Latest California Headlines
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Farmers Names Weinstein General Counsel in California
Aug 28 2013 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Farmers Insurance named Steven Weinstein general counsel. Weinstein is the former chairman of the Barger & Wolen law firm. Weinstein is replacing Frank Ceglar, a 36-year veteran of...
Leavitt Group Names Clarke in Southern California
Aug 28 2013 // The Leavitt Group’s Woodland Hills office named Robert Clarke vice president in commercial insurance. Clarke specializes in hospitals, clinics, and environmental and manufacturing industries. Clarke has 18 years of...
Yosemite May Be Harbinger of California’s Wildfire Potential
Aug 27 2013 // The week-and-a-half-old wildfire in Yosemite is seen by some as a harbinger of what could be a “worst case scenario” when California enters its typical wildfire season in October – continued drought, lots of...
California Assembly Panel Passes Bill On Sex Abuse Lawsuits
Aug 27 2013 // Some victims of childhood sexual abuse would have one more year to file civil lawsuits against private or nonprofit organizations that employed their alleged abusers under a bill that passed a key legislative committee...
Yosemite Fire Costs San Francisco Power as Water Unharmed
Aug 27 2013 // A wildfire spreading within miles of water and hydropower sources for San Francisco in Yosemite National Park has cost the city $600,000 for replacement electricity, officials said. The Rim Fire grew on Monday to about...
Poms Expands Northern California Office, Launches Construction Practice
Aug 26 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has expanded to a new 20,000-square-foot office space in Northern California and launched its construction risk practice. The new practice will offer insurance, surety bonding...
Yosemite Fire Draws State of Emergency Call in California
Aug 26 2013 // The fire in California’s Yosemite National Park is threatening an increased number of structures and it A state of emergency declaration has been issued from Gov. Jerry Brown for the San Francisco area due to the...
Johannsen Joins Sullivan Brokers in California
Aug 26 2013 // Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions named Clancy Marie Johannsen to the firm’s professional and management liability practice group in the position of vice president. Johannsen specializes in...
Poms Adds Northern California Office
Aug 23 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has added a new branch in Sacramento. Cara Rhyner will be branch manager and oversee the hiring of staff in the employee benefits, commercial Insurance and risk services...
Poms Names Fuduli Vice President in California
Aug 22 2013 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Robin Fuduli senior vice president and director of marketing. In this role, Fuduli will create and lead the overall strategic direction of...
Wildfires Across The West Push Spending Past $1B
Aug 22 2013 // More than 40 uncontained, active and large wildfires dot the western U.S. from Arizona to Washington state and Alaska, taxing national firefighting resources and helping to push spending past $1 billion for the year. The...
Judges: PG&E Improperly Declared 2 Pipelines Safe in California
Aug 22 2013 // Two judges are threatening to fine Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for improperly declaring two natural-gas pipelines in Northern California safe and using misleading regulatory filings to minimize the problem. The San...
Advanced Insurance Underwriters, CODA to Offer GL, WC Coverage to Contractors
Aug 22 2013 // Advanced Insurance Underwriters, a nationwide provider of commercial insurance, and CODA, the California Operator & Door Association, have collaborated to give contractors access to general liability coverage and...
SCM Taps Fein as Vice President in Southern California
Aug 21 2013 // SullivanCurtisMonroe named Dan Fein vice president in its Los Angeles office. Fein comes to from Whorton Insurance Services. Before that he was with Elkins Jones. For the past 10 years, Fein has focused on real estate,...
Executive Frets ACA Impact on California Workers’ Comp
Aug 21 2013 // Like many, Steve Festa, with Reno, Nev.-based EMPLOYERS, has some serious concerns about just how the Affordable Care Act will affect the insurance industry. And Festa’s biggest concern is how this sweeping change in...
Cause of Limo Fire in California That Killed 5 Revealed
Aug 20 2013 // Recordings of the 911 calls released Monday captured witnesses, including some who had just escaped the limo, recounting the last moments of the five nurses who died inside, as authorities said a mechanical problem was...
Judge OKs $30 Million Southern California School Molest Settlements
Aug 16 2013 // A judge has approved settlements of lawsuits that claimed dozens of students were molested at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles and the district has made the first of what may become $30 million in...
Bill Enabling Electronic Policy Renewal for Californians Gets Committee Nod
Aug 14 2013 // The California Assembly Judiciary Committee gave thumbs up to a bill that would enable insureds to renew their policies electronically. The bill, which has the backing of the Association of California Insurance Companies,...
Lessons from U.S. Blackout of 10 Years Ago: Kemp
Aug 14 2013 // Exactly 10 years ago, at 15:05 Eastern Time on August 14, 2003, an overhead power line came into contact with an overgrown tree near Cleveland, Ohio. What happened next is a frightening case study of how vulnerable modern...
Safety Fears Spur Regulations For Trampoline Gyms In Utah, California
Aug 13 2013 // Stephen Merrill was finishing his freshman year of college two years ago when he and a group of friends went to an indoor trampoline park in Utah for a day of flipping, jumping and bouncing. At one point, Merrill leaped...
