Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Spotlight: CIWA Looking for Resurgence in Changing Market, Lawsuit
Dec 4 2012 // The California Insurance Wholesalers Association is in prime position to benefit from trends and events that its board members expect to be unfolding in the next year or two – including an improved surplus lines outlook...
California Hospital Fined $27K For Worker Safety Lapses
Dec 4 2012 // A California mental hospital has been fined more than $27,000 for failing to implement worker safety measures. The Los Angeles Times reported state worker safety officials fined Atascadero State Hospital for failure to...
EPIC Adds Nielson As Senior Vice President In Southern California
Dec 4 2012 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Hali Nielson senior vice president of private client services in its Irvine, Calif. office. Nielson will design, implement, and manage personal insurance portfolios for high net...
Employers Hopeful for California Workers’ Comp Reform
Dec 3 2012 // Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles to look at California’s workers’ compensation reform law in detail and what must be done to implement that law by Jan. 1, 2013. Looking forward...
Pacific Compensation Taps Frank as President and CEO In California
Dec 3 2012 // Janet D. Frank has joined Pacific Compensation Corp., a California workers’ compensation specialist and wholly-owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corp., as president and chief executive officer Frank will also be named...
California Sells Out of First Pollution Permits
Dec 3 2012 // California has sold out of the first pollution permits issued as part of a landmark offensive against greenhouse gases at an inaugural auction in late November that regulators said went smoothly. The effort to curtail...
Teacher Sues California School District Over Breastfeeding
Dec 3 2012 // A former Carmel school teacher accuses school officials in a lawsuit of failing to accommodate her breastfeeding schedule. Sarah Ann Lewis Boyle has sued the Carmelo School, where she worked, and the Carmel Unified School...
Heffernan’s N.Y. Branch Names Director of Commercial Lines & Marketing
Nov 30 2012 // California-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers recently hired Jason C. Cavallo to join its New York office as director of commercial lines and marketing, focusing on new business development and management of commercial...
Gone Fishin’: California Agency Owner Sells to Specialize in Outfitters
Nov 29 2012 // Trinity Insurance Services Inc. has been purchased by McNeil & Company Inc. Insurance Risk Services out of New York in a move that gives McNeil a strong foothold in the West. The deal was closed on Nov. 16., and terms...
California Department Insurance: Streamlined Licensing
Nov 29 2012 // The California Department of Insurance announced a new process for professionals submitting insurance agent, broker, adjuster and bail agent license applications to CDI. The new process “enhances customer service and...
County May Sue Bankrupt Southern California City
Nov 29 2012 // County supervisors have voted to join the long list of San Bernardino, Calif. creditors and may sue the bankrupt city. The city 60 miles east of Los Angeles filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in August after...
California’s Jones to Review Nationwide Following Security Breach
Nov 29 2012 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced said his office will conduct a review of Nationwide/Allied Group of insurance companies’ cyber security measures to ensure the company is doing all it can to...
California DAs, Diet Company Reaches 900K Settlement
Nov 28 2012 // A group of California prosecutors say they’ve reached a settlement with a weight loss company that claimed people could lose weight by spreading a so-called “sprinkle diet” over their food. District...
4 Convicted in California for $154M Medical Insurance Fraud
Nov 28 2012 // Orange County prosecutors say four people have been convicted of crimes relating to a $154 million medical fraud scheme in which hundreds of healthy patients underwent unnecessary surgeries to fraudulently bill insurance...
KC Art Institute Sues Couple over Unfulfilled $5M pledge
Nov 27 2012 // The Kansas City Art Institute is suing a Southern California couple over an unfulfilled $5 million pledge. Larry and Kristina Dodge, once multimillion-dollar business people and philanthropists, say they’re facing...
Man Sues California City After Palm Tree Crushes Legs
Nov 27 2012 // A San Diego, Calif. man is suing the city after a palm tree fell on him and crushed his legs. Michael Burke blames city budget cuts for the accident two years ago. U-T San Diego says his lawsuit goes to trial on Dec. 3 and...
Survey Finds Safety Concerns Among Southern California’s MTA Employees
Nov 27 2012 // In a survey of Metro transit workers, most gave the agency in Southern California high marks for safety overall, but nearly half said they have encountered close calls on the job that could have resulted in serious injury...
Leavitt Group Names Shaw in Northern California
Nov 26 2012 // The Leavitt Group named Eric Shaw to its Sacramento, Calif. office. Shaw will focus on risk management for health care clients and workers compensation coverage. Shaw has 10 years of experience in the industry. He most...
Ex-‘Price Is Right’ Model Gets $8.5M In Damages by California Court
Nov 26 2012 // The producers of “The Price is Right” owe a former model on the show more than $7.7 million in punitive damages for discriminating against her after a pregnancy, a California jury determined last week. The...
California City Building ‘Tsunami-Resistant’ Port
Nov 26 2012 // It doesn’t matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami surges at the tiny California port town of Crescent City. Churning...
