Latest California Headlines
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Disbarred Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty to Settlement Thefts in California
Feb 8 2023 // Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on charges he embezzled millions of dollars from some of the massive settlements he won for clients during a once prominent career. Girardi, 83, is...
Sinkhole Opens in California, Nearly Swallows Fire Engine
Feb 6 2023 // A water main burst under a Hollywood street in California, creating a sinkhole that almost swallowed a fire engine and showering a home with so much water the roof collapsed, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Flooding...
California Workers’ Comp Department’s Medical-Legal Evaluation Regulations OK’d
Feb 6 2023 // The Office of Administrative Law approved the California Division of Workers’ Compensation regulations affecting its Medical-Legal Evaluation program. The regulations include the permanent adoption of emergency...
PG&E to Face Manslaughter Trial Over Deadly California Fire
Feb 3 2023 // Pacific Gas & Electric will face trial for manslaughter over its role in a 2020 wildfire in Northern California that killed four people, a judge ruled Wednesday. The judge in Shasta County ruled after a preliminary...
California Climate Bills Requiring Broad Disclosures Have National Implications
Feb 2 2023 // A pair of California bills requiring large companies to report emissions from across their supply chains and creating more stringent reporting of climate-related impacts could have implications nationwide. Two Legislators...
California Lawsuit Seeks Damages for Unarmed Mentally Ill Man Shot in Back
Feb 2 2023 // A California widow whose husband was suffering from a mental health crisis when she called a nonemergency number for help last year sued Culver City police Tuesday, alleging they shot her unarmed husband in the back as he...
University of California Fires Swim Coach over Misconduct, Harassment Allegations
Feb 2 2023 // Longtime University of California women’s swimming coach Teri McKeever was fired following an investigation into alleged harassment, bullying and verbally abusive conduct, the school said in a statement. McKeever led...
People Moves: LP Adds Richesin in California; Buckner Appoints New Executives
Feb 2 2023 // LP Insurance Services LLC in Reno, Nevada added Doug Richesin and DLR Insurance Solutions. Richesin provides services and guidance to employee benefits clientele. Richesin joins LP Insurance as a member/owner and will...
Feds Grant $132M to Improve California Roads and Tackle Traffic Fatalities
Feb 1 2023 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $800 million in grant awards through the new Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program includes 50 grants for communities in California. The competitive grant...
$32M Settlement in California Child Welfare Lawsuit
Feb 1 2023 // Central California’s Tulare County will pay $32 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its child welfare agency failed to respond to reports of abuse involving an infant boy who was hospitalized for malnutrition and...
California Earthquake False Alarm Offers a Lesson for Crisis Communicators
Jan 31 2023 // An earthquake false alarm nearly four years ago can teach disaster and emergency planners – and any crisis communicators, including insurers – a thing or two about communicating to the public during and after a...
Southern California’s Santa Ana Winds Toppled Trees, Big Rigs
Jan 30 2023 // Powerful Santa Ana winds tore across Southern California on last week – topping 100 mph, in parts – blowing over multiple big rigs on several highways and toppling massive 80-to-100 foot-tall trees, including in San...
People Moves: California Commissioner Appoints Members to Statewide Boards
Jan 30 2023 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara appointed Carolyn Wysinger as the newest member to the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan Advisory Committee, and April Savoy, Patrick Wong, and Peter Guastamachio as...
2 Big Cannabis Insurance Providers Say Losses from California Storms Not as Bad as Feared
Jan 27 2023 // Just how big an impact the recent historic California storms had on the state’s cannabis industry is still coming into focus, and while two of the biggest players in California’s cannabis insurance market are...
Risk Strategies Deal for Tanenbaum-Harber Agency Includes California-based Firm
Jan 27 2023 // Risk Strategies, a national insurance brokerage, acquired Florida’s Tanenbaum-Harber, a risk management and insurance advisor. Based in Miramar, Florida, Tanenbaum-Harber traces its beginnings to 1860, the companies...
Light Earthquake Confirmed in Southern California
Jan 26 2023 // A light earthquake centered offshore gave Southern California an early morning wake-up call Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. There were no reports of damage. The 2 a.m. quake occurred beneath the ocean 10.6...
Suspect in Shootings in Northern California Was Agricultural Employee
Jan 25 2023 // An agricultural worker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings at two mushroom farms that had employed him in Northern California and the massacre is believed to be a “workplace violence incident,”...
Moody’s RMS Estimates $5B-7B in Economic Losses from California Flooding
Jan 25 2023 // Moody’s RMS estimates total economic losses from the recent California flooding at between $5 billion and $7 billion, and insured losses are anticipated to be between $500 million and $1.5 billion, including losses...
Alera Group Acquires Collective:Choice in California
Jan 25 2023 // Alera Group acquired Collective:Choice Insurance Solutions in Westminster, California. The Collective:Choice team will continue serving clients in their existing roles. Collective:Choice was created in 2006 to provide a...
Supreme Court Won’t Take up Applied Suit Against California Department of Insurance
Jan 24 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit from Applied Underwriters Inc. over a decision by the California Department of Insurance to put its affiliate into conservatorship. The court on Monday declined to hear the...
