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$5M in Grants Help California Homeowners Prep for Quakes
Nov 15 2021 // California’s Earthquake Brace + Bolt grant program is expanding, and it now includes 395 ZIP Codes where qualifying homeowners can get up to $3,000 to offset the cost of completing a seismic retrofit, the California...
California Labor Commissioner Cites Grocer $1.1M for COVID Sick Leave Practices
Nov 15 2021 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Bodega Latina (dba El Super grocery stores) in Southern California $1,164,500 for failing to provide or delaying supplemental paid sick leave or other benefits to 240...
California City Pays $500K to Stroke Victim Arrested for DUI
Nov 15 2021 // A Southern California city will pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit by a woman arrested for driving under the influence when she was actually having a stroke. The settlement ends a long legal battle over the arrest of Robin...
California Insurance Commissioner Proposing Heat Wave Ranking System
Nov 12 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is sponsoring legislation to establish a ranking system for heat waves, the California Department of Insurance announced on Friday as the international climate conference...
California Preparing for Possible Winter Pandemic Surge
Nov 12 2021 // California has begun positioning equipment and locking in contracts with temporary health care workers in preparation for another possible winter surge of coronavirus cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom said. The most populous state...
Roadkill Report Names California’s Deadliest Highways, Costs
Nov 12 2021 // Tens of thousands of mountain lions, bears, bighorn sheep, squirrels, birds and lizards have met their fate in collisions with vehicles across California, according to a “roadkill” report that names a San...
‘Rust’ Crew Member Sues Alec Baldwin, Others in California over Shooting
Nov 12 2021 // The head of lighting on the film “Rust” filed a lawsuit Wednesday over Alec Baldwin’s fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the Western, alleging negligence that...
Takeaways from Our Conversation on California’s New CBD Law
Nov 10 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv When California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 45 into law in early October, there was a lot of excitement in the state’s cannabis industry, particularly for businesses and...
Report: Wildfires Have California in ‘Heightened State of Alert’
Nov 10 2021 // California, which has seen its eight largest recorded wildfires since 2017, is in a “heightened state of alert,” according to a new report that calls for urgent policy actions. The report was released on...
California Commissioner’s Latest Insurer Non-Renewal Moratorium Covers Nearly 210K Homes
Nov 10 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to preserve 209,881 residential property insurance policies held by wildfire survivors included in an earlier emergency declaration, bringing the...
Ye’s Yeezy Paying $950K to Settle California Slow-Shipping Lawsuit
Nov 10 2021 // Rapper and fashion mogul Ye’s high-end clothing company Yeezy agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by four California district attorneys over slow shipping to customers. The suit brought last month by...
Parents in California Sue After Getting Another Couple’s Embryo
Nov 10 2021 // Two California couples gave birth to each others’ babies after a mix-up at a fertility clinic and spent months raising children that weren’t theirs before swapping the infants, according to a lawsuit filed in...
California Remembers 3rd Anniversary of Wildfire That Killed 85, Destroyed Thousands of Homes
Nov 10 2021 // Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday marked the third anniversary of California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire by announcing that nearly 100,000 damaged trees have been removed and debris cleaned up from some...
Utility Worker in California Electrocuted in Underground Vault
Nov 8 2021 // A Los Angeles utility worker was electrocuted while working in an electrical vault, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday on Terminal Island in Los Angeles harbor. “While working as...
People Moves: Coalition in California Names Tkatch Head of Insurance Infrastructure; AP Keenan Adds Carpenter
Nov 8 2021 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Coalition named Dovid Tkatch head of insurance infrastructure and actuarial science, a newly created position. Tkatch will manage pricing, reserving, capital requirements, regulatory compliance,...
PG&E Spending $125M for Igniting Massive California Wildfire
Nov 5 2021 // Pacific Gas & Electric has reached a $125 million settlement agreement with California regulators over the destructive Kincade fire, which was ignited in 2019 by the utility’s equipment in a remote area of Sonoma...
AgentSync Acquires Broker ID Provider Finvera in California
Nov 4 2021 // AgentSync has acquired Finvera, a cloud identity passport for licensed brokers in San Francisco, Calif. Cameron Nordholm, founder of Finvera, joins the AgentSync team as head of product. Terms of the deal were not...
Court Rules California Insurance Commissioner Cannot Make State Farm Pay Refunds for Overcharges
Nov 2 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara cannot force insurers to repay consumers when they charge excessive rates, the California Court of Appeal in San Diego has ruled. The court held that State Farm will not have...
Company Pays $3.5M Settlement in California Illegal Gambling Lawsuit
Nov 2 2021 // A company that made and operated casino-style games used for illegal gambling will pay $3.5 million and permanently stop its California operations under a court settlement. Pong Game Studios Corp. agreed to settle a...
California Labor Shortage Compounding Complex Agriculture Landscape for Insurance Pros
Nov 1 2021 // The labor shortage in California has hit the agriculture industry particularly hard, creating a tougher environment all around – including for insurance professionals who deal in that sector. The lack of labor in the...
