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California Commissioner Gives ‘App On, No Match’ Ridesharing View
Apr 7 2014 // California Commissioner Dave Jones made his initial recommendations to the California Public Utilities Commission in late March, days after the California Department of Insurance’s investigatory hearing relating to...
Top 5 Riskiest States for Employee Lawsuits: Hiscox
Apr 7 2014 // Four states – California, Illinois, Alabama and Mississippi – along with the District of Columbia, are the top five riskiest places in the country for employee lawsuits. Businesses in these states and jurisdictions...
Malpractice Suit Over Frozen California Woman to Proceed
Apr 4 2014 // A family that claims a woman was frozen to death in a hospital morgue after she was prematurely declared dead can proceed with a medical malpractice lawsuit, an appeals court ruled. The California 2nd District Court of...
U.S. Charges California Utility Over Pipeline Explosion That Killed 8
Apr 2 2014 // PG&E Corp., owner of California’s largest utility, was charged with 12 pipeline safety violations by the U.S. government for a 2010 natural gas explosion that killed eight people in San Bruno, California. The...
California Coalition Urges Legislature to Call for TRIA Extension
Apr 1 2014 // A coalition of tourism entities, commercial property owners and insurers are calling on state legislators to support a resolution urging Congress to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. AJR 34, authored by Assemblyman...
7.5M On Fault That Shook Southern Californians Could Be Disastrous
Apr 1 2014 // Experts say a bigger earthquake along the lesser-known fault that gave Southern California a moderate shake could do more damage to the region than the long-dreaded “Big One” from the more famous San Andreas...
Top 5 Riskiest States for Employee Lawsuits: Hiscox
Apr 1 2014 // Four states – California, Illinois, Alabama and Mississippi – along with the District of Columbia, are the top five riskiest places in the country for employee lawsuits. Businesses in these states and...
Evacuations Were Made Following Southern California Quake
Mar 31 2014 // A moderate earthquake that rattled a swath of Southern California forced several dozen people in one community out of their homes after firefighters discovered foundation problems that made the buildings unsafe to enter,...
Crestbrook Insurance Expands into California, More States to Come
Mar 28 2014 // Crestbrook Insurance Co., an affluent market personal lines carrier, has expanded its products and services to independent agents and their clients in California. After launching in Illinois last October, the Nationwide...
Northern California Sees Tornadoes Touch Down
Mar 28 2014 // Several tornadoes touched down during storms in Northern California, including one twister near Sacramento that damaged a dozen homes and left a path of debris about 300 yards long. The National Weather Service says a...
Rideshare Questions Linger in California
Mar 27 2014 // While Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has recommended that insurance should be required to cover the “app on, no match” period when rideshare drivers are between fares, that doesn’t seem to have ended...
LP Insurance Services Taps Callahan in Northern California
Mar 27 2014 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Amy Callahan to the Northern Calif. sales team. She will be responsible for supporting clients in their insurance efforts including property/casualty and risk management. Callahan,...
Snowpack In California, Colorado Being Measured by NASA
Mar 27 2014 // The snowpack atop mountain peaks in California and Colorado has a new set of eyes watching from high above to better gauge the amount of water that will rumble down rivers and streams each spring as runoff. In a new...
JPMorgan Snub, Lloyd’s Insurance Threat Spurred Change at SAE Fraternity
Mar 27 2014 // Early this month, JPMorgan Chase & Co. stopped managing an investment account for a prominent client: the charitable foundation of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one of the nation’s largest fraternities. The bank was...
Investigators Blame Paul Walker Crash on Speed Not Mechanical
Mar 26 2014 // The Porsche carrying “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker was traveling approximately 90 mph when it lost control on a suburban street in California and crashed, killing the actor and his friend, according to...
More GM Vehicles Faulty Than In Recall Claims California Lawsuit
Mar 26 2014 // A lawsuit against General Motors Co. filed this week in San Francisco seeking class action status includes plaintiffs who own cars outside GM’s recall of 1.6 million vehicles. The suit claims that a wider set of GM...
California Commissioner Gives ‘App On, No Match’ Ridesharing View
Mar 25 2014 // California Commissioner Dave Jones made his initial recommendations to the California Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday following the California Department of Insurance’s investigatory hearing on March 21...
Burnham Benefits Taps Brink and Stratton in Northern California
Mar 25 2014 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. named Tina Brink vice president and Nicole Stratton as account executive in Burnham’s recently opened Sacramento office. Brink will bring new business to...
CoreLogic in California Acquires Marshall & Swift/Boeckh and DataQuick
Mar 25 2014 // CoreLogic closed its acquisition of Marshall & Swift/Boeckh and DataQuick Information Systems, a property data and analytics information company. The acquisition also included the credit and flood services operations...
Future Tsunamis Planned for by Handful of California Harbors
Mar 24 2014 // Five California harbors are preparing for future tsunamis under a new state project that arms them with maps that identify potential problem areas. Officials with the California Geological Survey said Friday the...
