Latest California Headlines
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California Insurance Broker Sentenced For Scamming Tom Hanks
Nov 6 2013 // A Southern California insurance broker who overcharged Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, hundreds of thousands of dollars has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison. City News Service says Jerry Goldman...
Poms Names Jones Vice President in California
Nov 6 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Dan Jones vice president in its West Los Angeles office as. Jones has more than 25 years of experience. He specializes in healthcare reform, health risk management, global...
Leavitt Central Coast Names Perez VP in California
Nov 6 2013 // Leavitt Central Coast Insurance Services named Omar Perez vice president of alternative risk and affinity programs. Perez specializes in risk management and self-funded risk financing alternatives for commercial insurance...
NSM Insurance Group Acquires California Broker ELM
Nov 4 2013 // NSM Insurance Group has acquired Executive Liability Managers Insurance Brokers in California. ELM is a 25-year-old professional liability wholesale insurance brokerage with three offices in California. The acquisition...
Eyeing Affluent Market, Crestbrook Ready to Launch
Nov 4 2013 // Well-to-do residents and their insurance agents can soon look forward to another option when it comes to protecting their assets. Crestbrook Insurance has selected what is essentially a start-up insurance company focusing...
NTSB: 2 Dead BART Workers in California Charge of Own Safety
Nov 4 2013 // National Transportation Safety Board investigators say under Bay Area Rapid Transit rules, the two track workers who were killed in a recent accident were responsible for their own safety. James Southworth, the...
California City’s Bid To Close Sriracha Plant Denied
Nov 1 2013 // A judge has refused to order an immediate halt to production of the internationally popular hot sauce Sriracha at a Southern California factory that local residents say is stinking up their neighborhoods with pepper and...
Insurer Alleges Robotic Surgery Firm Lied About Claims
Nov 1 2013 // Intuitive Surgical Inc., the maker of robotic surgery devices targeted by patient lawsuits, was sued by an insurer alleging the company hid the number of legal claims it might face when buying product liability...
FBI: California Senator Tied up in Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 31 2013 // An FBI investigation shows that state Sen. Ronald Calderon accepted bribes from a hospital executive in Southern California who ran an alleged workers’ compensation scheme, the Al Jazeera America news outlet is...
California Lodge Owner Convicted Of Insurance Premium Fraud
Oct 31 2013 // Brookdale Lodge owner Sanjiv Kakkar, 52, was sentenced to 364 days in jail and three years of probation after pleading no contest for two felony counts including insurance premium fraud and failing to maintain...
Jury Awards $150M In Southern California Wrongful Death Case
Oct 30 2013 // A jury has awarded more than $150 million in damages to a 13-year-old girl who watched her family burn to death in a fiery crash on a Southern California freeway. “It’s hard for her to comprehend” the...
Hergesell Joins Barney & Barney in Southern California
Oct 30 2013 // Todd Hergesell has joined Barney & Barney LLC in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Hergesell will work with a team of professionals offering commercial property/casualty insurance, employee benefits, workers compensation,...
Fitch Affirms California Earthquake Authority’s ‘A’ Rating
Oct 29 2013 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the “A” rating on California Earthquake Authority’s outstanding fixed-rate revenue bonds, which mature on July 1, 2016. Fitch has also affirmed CEA’s Issuer Default Rating...
DWC OKs Carve-Out Covering 22K Southern California Workers
Oct 29 2013 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation announced a carve-out agreement between seven Southern California United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local unions, Vons and Super A Foods. The agreement covers an...
ISU Francis-Pinney Names Bone Advisor in Northern California
Oct 28 2013 // ISU Francis-Pinney Insurance Services Inc. named Tom Bone to the title of risk insurance advisor. Bone will continue to work with his existing clients and develop new relationships with employers, and he will lead a team...
Family Members Sue Over Fatal California Limo Fire
Oct 28 2013 // Family members of the victims of a fatal Bay Area limousine fire in California have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against six different companies. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the lawsuit claims the companies were...
California Woman Sues McDonald’s Over Coffee Burns
Oct 25 2013 // A Fresno County woman who says she suffered second-degree burns when she spilled hot coffee on her lap at the drive-up window of a McDonald’s has filed suit against the fast-food chain. The Fresno Bee reported...
$32M In California To Fight Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 24 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones awarded $32 million in grants to district attorneys across 36 counties in the state to combat workers’ compensation fraud. The grants, funded through employer assessments,...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires G. S. Levine in California
Oct 24 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired G. S. Levine Insurance Services Inc. in San Diego, Calif. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. G. S. Levine is a retail insurance broker providing property/casualty,...
NTSB: 2 Dead BART Workers In California Charge Of Own Safety
Oct 24 2013 // National Transportation Safety Board investigators say under Bay Area Rapid Transit rules, the two track workers who were killed in an accident Saturday were responsible for their own safety. James Southworth, the...
