Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former NFL Player Suing AIG Over California Burglary
Jan 12 2021 // Former NFL player Antonio Gates and his wife, Sasha Gates, are suing their homeowners insurer, AIG Property Casualty Co., accusing them of delaying coverage and ignoring their claim for insurance policy benefits after a...
California Insurance Agents Arraigned in $687K Grand Theft Scheme
Jan 12 2021 // Licensed insurance agents Robert Farmer, 65, of Camarillo, Calif., and Marion Urcan, 67, of Agoura Hills, Calif., were arraigned this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court on multiple counts of grand theft after...
California Hospital Fined for Deadly Post-Holiday Virus Outbreak
Jan 11 2021 // Kaiser Permanente has been fined $43,000 for failing to report a deadly coronavirus outbreak that may have been caused by an inflatable holiday costume worn by an unknowingly infected staffer on Christmas Day. The number...
InterWest Insurance Acquires Sierra Gold in California
Jan 11 2021 // InterWest Insurance Services has acquired Sierra Gold Insurance Services in Nevada City, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sierra Gold was founded in 1997 and specializes in commercial, personal, surety bonds...
California State Fund Declares 10% Dividend for 2020 Policy Year
Jan 11 2021 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund in early January announced plans to distribute a $39 million dividend to its qualifying policyholders with policies that took effect between Aug. 27 and Dec. 31,...
NIF Group Acquires Pacific Coast E&S in California
Jan 8 2021 // NIF Group, and its parent company, Jencap Group, have agreed to acquire the assets of Pacific Coast E&S Insurance Services in Santa Rosa, Calif. New York-based NIF is a program manager and wholesale broker providing...
California Suspends 1.4M Virus Unemployment Claims
Jan 8 2021 // California has frozen 1.4 million unemployment claims as it battles fraud in its massive coronavirus unemployment relief program, it was reported this week. The state Employment Development Department said it had examined...
Palomar in California Names Johnson Chief Talent & Diversity Officer
Jan 8 2021 // La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. has named Michelle Johnson chief talent and diversity officer. Johnson was previously senior vice president of people and talent, having served in this role since joining the...
CIC of New Mexico Sues to Enjoin California Department of Insurance from Interference
Jan 7 2021 // California Insurance Company of New Mexico has filed suit in federal court to enjoin the California Insurance Department from continuing to take what the suit asserts are illegal, actions to block the approved...
California Governor Planning $4 B for Economic Recovery
Jan 7 2021 // After spending most of 2020 telling small businesses to close and limit their customers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $4 billion worth of state spending he says will help them survive in 2021. Newsom...
New California Trade Group Targets Illegal Workers’ Comp in Staffing Industry
Jan 7 2021 // The California Staffing Agency Reform Association has been established by staffing industry leaders to “clean up” the worker’s compensation marketplace for staffing. Cal-SARA, a new nonprofit, trade...
California State Fund Declares 10% Dividend for 2020 Policy Year
Jan 4 2021 // State Compensation Insurance Fund in California on Monday announced plans to distribute a $39 million dividend to its qualifying policyholders with policies that took effect between Aug. 27 and Dec. 31, 2020. The dividend...
California Releases Final ZIPs for Non-Renewal Protection for 2020 Wildfires
Jan 4 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that nearly 500 policyholders in six ZIP codes affected by the Mountain View Fire in Mono County were included in the mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance...
Nuro OK’d in California to Charge for Self-Driving Services
Dec 29 2020 // Robotics company Nuro this week received the first-ever permit to commercially deploy its self-driving vehicles in California, allowing the Silicon Valley firm to charge clients for its driverless delivery service. Relying...
AM Best Upgrades Capital Insurance Group in California
Dec 29 2020 // Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has been upgraded by AM Best. CIG received a rating of A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent). AM Best stated: “Concurrently, AM Best has upgraded the FSR to A (Excellent)...
Earthquake Confirmed in Northern California
Dec 29 2020 // A magnitude 3.9 earthquake rattled parts of Northern California on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake was reported at 6:44 a.m. about 14 miles from Chico. The quake was felt 25 miles away...
California Cleaning Company Owner Charged in $700K Workers’ Comp Scheme
Dec 28 2020 // Jorge Gerardo Maldonado, 55, of Sacramento, Calif., was charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll and employees to illegally save on workers’ compensation insurance...
California Sues Companies to Recover Costs for Lead Pollution Cleanup
Dec 23 2020 // A lawsuit has been filed against multiple companies connected to a now-closed battery recycling plant years after California regulators pledged to recover cleanup costs from those responsible for spreading lead pollution...
Sompo Acquiring W. Brown & Associates in California
Dec 22 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd. has acquired W. Brown & Associates Insurance Services in Irvine, Calif. Brown has been a managing general underwriter for Sompo International since 2016. The W. Brown operations will...
California COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claim Volume Trending up Again
Dec 22 2020 // California workers’ comp COVID-19 monthly claim volume, which fell sharply in August and September, is now trending up again, climbing 9.0% in October, then more than doubling in November, according to a California...
