Latest California Headlines
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Agency in California Opposes Cruise Robotaxi Application, Citing Safety
Dec 3 2021 // San Francisco’s public transit operator has challenged an application by Cruise to charge for robotaxi rides, saying on Wednesday promotional videos from the General Motors Co unit show Cruise passengers illegally...
People Moves: Aon Makes Slyfield in California Chief Innovation Officer; Alliant Names O’Malley First Vice President
Dec 3 2021 // Aon plc named Jillian Slyfield as the firm’s chief innovation officer. Slyfield, who is based in San Francisco, California, will report to Aon CEO Greg Case and join the Aon executive committee. Slyfield assumes the...
California Autonomous Delivery Service Rolling out from Nuro, 7-Eleven
Dec 2 2021 // Self-driving tech startup Nuro said on Wednesday it was rolling out California’s first commercial autonomous delivery service in partnership with 7-Eleven, a convenience store operator. Nuro and rivals such as Waymo...
Workers’ Compensation Bureau of California Profiles Restaurant Industry
Dec 1 2021 // Restaurants make up a sizable portion of California’s workers’ comp system, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released the first report in its industry...
Ryan Specialty Acquires Crouse and Associates in California
Dec 1 2021 // Ryan Specialty Group acquired transportation specialist Crouse and Associates in San Francisco, California. The Crouse team is now a part of RT Specialty, the wholesale brokerage division of Ryan Specialty. Crouse has...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Acquires D.E.P. in California
Dec 1 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers acquired D.E.P. Insurance Services Inc. in Huntington Beach, California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. D.E.P. Insurance Services is owned by Don Phoenix, and has been in...
Brightway Insurance Expands into Nevada, Opens More Locations in California
Nov 30 2021 // Brightway Insurance opened of 12 new franchise locations in October and November, with new locations in Nevada and California. Richard Hancock opened Brightway, The Hancock Agency in Las Vegas, Nevada, the first of the...
Big Fire Gutted Large Commercial Building in California
Nov 30 2021 // A raging fire gutted a textile business in a large commercial building south of downtown Los Angeles. The fire, which occurred on Thursday, was the second fire at the site that week. The fire was reported just before 8...
California Turning Down Most Fracking Permits Ahead of 2024 Ban
Nov 29 2021 // California regulators haven’t approved permits for the controversial oil and gas extraction process known as fracking since February, effectively phasing out the process ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2024...
Organized Fraud Ring in California Sentenced for 15 Staged Collisions
Nov 29 2021 // Los Angeles, California residents Victor Valle-Diaz, 55, Eduardo Retana, 25, and Ausencio Gomez, 46, were sentenced to serve in state prison after pleading no contest to charges of insurance fraud and assault for their...
People Moves: Lemonade Names Burgess Chief Claims Officer; Newfront in California Adds Naranjo
Nov 29 2021 // Lemonade named Sean Burgess chief claims officer. Burgess will oversee the company’s key claims functions across the U.S. and EU. Burgess will be filling the role of Jim Hageman, Lemonade’s first hire in this...
Study: California Drops to 45th Nation in Highway Conditions
Nov 24 2021 // A new study out ranks California’s highway system 45th in the nation in overall cost-effectiveness and condition. The Annual Highway Report published by Reason Foundation is a two-spot drop from 43rd overall in the...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Covid Claim Volume Trending Down After Summer Surge
Nov 23 2021 // The summer surge of COVID-19 claims that hit the California workers’ compensation system in July and August appears to have run its course, according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. A CWCI...
ALKEME Acquires H&S Insurance Services in California
Nov 22 2021 // ALKEME acquired H&S Insurance Services in Moorpark, California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. H&S operates in 50 states, specializing in commercial, personal, benefits and risk management in the...
K2 Launches Parametric MGA in California Headed by Carpinteri
Nov 22 2021 // K2 Insurance Services LLC launched a managing general agency called K2 Parametric, which is being led by Scott Carpinteri, who has experience in the parametric insurance space. K2 Parametric will be based out of...
California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to offer More Commercial Coverage
Nov 19 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday ordered the FAIR Plan to implement his mandated increases to its decades-old commercial property coverage limits offered to businesses. “My order is part of an...
AM Best: Credit Ratings of Golden Bear in California Under Review with Negative Implications
Nov 19 2021 // AM Best placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of Golden Bear Insurance Co. in Stockton,...
Son of Black Man Killed by California Police Settles Lawsuit for $1.3M
Nov 19 2021 // The child of a Black man who was fatally shot by Southern California police in 2018 – and whose death spurred lawmakers to enact a state law that decertifies officers who act criminally or with bias – has settled a...
California Couple’s $86M Award in Monsanto Pesticide Case Stands
Nov 19 2021 // California’s highest court rejected has a challenge by Monsanto Co.’s to $86.2 million in damages to a couple who developed cancer after spraying the company’s Roundup weed-killer in their yards for three...
Transgender Woman Sues in California After Cell Beating
Nov 18 2021 // A transgender woman is suing the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department after she was placed in a jail cell with three men and beaten so badly that her jaw was broken, according to the lawsuit. Kristina Frost was...
