Latest California Headlines
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Rite Aid Settles California Lawsuit For Nearly $500,000
Jul 2 2014 // Rite Aid will pay nearly a half-million dollars to settle California claims that it didn’t follow consumer protection rules. The settlement, approved Friday in San Diego, also calls for the drugstore chain to comply...
DIR: California’s Alternative Security Program Frees $7.5B for Businesses
Jul 2 2014 // Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker has approved the implementation of the 2014/15 Alternative Security Program, which DIR says frees $7.54 billion in working capital and provides self-insured...
NAS in California Makes Three Key Management Appointments
Jul 1 2014 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services announced the appointment of three key managers and executives across the company. Chris Reese has been promoted to director of underwriting. In her newly expanded role, Reese...
AmWINS Acquires Cabrillo and Tidewater in California
Jul 1 2014 // AmWINS Group Inc. has acquired Cabrillo Pacific Insurance Services, a non-standard auto insurance managing general agent, and Tidewater Pacific Adjusters, the administrator that manages claims and appraisal functions for...
Belcher Becomes COO of Cooperative of American Physicians in California
Jul 1 2014 // Cindy Belcher has been promoted to chief operating officer of Los Angeles, Calif.-based Cooperative of American Physicians Inc. Her promotion coincides with the announcement by CEO James L. Weidner that he will retire...
All Risks Taps Julien as California Workers’ Comp Underwriter
Jun 30 2014 // Danielle Julien has been hired by wholesaler All Risks Ltd. as a workers’ compensation brokerage underwriter located in San Diego, Calif. Julien will write workers’ compensation business with retail agents in...
Topa In California Names Manzitto Executive Vice President
Jun 30 2014 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group named Anthony Manzitto executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. Manzitto will be accountable for profit and growth goals, reinsurance, marketing, product...
Hub Names Corbett Senior Vice President in California
Jun 30 2014 // Hub International Insurance Services Inc. named Jay Corbett as a senior vice president of the commercial division based in Folsom, Calif. In addition to his commercial brokerage production role, Corbett will serve as the...
Uber, Lyft, Sidecar Toe-to-Toe With Insurers State-by-State
Jun 27 2014 // The share-and-share-alike attitude considered a virtue by some has the potential to create a rift between between ridesharing companies and insurance companies. “We try not to make it a battle,” said Robert...
Johansson to Head Wood Gutmann & Bogart’s Surety Division in California
Jun 27 2014 // Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers has hired Erik Johansson to head its new division, Performance Bonding Surety & Insurance Brokerage L.P. Johansson will serve as president of the division. He has written...
USG Names O’Brien as Production Manager in Southern California
Jun 27 2014 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agent, named Jenny O’Brien as production manager in commercial lines for the Irvine, Calif. office. O’Brien joined USG in 2012 as a...
As America Overall Ages with Boomers, Energy States See Youth Boom
Jun 26 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37.5...
Phantom Collisions Result In Multiple Arrests in California
Jun 26 2014 // Joel Paredes Saldana, 22, owner of Lightning Auto Body in Riverside County, was arrested Wednesday as California Department of Insurance detectives and multiple allied agencies swept up at least 19 co-conspirators...
Ridesharing Insurance Legislation Advances In California
Jun 26 2014 // A bill that would impose insurance requirements on ridesharing companies in California passed a state Senate committee 9-1 on Wednesday, although with somewhat lower costs to the industry than previously written into the...
Integro Acquires Daugherty Insurance Services in California
Jun 23 2014 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has acquired Stockton, Calif.-based Daugherty Insurance Services, a retail broker. Details of the deal were not disclosed. Scott Daugherty will remain in his leadership...
$14M Settlement Reached in California Sex Case
Jun 20 2014 // Two women who alleged they were sexually abused by a teacher at a San Francisco Bay Area school reached a $14 million settlement with the district. David Ring, the women’s attorney, said they will each receive $7...
Data Breach of 20K Young Patients at California Hospital
Jun 20 2014 // Southern California’s Rady Children’s Hospital says the private health data of more than 20,000 young patients was mistakenly shared with a handful of job applicants. U-T San Diego reported that in one breach...
XL’s Excess Casualty Business Adds Damsky in Northern California
Jun 19 2014 // XL Group’s global excess casualty team has added Joanne Damsky as a senior underwriter in San Francisco. Damsky reports to Matt Stitham, vice president of excess casualty’s Western zone. Damsky has 20 years of...
California Agency Failing to Ensure Limo Safety, Audit Shows
Jun 19 2014 // Citing incidents like the 2013 limousine fire that killed five women on the San Mateo Bridge, California’s state auditor said Tuesday that the commission responsible for overseeing passenger carriers has failed to...
Ex-Insurance Broker Arrested in California for Embezzlement
Jun 18 2014 // John Monreal, 45, of Santa Clarita, Calif. was arrested on May 30 by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies on 11 felony counts of embezzlement and insurance code violations after he allegedly duped...
