Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
How Is Obamacare Affecting Competition Among Health Insurers?
Mar 18 2014 // A snapshot of Obamacare enrollment in seven states suggests the law hasn’t significantly increased competition in health insurance markets, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported. In California, for example, four big...
Velocify in California Names Ganis Segment Director
Mar 17 2014 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Velocify has named Stuart Ganis as director of insurance vertical. Ganis will lead the company’s initiatives in the insurance industry and work with the product development team to deliver...
Mariners Expands Into Northern California with Pounds
Mar 17 2014 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Mariners General Insurance Group has expanded into Northern California with the addition of Carolyn Pounds, based in Alameda. Pounds has more than 20 years of experience in the marine...
California Legislator Calls For Investigation Into Worker Safety At LAX
Mar 14 2014 // California state Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, on Friday called for a state investigation into possibly unsafe working conditions at Los Angeles International Airport. Lieu’s call comes following the death three weeks...
Website Has Investment Policies of California’s Largest Insurers
Mar 14 2014 // The community investment policies of the state’s top 206 insurance companies are now available on the California Department of Insurance website. “By knowing what types of investments California insurers plan...
Dealey, Renton in California Hires Olson
Mar 13 2014 // Oakland, Calif.-based Dealey, Renton & Associates Insurance Brokers has hired professional liability and risk management specialist Michael Olson. Olson is charged with driving a variety of growth initiatives at...
Farmers to Add More Than 500 Agency Owners in California
Mar 12 2014 // Farmers Insurance is looking to increase its presence in California by adding 518 agency owners throughout the state. “There has never been a better time than now for those interested in becoming agency owners to...
Genstar Capital in Northern California Creates Earthquake Insurance Platform
Mar 12 2014 // Mid-market private equity firm Genstar Capital Management LLC has partnered with an insurance industry veteran to create a new platform company, Palomar Insurance Holdings, which will initially serve as a provider of...
Consumer Group Recommends Ways to Mitigate Uninsured Motorists Dilemma
Mar 11 2014 // Most uninsured motorists in the U.S. are responsible, safe drivers who simply cannot afford to purchase liability coverage with their income but who still need to drive for their work, according to a consumer advocacy...
Barney & Barney in Southern California Names Five New Principals
Mar 11 2014 // San Diego, Calif.-based Barney & Barney has promoted five senior executives to principals of the firm. The new principals, all of whom are based in California, are: Sara Bennett, an executive in the property/casualty...
M6.9 Quake Strikes off Northern California Coast
Mar 10 2014 // A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Eureka in Northern California, shaking regions as far away as San Francisco and parts of Oregon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake, which...
Kasdorf Joins Redwoods-Leavitt in California
Mar 10 2014 // Marla Kasdorf has joined Redwoods-Leavitt in Northern California. Kasdorf will focus on employee benefits, life insurance and health insurance. Her prior insurance experience includes helping seniors with their health and...
Brewing Boom
Mar 10 2014 // Microbrewers Make Their Mark The craft beer industry has been chipping away at the U.S. domestic beer market throughout the past decade. And the pace of growth in this specialty niche is not expected to stop anytime...
Southern California Edison Sued Over $140,000 Pot Power Bill
Mar 10 2014 // Two women are suing Southern California Edison, claiming their electricity was cut off for refusing to pay a nearly $140,000 bill racked up by a marijuana grower. The suit filed in Los Angeles alleges breach of the service...
California High Court Assigns Liability in Liquor Cases
Mar 10 2014 // California’s high court has ruled that hosts who charge admission to parties may be held legally responsible if a drunken underage guest is hurt or injures someone else. The state Supreme Court said in the unanimous...
California Farmers Hire Dowsers to Find Water
Mar 10 2014 // With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches. Practitioners of dowsing use rudimentary...
Former California State Fund Executive Fined for Conflict of Interest
Mar 10 2014 // A former top executive at California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has admitted to charges of a conflict of interest in awarding contacts to a software firm while he was at State Fund, it was made public in...
CWCI and WCIRB: SB 863 Lowered Surgical Center Payments in California
Mar 10 2014 // Average facility fee payments to ambulatory surgery centers fell 26 percent per episode and 28 percent per procedure since fee schedule changes mandated by Senate Bill 863 were adopted last year. That’s according to...
California Almond Farmers Face Tough Choices Amid Drought
Mar 10 2014 // With California’s agricultural heartland entrenched in drought, almond farmers are letting orchards dry up and in some cases making the tough call to have their trees torn out of the ground, leaving behind empty...
People – West
Mar 10 2014 // The Leavitt Group has hired Jim Lineweaver, a client advisor, in its Tacoma, Wash., office. Lineweaver has 25 years of insurance experience. He specializes in large manufacturing risks, forest products, transportation,...
