Latest California Headlines
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The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Leavitt’s Larson in California
Aug 21 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Judy Larson a benefits producer in the San Jose, Calif. office. Larson has more than 30 years of benefits experience. She has previously worked for Willis, Risk Strategies,...
California Says Fire Evacuees May Be Eligible for Reimbursement from Insurer
Aug 20 2020 // California residents who have been ordered to evacuate due to the hundreds of wildfires burning across the state my be able to recoup their evacuation costs from their insurance company, the California Department of...
California Court Ruling Offers Way for Voters to Stave Off Shutdown of Uber, Lyft
Aug 20 2020 // A California appeals court ruling on Thursday avoided a shutdown of ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft in the state, effectively handing a decision over gig worker benefits and pay to voters in a November ballot...
California Fires Blanket San Francisco with Smoke; Thousands Evacuated
Aug 20 2020 // Thousands of people were under orders to evacuate in regions surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area on Aug. 19 as nearly 40 wildfires blazed across the state amid a blistering heat wave now in its second week. Smoke...
Report: COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claims on The Rise in California
Aug 19 2020 // The number of California workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19 continues to climb, according to a new report compiled by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. Data from the Division of...
Roadmaps for Wildfire Mitigation Provide Guidance for Suburban Neighborhoods
Aug 19 2020 // New wildfire guidelines from an insurance industry home safety organization offer guidance for adapting suburban communities to the growing threat of wildfire. The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)...
SCM Insurance Services in California Adds Jetté and Melbon to Ownership Team
Aug 19 2020 // Two owners have been added to in Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe’s ownership team: Skip Jetté, who has been with SCM for 19 years and manages the Corona office, and John Melbon, who joined SCM seven years...
Is California’s Prop 103 System ‘Democratic’?
Aug 18 2020 // Defining the term “democracy” has long been a challenging proposition. Nearly all agree that a democracy is a government that reflects the will of the people, but questions about the particulars, of what...
Fire Crews in California Battling Blazes in Extreme Heat
Aug 17 2020 // California firefighters battled destructive wildfires Monday as a lengthening heat wave roasted the state. Thousands of homes were at risk and air quality deteriorated in areas affected by smoke. The National Weather...
Federal Judge Advances Business Interruption Dispute Between Law Firm, Travelers
Aug 17 2020 // A federal judge in California disappointed a law firm suing Travelers Insurance over coronavirus lockdown related business interruption claims in refusing to remove its case to state court and denying its request for a...
Los Angeles County Owes $8M to Man Killed Like George Floyd, Court Rules
Aug 17 2020 // Los Angeles County must pay a full $8 million damage award to the family of a Black man whose death had similarities to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the California Supreme Court ruled. While subduing...
Heatwaves Raising California’s Wildfire Risk
Aug 17 2020 // The current heatwave broiling Californians like no event in decades is also elevating the risk for another potential disaster in the weeks ahead: wildfires. While heat and dry conditions have contributed to the Lake and...
California Wildfires Burning Amid High Risk of Large Blazes
Aug 14 2020 // Dry vegetation fueled three wildfires near Los Angeles amid warnings Friday that the risk of new blazes erupting was high as temperatures spike and humidity levels drop during a statewide heat wave. A huge forest fire that...
Calif. Court Rules Amazon Liable Like Other Retailers for Defective Products
Aug 14 2020 // Amazon.com can be held liable like other traditional retailers for injuries from defective products sold via its sprawling e-commerce marketplace, a California state appeals court ruled on Thursday. The decision overturned...
InterWest Insurance Services Adds Aflac’s Brubaker as Commercial Broker in California
Aug 14 2020 // InterWest Insurance Services has named Melanie Brubaker a commercial insurance broker in the Chico, Calif., office. She has more than 17 years of sales experience. She was previously a benefits advisor with Aflac. She...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Newfront’s Merrick in California
Aug 14 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Melissa Merrick director of agency integration and onboarding. She is located in the Los Angeles, Calif., office. Merrick will be heading up the agency partners and producer...
Uber and Lyft Lose Bid to Delay California Driver Injunction
Aug 13 2020 // A California judge on Thursday refused to give Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. more time to appeal his decision forcing them to classify drivers in that state as employees, which they have said would necessitate...
Crews Continue to Battle Massive California Fire, Evacuations Ordered
Aug 13 2020 // Crews struggled to reign in a Southern California wildfire that exploded in size in a matter of hours north of Los Angeles, prompting evacuation orders for about 100 homes and other buildings as it tore through forest...
California Labor Commissioner Reaches $2.6M Settlement with Restaurant
Aug 13 2020 // The California Labor Commissioner has reached a $2.6 million settlement with the owners of Kome Japanese Seafood & Buffet in Daly City, securing compensation for 133 workers for unpaid minimum wage, overtime and split...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Names Phillips to Head New Office in California
Aug 13 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Clint Phillips to head up its new Bakersfield, Calif., office. Phillips has 19 years of experience in the Bakersfield area, where he has specialized in the construction and...
