Latest California Headlines
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New Drought Rules at Restaurants, Hotels Considered in California
Feb 19 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 Commissioner Tells Insurers to Cease Price Optimization
Feb 18 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday issued a notice to property/casualty insurers doing business in California advising them that so-called “price optimization” in rate making is unfairly...
California Refinery Blast Sprays Ash, Bursts Windows
Feb 18 2015 // An explosion and fire at Exxon Mobil Corp.’s Torrance, California, refinery sent ash spraying on nearby cars and burst windows of surrounding buildings Wednesday. The explosion occurred near a fluid catalytic...
Arson Suspected in California School Fire With $1M in Damage
Feb 18 2015 // Authorities say they suspect an arsonist set a Northern California middle school’s cafeteria on fire. KCBS-Radio reported that Oakland fire fighters found an opened door when they arrived to put out the early morning...
CNA Names Coleman Vice President in Southern California
Feb 17 2015 // CNA Financial Corp. has named Andrea Coleman vice president of the Orange County and San Diego branches in California. Coleman will be responsible for leading the branch teams to achieve their goals for continued growth...
Atlas in California Names Lasher SVP of Commercial Operations
Feb 17 2015 // San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services LLC has named Charles Lasher senior vice president of commercial operations. Lasher will be responsible for development, implementation and distribution of...
Former Hartford CEO McGee Dies at 60
Feb 16 2015 // Liam McGee, an Irish-born banker and insurance executive who guided Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. through a taxpayer bailout and shored up the company’s finances, has died. He was 60. McGee died Feb. 13...
California Consumer Group Seeks Enforcement Action Against Geico
Feb 13 2015 // The Consumer Federation of California is alleging that Geico Insurance Co. illegally quotes higher minimum automobile coverage levels than permitted under state law to unmarried, lower or moderate-income motorists The...
California Agents Asked to Inform Customers on Auto Financial Responsibility
Feb 12 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and state Sen. Ricardo Lara on Thursday urged Californians to make sure they are meeting their obligation to carry minimum liability insurance coverage on their vehicles and...
AIA Names Day Vice President For State Affairs in West
Feb 11 2015 // The American Insurance Association has named Jay F. Day vice president of state affairs for the Western region. The appointment is effective March 9. Day, who will join AIA’s Assistant Vice President Steve Suchil in...
Hub Adds Curry and Welch to Entertainment Practice in California
Feb 10 2015 // Hub International Limited has added Bobbi Curry and Robyn Welch to its entertainment practice in Los Angeles, Calif. Curry, named managing director of entertainment, focuses on commercial risks including live event...
Firefighters Gain on California Wildfire That Destroyed 40 Homes
Feb 9 2015 // Firefighters on Sunday evening gained the upper hand on a wind-driven wildfire that destroyed 40 homes, burned nearly 11 square miles and forced about 150 people to leave two small California towns at the eastern base of...
California Court Rejects Insurance Challenge to Prop. 103
Feb 9 2015 // The Sacramento Superior Court issued a decision in mid-January rejecting an insurance industry challenge to the California insurance commissioner’s regulations under Proposition 103. Among other things, Prop. 103...
People – West
Feb 9 2015 // Capital Insurance Group has named Dawnya Campbell agency development manager for the Western portion of the Bay Area Territory in the Northern California Region. The regional team serves independent agents for...
Geologists Look for Earthquake, Fracking Connection in Kansas
Feb 6 2015 // For at the last 15 months, Kansas geologist Rex Buchanan estimates, he’s spent 90 percent of his time studying something once relatively rare in the state — earthquakes. He has learned a lot, said the director of...
California Lawmaker Proposes Annual $52 Fee For Road Repairs
Feb 6 2015 // Most California drivers would pay an extra $52 a year under a proposal to raise $2 billion a year to fix the state’s crumbling roads, bridges and highways. Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins’ proposal released...
California Consumer Sues Anthem Over Data Breach
Feb 6 2015 // Anthem Inc. faces what may be the first of many consumer lawsuits a day after disclosing that hackers obtained data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees. A California woman on Thursday accused...
Lawsuit: Acupuncture Treatment Punctured California Woman’s Lung
Feb 5 2015 // A San Diego, Calif. woman is suing a chiropractor she claims collapsed her lung during an unlicensed acupuncture treatment. Jamie Del Fierro says she was injured about a year ago during a treatment for tension headaches at...
Palomar Specialty in California Raises $17.5M in Surplus Capital
Feb 5 2015 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. announced that it has successfully completed a $17.5 million surplus note issuance in a private placement to RenaissanceRe Ventures Ltd. and funds under management by a premier asset...
Heading a National Ridesharing Outline a Political Gain for Jones?
Feb 4 2015 // A committee of regulators led by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is working on standards on ridesharing that departments of insurance in states across the U.S. can look to as an example. Whether the National...
