Latest California Headlines
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Ridesharing Bill Cruising Through California Legislature
Jun 17 2014 // A bill to more thoroughly regulate insurance requirements for ridesharing companies is successfully wending its way through California Legislature as insurance associations and representatives for companies like Uber and...
California Wildfire Evacuations Lifted, as Containment Rises
Jun 17 2014 // Evacuation orders were lifted Monday evening after firefighters made significant progress containing 50 percent of a smoky mountain wildfire west of a lake near Bakersfield, officials said. The blaze has destroyed three...
Frederick H. DiMeo Buys Hughes AllMart’s Personal Book in California
Jun 16 2014 // The Frederick H. DiMeo Insurance Agency Inc. has purchased the personal lines division of Union City, Calif.-based Hughes AllMart Insurance Agency. The deal involves the acquisition of three insurance company books of...
Allstate Recruiting Agency Owners in California
Jun 16 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add additional agency owners in California in 2014, the company recently announced. The Northbrook, Ill-based company is expanding its recruiting campaign for the sixth consecutive year....
California Chicken Plant Sues Orkin over Cockroaches
Jun 16 2014 // A Central California chicken-processing plant has filed a lawsuit against a pest-control company over a cockroach infestation that caused the plant to close for two weeks. Foster Farms in Livingston filed a lawsuit last...
People – West
Jun 16 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has added Greg Dobson as a principal in its employee benefits division. Dobson will be based in the company’s San Ramon office. His responsibilities will include the acquisition of...
CEA: Policy Sales Spiked Following California March Temblor
Jun 16 2014 // California Earthquake Authority insurance policy sales jumped following the March 29 magnitude 5.1 La Habra earthquake by nearly as much as the spike in policy sales following the March 11, 2011, magnitude-9.0 Tohoku...
Hot Sauce No Longer in Hot Water with California City
Jun 16 2014 // The fiery fight is apparently over between the makers of a popular and tasty hot sauce and a small Southern California city that said its factory’s smells were unbearable, after the Irwindale City Council voted to...
Judge Allows Lawsuit Against LinkedIn Over Use of Email Addresses
Jun 15 2014 // A federal judge said LinkedIn Corp. must face a lawsuit by customers who claimed it violated their privacy by accessing their external email accounts, downloading their contacts’ email addresses and soliciting...
Heffernan Hires Caravia in Southern California
Jun 13 2014 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Christian Caravia in its Orange County branch as assistant vice president. Caravia will focus on building the nonprofit, hospitality and transportation niches for Heffernan in Southern...
California Sweep Leads to Citations for Underground Operators
Jun 13 2014 // A multi-agency task force consisting of more than 100 detectives and investigators focused on curbing California’s underground economy conducted a sweep across major metropolitan areas statewide issuing more than 60...
California Commissioner Likes Proposed Rideshare Regulations
Jun 12 2014 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday gave a thumbs up to regulations proposed by California Public Utility Commission President Michael Peevey, which seeks broader commercial insurance coverage for...
Integro Acquires Benefits Firm Lugo & Associates in California
Jun 12 2014 // Integro Insurance Brokers has acquired the assets of Newport Beach, Calif.-based employee benefits specialist Lugo & Associates Insurance Services Inc., it was announced on Thursday. The acquisition was for an...
Serial Arsonists Likely Hitting Central California City: Chief
Jun 12 2014 // Fresno, Calif.’s fire chief says investigators believe serial arsonists are behind a series of blazes across the city over the past month. Chief Kerri Donis said Tuesday that fire and police investigators are...
California Regulators Want Insurers to Speed Up Ridesharing Policies
Jun 11 2014 // The California Public Utilities Commission wants the insurance industry to get off its duff and start creating some products to offer to ridesharing drivers. A proposal issued by CPUC on Tuesday further defines ridesharing...
Worldwide Facilities Taps Huang in Southern California
Jun 9 2014 // Worldwide Facilities Inc. named Jeremy Huang to its Irvine, Calif. team. Huang specializes in financial services products. He will be available to WWFI agents for assistance with directors and officers, employment...
USG Adds Three to Southern California Office
Jun 9 2014 // USG Insurance Services Inc. has added to its Irvine, Calif. office Dennis Coleman and Jessica Haller as producer/brokers, and Jodi Parker as a senior production assistant. Coleman most recently was an underwriter/producer...
California Adviser Ordered to Pay $3.7M Defamation Claim by Ex-Employees
Jun 6 2014 // A California wealth adviser must pay two ex-employees almost $3.7 million for allegedly defaming them, a securities arbitration panel found. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel ruled in favor of...
Kia’s Dancing Hamster Nabbed in California on Insurance Fraud
Jun 5 2014 // Leroy Barnes, 27, of Los Angeles, known as one of the dancing hamsters in Kia car commercials, was arrested on insurance fraud charges related to his alleged fraudulent collection of state disability insurance...
Settlement Reached In California Boy’s Suicide After Bullying
Jun 5 2014 // The mother of a Central California teenager who committed suicide after years of anti-gay bullying has reached a $750,000 settlement with her son’s school district. Wendy Walsh, whose 13-year-old son, Seth, hanged...
