Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
EPIC Names Dobson Principal in California
Jun 3 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...
Ferguson and Cervantes Join Leavitt Group in California
Jun 3 2014 // Scott Ferguson and Norma Cervantes have joined the Leavitt Group’s San Diego, Calif. office. Ferguson is a senior vice president and practice leader on risk management accounts specializing in construction,...
Networked in California Names Magliola VP of Business Development
Jun 2 2014 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has promoted Tammy Magliola to vice president of business development. Magliola will direct sales initiatives for expanding affiliate membership and increasing member...
California Chicken Plant Sues Orkin Over Cockroaches
Jun 2 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. The Modesto Bee reported that Foster Farms in...
California Railroad Bridge Collapses, Kills Worker
Jun 2 2014 // A California construction worker died from a fall after a railroad bridge he was cutting collapsed and pulled him down to a freeway, authorities said. Okesene Faasalele, 59, of Long Beach, was attached to the bridge over...
California’s Next Mega Fire, This Could Be the Year
Jun 2 2014 // When Thomas Jeffery visits states like California, he likes to take some time out to drive around and take a hard look at the conditions and the landscape. As a scientist, Jeffery feels this helps put first-person...
California Governor: Unprecedented Fire Season
Jun 2 2014 // Gov. Jerry Brown says the state is gearing up for California’s worst fire season ever. Brown told ABC’s “This Week” during an interview in May that the nearly dozen fires in San Diego County that...
Arrests in California Fraud Ring Targeting Auto Dealers and Insurers
Jun 2 2014 // A four-year investigation into an organized fraud ring has uncovered a million-dollar scheme targeting high-end vehicles through auto loan and insurance fraud has led to several arrests, the California Department of...
People – West
Jun 2 2014 // Leavitt Group of Boise has hired Deana Wood and Marisa Wood for its office in Idaho. The two are unrelated. Deana is a commercial account manager, and will service and maintain existing accounts and handle policy inquires....
Self-Driving Car Testing Rules Adopted by California
Jun 2 2014 // California has new rules that govern the testing of self-driving cars on public roads. The rules, approved on May 19 by state attorneys, require a human to be in the driver’s seat when a computer takes control during...
20 Years Later, Stolen 1966 Red Mustang Returned to Owner
Jun 2 2014 // Betsy Montgomery, drove the same car on her 55th birthday that she drove as a 15-year-old living in south Jackson, Mississippi – a 1966 red Mustang that her dad bought from the original owner in 1973. How she got the...
CEA: Policy Sales Spiked Following California March Temblor
May 30 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
May 30 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...
CMR Risk & Insurance Hires Sparkman in California
May 30 2014 // San Diego, Calif.-based CMR Risk & Insurance Services Inc. named Grisell Sparkman an account manager for the construction division as well as manager for the small business unit. Grisell has more than 10 years of...
Allstate Recruiting Agency Owners in California
May 29 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add additional agency owners in California in 2014, the company announced on Thursday. The Northbrook, Ill-based company is expanding its recruiting campaign for the sixth consecutive year....
California Wildfire Zone Treated to Calmer Weather
May 29 2014 // Weather looks to be friendlier for firefighters today as they hope to fully contain a Central California wildfire that led to the destruction of two homes. Some 50 residents were allowed to return to their homes Wednesday...
Central California Blaze Exceeds 1,300 Acres
May 28 2014 // Firefighters worked to fight a Central California foothills fire late Tuesday, attacking a blaze that had grown to 1,300 acres in two days. Officials urged some residents east of Lake McClure in Mariposa County to leave...
New California State Fund CEO Steiner Has Ties to Zenith, WCRI
May 27 2014 // The State Compensation Insurance Fund Board of Directors on Tuesday named Vernon Steiner as the new president and CEO of California’s largest workers’ compensation provider. The appointment is on a four-year...
Arrests in California Fraud Ring Targeting Auto Dealers and Insurers
May 23 2014 // A four-year investigation into an organized fraud ring has uncovered a million-dollar scheme targeting high-end vehicles through auto loan and insurance fraud has led to several arrests, according to the California...
New Tech Millionaires Trust Technology Over Traditional Financial Advisers
May 23 2014 // When the nine-person start-up he co-founded was bought by Facebook for a reported $15 million in January, Cemre Gungor, 27, was inundated with phone calls and emails from wealth advisers. Yet he spurned them all, opting...
