Latest California Headlines
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Heat Wave Early Warning, Ranking System Proposed in California
Feb 16 2022 // A pair of California legislators and the state’s insurance commissioner are pushing a bill to create an early warning system for heatwaves. California State Assembly Members Luz Rivas (D-San Fernando Valley) and...
Altman Leaving Pennsylvania Insurance Post to Lead California Health Plan
Feb 16 2022 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will resign her position Feb. 25. Altman has accepted a position as chief executive officer of Covered California, that state’s...
California Couple Sentenced in $1M Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Feb 16 2022 // Carmen Hall Soruco, 70, and her husband Antonio Soruco, 75, both of Novato, California, were sentenced after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud charges. Hall was sentenced on multiple felony counts to two...
California Commissioner, Emergency Agencies Issue ‘Safer From Wildfires’ Framework
Feb 14 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and emergency management leaders in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Administration on Monday announced “Safer from Wildfires,” an insurance framework that incorporates...
California Lawmakers Pushing Bill to Require Vaccines for All Employees
Feb 14 2022 // California would mandate that all businesses require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under legislation announced Friday by Democratic state lawmakers that was immediately...
Judge Deals Blow to California FAIR Plan’s Efforts to Stay Insurance Commissioner’s Order
Feb 11 2022 // A judge has denied a request a preliminary injunction to halt the enforcement of an order from California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara that the California FAIR Plan Association offer an expanded homeowners insurance...
Owner of Cosmetic Clinics in California Admits $20M Insurance Fraud
Feb 11 2022 // The former owner of a group of health spas and clinics in Los Angeles has admitted to participating in a $20 million insurance fraud scheme involving Botox injections, laser hair removal and other procedures, federal...
3 Million Plaintiffs Seeking $1.2B from California Health Firm
Feb 11 2022 // A lawsuit over high health care bills filed on behalf of more than 3 million employers and people seeks as much as $1.2 billion from a large Northern California health systems in an antitrust class-action trial that got...
Unlicensed California Agent Sentenced for $1.4M Insurance Fraud
Feb 11 2022 // Unlicensed insurance agent Karyl Lynn Reed, 58, formerly of Cosa Mesa, California, was convicted last week on multiple felony counts of embezzlement and white-collar fraud enhancements after defrauding three victims of...
Suit Alleges Racial Discrimination, Harassment at One of Tesla’s California Factories
Feb 10 2022 // The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment. Tesla said on Wednesday the DFEH intended to file a lawsuit. The...
Inszone Acquires Risco Insurance Services in California
Feb 9 2022 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Risco Insurance Services Inc. in South Gate, California. The firms will merge and operate under the Inszone Insurance brand going forward. The Risco Insurance team will transition over...
UCLA Settling Gynecologist Sex Abuse Lawsuit for $246M
Feb 9 2022 // The University of California has agreed to pay $246.3 million to settle allegations that hundreds of women were sexually abused by a former UCLA gynecologist, lawyers and the university announced Tuesday. The settlement...
Tesla Expects California Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination, Harassment at Factory
Feb 9 2022 // Tesla Inc. said on Wednesday the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) intends to file a lawsuit against the company alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment. The lawsuit appears to be...
People Moves: J. Morey Company in California Names Chu SVP of Sales; Breskin to SVP of Risk Management
Feb 8 2022 // The J. Morey Company Inc. Insurance Agents & Brokers in Cypress, California, named Brian Chu to the sales team as a senior vice president. Chu will be responsible for new business development and serve as an advisor to...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Advance Internet Data Privacy Bill
Feb 7 2022 // A bill that would grant Massachusetts residents what supporters describe as fundamental internet privacy rights — including greater control over their personal information — is making its way through the...
Researcher Seeks Answers to Question: How Does A Town Rebuild After a Wildfire?
Feb 7 2022 // Three months after the most destructive fire in California’s history, the residents of Paradise were sifting through the rubble of their houses, moving out of shelters and into less temporary but not permanent...
Hub Acquires Assets of AVI Commercial Insurance in California
Feb 7 2022 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of AVI Commercial Insurance Marketing Inc. in San Clemente, California. Doug Krumpols, president, and the AVI team will join Hub’s Los Angeles and Orange County...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2022 // National Marsh McLennan, Affinity Agency Association Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of...
California Considers Giving 500K Fast Food Workers More Power
Feb 4 2022 // California’s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the state Assembly this week. Workers would be included alongside...
Bill Introduced to Offer All California Homeowners Insurance, Fund Home Hardening
Feb 3 2022 // Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-Marin County, on Thursday introduced legislation designed to require mandatory issuance of homeowners’ insurance and establish a grant program to harden residential properties in areas...
