Latest California Headlines
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Report: 1 in 5 California Citizens Lives in Flood Zone
Apr 5 2013 // California is suffering from one of its driest winters on record, but some statewide water managers are focusing on the opposite end of the precipitation spectrum – the one-in-five residents who live in regions prone...
Leavitt Names Landrum In California
Apr 4 2013 // Fresno, Calif.-based Barlocker Insurance Services has hired Debbie Landrum as an account executive. Landrum has been helping clients with property/casualty insurance and workers’ compensation needs for more than 27...
Burnham Benefits Expands To Northern California
Apr 3 2013 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services is staking out Northern California for a push toward further expansion with new offices in the region and new senior leadership on board to drive growth and market...
‘Stranger Liability’ For California Wholesalers Settled, but Not Done
Apr 3 2013 // A few wholesalers groups are breathing a brief sigh of relief following a recent Los Angeles Superior Court decision in a lawsuit involving “stranger liability.” The issue was brought to light in Hull & Co....
Possible Resurgence in California’s Inland Empire Interests Agents
Apr 3 2013 // Known as “the 909,” or “the IE” by Southern Californians, terms sometimes intended as a slight, the sprawling desert area east of Los Angeles was a boomtown for commercial and residential...
Study: California Law to Impact Medical Care For Injured Workers
Apr 3 2013 // The 2012 workers’ compensation regulatory changes in California are expected to affect both the prices and utilization of medical care to injured workers by most types of providers, according to a study by the...
E&S Opens Field Loss Mitigation Operation in Southern California
Apr 2 2013 // E&S Inspections Inc., a newly opened firm specializing in field loss mitigation services for the insurance sector, has started operations from its Santa Clarita, Calif. headquarters. The firm provides commercial and...
Word Named President of Word & Brown in Southern California
Apr 2 2013 // Jessica Word has been named president of Word & Brown General Agency. The appointment is effective immediately. Word has been serving as the company’s executive vice president of operations since 2007. Word has...
Mahoney Named Chief Operating Officer of Heffernan in California
Apr 2 2013 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers named Jennifer Mahoney chief operating officer. As COO, Mahoney will oversee corporate governance, contracts, property and facilities management, mergers & acquisitions, corporate...
Court: California City May Proceed With Bankruptcy
Apr 2 2013 // A U.S. federal judge on Monday approved the city of Stockton’s petition for bankruptcy in a case that sets the stage for a lengthy battle between bondholders and the California pension system. In a case being studied...
ProAssurance, CAP Partner to Offer California Hospitals Liability Protection
Mar 29 2013 // ProAssurance Corp., a specialty writer of professional liability insurance, and the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. (CAP) are partnering to offer a new liability protection product, CAPAssurance, for hospitals and...
PG&E: Progress On Safety Recommendations at California Plant
Mar 28 2013 // More than two and a half years after a pipeline explosion killed eight people in a San Francisco suburb, a Northern California utility said Tuesday it has made sure that all of its gas transmission lines coursing through...
Heffernan Benefits Names Alarcon in Northern California
Mar 27 2013 // Heffernan Benefits Advisory Services, a division of Heffernan Insurance Brokers, named Andrea Alarcon to the position of benefits compliance/legislative counsel, focusing on Employee Retirement Income Security Act law and...
Keyser Named Senior VP of HR at Fireman’s Fund in California
Mar 26 2013 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. named Amy Keyser senior vice president of human resources. Keyser is responsible for setting the company’s human resources strategy to create a high-performance...
Declarations – West
Mar 25 2013 // Extreme Fire Weather “As the weather becomes more extreme across the nation, so does the threat of fire.” —Joe Dougherty, spokesman for the Utah Division of Emergency Management, said state officials already...
People – West
Mar 25 2013 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Ravi Krishnan as the firm’s first chief information officer. Krishnan will be responsible for optimizing Woodruff-Sawyer’s existing technology,...
Insurer Readiness on Long-Term Effects of Climate Change Called Into Question: Report
Mar 25 2013 // Insurers rank well in readiness for handling the short-term challenges of extreme weather events, but fall short in preparedness for the long-term effects of climate change, a new report says. A report that surveyed...
PCI Slams Oregon Bad Faith Proposals
Mar 22 2013 // A handful of bills proposed in Oregon could hit consumers with nearly $200 million in cost increases and yield a rash of lawsuits, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, which is urging Oregon...
Northern California Transit Approves Settlement Over Journalist Death
Mar 21 2013 // The widow of a veteran Oakland Tribune journalist who was struck and killed by a San Francisco Muni train four years ago has been awarded a $900,000 wrongful death settlement. The San Jose Mercury News reported the...
Suit Filed By Parents of California University Student In Hazing Death
Mar 20 2013 // The parents of a California State University, Fresno freshman who died in 2012 of alcohol poising while pledging for a fraternity have filed a wrongful death suit against the fraternity and several of its members. Paul and...
