Latest California Headlines
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Extensive Corrosion: Report on 2012 Chevron Fire in California
Feb 14 2013 // The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health released a technical evaluation report on piping samples taken from the Chevron Refinery in Richmond,...
California Commissioner Fingers Insurers for Iran Investments
Feb 13 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday singled out eight insurers licensed to do business in the state that continue to have investments tied to Iran’s energy, military and nuclear sectors. During...
CHP Posts Rules for Motorcycle Lane-Splitting
Feb 13 2013 // The California Highway Patrol and other statewide traffic safety groups have created a set of written guidelines on motorcycle “lane-splitting,” the at-times hair-splitting maneuver that allows riders to...
NAS Expands Underwriting Management Team in California
Feb 12 2013 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has added two senior executives to its team of underwriters. Chris Reese joins as vice president and Brook Dutcher as assistant vice president. Reese returns to NAS to take a...
ACES Launches Artisan Contractor Program in California
Feb 12 2013 // ACES Commercial Insurance Services, Inc., a managing general agency offering specialty commercial insurance products now has in-house binding authority for small artisan contractors in California. The program is...
Inmate Lawsuits Cost California $200M
Feb 12 2013 // Gov. Jerry Brown has begun aggressively challenging federal court oversight of California’s prison system by highlighting what he says is a costly conflict of interest: The private law firms representing inmates and...
How Agents Help Nonprofits in Hard Times
Feb 11 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong. The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
Arch to Acquire Interests in California Firm From Bankrupt PMI
Feb 8 2013 // Arch Capital Group Ltd., through its U.S.-based subsidiaries (Arch U.S. MI), will acquire all outstanding equity interests in San Francisco, Calif.-based CMG Mortgage Insurance Co. from bankrupt Arizona-based PMI Mortgage...
EPIC Adds Northern California Benefits Consultant Haley
Feb 8 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Jennifer Haley as an employee benefits consultant in its Northern California employee benefits division. Haley’s responsibilities with EPIC will include the acquisition of new...
Operator At California Nuke Plant Disputes Safety Claim
Feb 8 2013 // The utility that runs the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant on the California coast sharply denied Thursday that it was aware of equipment problems linked to a 2012 tube break that released a trace of radiation. On...
ACLU Settles Bias Lawsuit Filed By Southern California Latino Students
Feb 8 2013 // A suburban Los Angeles County school district and police department have agreed to revise policies to settle a racial profiling lawsuit filed by a group of Latino students who said they were rounded up at school and...
California Commissioner: $160M in Homeowner’s Rate Reductions
Feb 7 2013 // An average of a 12.6 percent insurance rate reductions is in store for California homeowners insured with State Farm General Insurance Co., according to an announcement from California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on...
California Bill Would Force Gun Owners to Buy Insurance
Feb 7 2013 // Democratic lawmakers have proposed legislation that would require California gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover damages or injuries caused by their weapons. Similar bills have been introduced in other states...
Report Suggests Compounders Adapted to California Price Controls
Feb 6 2013 // Think California’s new workers’ compensation reform law addressed just about every aspect of an unwieldy system which, few would argue, desperately needs fixing? Think again. A report on compounding drugs...
McQuillin Joins Navion in Southern California
Feb 5 2013 // Ron McQuillin has joined Navion Insurance Associates as a commercial lines producer. McQuillin will be working out of Navion’s Mission Viejo, Calif. office. McQuillin has been an independent broker since 2006, and he...
California Attorney General Sues BP and ARCO over Gas Stations
Feb 5 2013 // California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has filed a civil lawsuit against BP West Coast Products, BP Products North America Inc. and Atlantic Richfield Company for allegedly violating state laws governing hazardous...
Dealey, Renton Names West President in California
Feb 5 2013 // Oakland, Calif.-based Dealey, Renton & Associates named Morgan West as president. Al Chinn remains as the company’s CEO. West joins DRA from Kibble & Prentice, a USI company, in Seattle, Wash., where he was...
Willis Names Daniels Managing Partner of Northern California
Feb 5 2013 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, named Andrew R. Daniels as managing partner of Northern California. The appointment is effective March 18. Daniels will be will be based in San Francisco and will lead...
Chevron Fined $1 Million for California Refinery Fire
Feb 1 2013 // California workplace safety officials have fined Chevron Corp. $1 million in connection with a fire last year at the company’s San Francisco Bay area refinery that sent a cloud of gas and black smoke over residential...
California Department of Insurance: $20M Rate Reduction for Homeowners
Jan 31 2013 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday announced today a 35 percent rate reduction for lender-placed homeowner’s insurance coverage offered by QBE Insurance Corp. The rate reduction will result in an estimated...
