Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California MGU Foresight Expands Commercial Property Offerings
Apr 30 2021 // San Francisco-based Foresight Risk & Insurance Services is offering new commercial property insurance lines coverages including inland marine, contractors equipment and builders’ risk, which will be offered as a...
People Moves: InterWest Names Espinosa Senior Director in California, IMA Adds Washington to Executive Leadership
Apr 30 2021 // InterWest Insurance Services has named Brad Espinosa senior director in its surety division. He will be based in Sacramento, Calif., and report to Keith Schuler, president and CEO of InterWest Insurance Services. He has...
Former California Agent Arrested On 90 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Apr 28 2021 // Former insurance broker Karen Marie Dondanville, 53, of Mission Viejo, Calif., was arrested on 90 felony counts including grand theft, insurance fraud, financial elder abuse, and forgery for allegedly collecting premiums...
Judge in California Tosses Suit of Man Who Alleged Jackson Molestation
Apr 28 2021 // A judge on Monday dismissed the lawsuit of a man who alleged that Michael Jackson sexually abused him as a boy. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark A. Young granted the Jackson estate’s request to dismiss...
IMA Financial Group Acquires California’s Bolton
Apr 28 2021 // Denver-based insurance brokerage IMA Financial Group said it is expanding to California by acquiring Bolton & Co. in a transaction effective May 1, 2021. The combined brokerage firm will employ 1,200 associates and...
People Moves: Topa in California Names Torio Director of Tech, Resilience Names Reed EVP
Apr 28 2021 // Topa Insurance Co. has named Paul Torio director of technology. Torio is responsible for developing and delivering solutions across Topa’s technology infrastructure in support of business goals. He has worked at Topa...
Small Quakes Confirmed in Lake Tahoe Region of California, Nevada
Apr 27 2021 // A series of small earthquakes jolted the Lake Tahoe region of California and Nevada on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. A 3.7 magnitude quake struck at 8:33 a.m. centered about 4.5 miles southeast of Dollar...
Delos Announces New Capacity for California Wildfire Areas
Apr 27 2021 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Delos Insurance Solutions announced an agreement with reinsurance companies that the firm said will result in a five-fold increase in insurance capacity for California homeowners in areas prone...
California Man Charged for Scheme Involving Lost Cellphone Claims
Apr 26 2021 // Thein Kevin Nguyen, 31, of Sacramento, Calif., has been charged with one felony count of fraud for allegedly running a scam where he reportedly filed 35 fraudulent cell phone loss claims, collected the proceeds from the...
California Governor Wants Ban on New Fracking by 2024
Apr 26 2021 // Gov. Gavin Newsom said said California will stop issuing fracking permits by 2024 and halt all oil drilling by 2045, using his authority to take on the state’s powerful oil and gas industry in a year he will likely...
California Workers’ Comp Committee Votes for 2.7% Higher Pure Premium Filing
Apr 21 2021 // The governing committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit a Sept. 1, 2021 pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner...
California Transit Agency Settles Death Lawsuit for $5.5M
Apr 21 2021 // San Diego County’s transportation agency has apologized and agreed to pay $5.5 million to the mother of a mentally ill man who died after a security officer kept a knee on his neck for several minutes. It was...
California Legislature Oks Bill Requiring Hospitality Businesses to Rehire Displaced Workers
Apr 20 2021 // Now that Gov. Gavin Newsom is letting more businesses reopen as coronavirus cases decline, the California Legislature on has passed a bill requiring some hotels, stadiums other hospitality companies to offer laid-off...
California Welder Arraigned on Felony Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Apr 19 2021 // Ahmad Zaki Noori, 41, of Sacramento, Calif., was arraigned on two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly misrepresenting symptoms following a work-related injury in order to receive...
Possible Water Crisis for Ag Operations on Oregon-California Border
Apr 19 2021 // Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will get a tiny fraction of the water they need amid the worst drought in decades, as federal...
Wright National, Zurich Expand Flood Coverage into California
Apr 19 2021 // Wright National Flood Insurance Services LLC and Zurich Insurance are now offering Zurich’s Residential Private Flood Insurance in California. The stand-alone product has previously been launched in Florida, New...
Industry Watchers Weigh-in on ‘Concerning’ California Workers’ Comp Bills
Apr 19 2021 // A handful of workers’ compensation bills make their way through state Legislature every year that catch the attention of those watching the space — for better or worse. A few bills this year have a pair of...
California Siblings Arraigned in $1.4M Workers’ Comp Scheme
Apr 16 2021 // California farm labor company owners and siblings Elias Perez, 40, of Greenfield, and Alejandra Perez, 37, of Soledad, were arraigned on over 20 felony counts of insurance and tax fraud after allegedly underreporting...
Institute Analyzes Impact of California Medical Provider Network Option for Workers
Apr 16 2021 // Legislation intended to increase injured California workers’ access to medical care by requiring the state to create a medical provider network as an alternative to private networks that render 90% of California...
California Legislature Votes Down Fracking Ban
Apr 16 2021 // California lawmakers rejected a bill that would have banned fracking in the state, succumbing to pressure from the powerful oil and gas industry and their labor union allies who warned the bill would have cost good-paying...
