs, State Flood Insurance Among Hot Topics at NCOIL Spring Meeting
Mar 3 2015 // For those whose travel plans weren’t interrupted by the inclement weather, the spring meeting of the tri-annually convened National Conference of Insurance Legislators – held in Charleston, S.C. just as February...
