Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Reliance Partners Acquires CTS in California
Mar 12 2019 // Reliance Partners is acquiring Sacramento, Calif.-based CTS Insurance Agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The combination expands Reliance Partners’ transportation and logistics footprint to the West...
Lane Joins Alliant Specialty as Executive VP in California
Mar 12 2019 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has named Rob Lane executive vice president at Alliant Specialty. Lane will provide client advocacy, strategic consulting, and claims resolution services to...
Before Heading to Prison, Attorney Apologizes for Major Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 12 2019 // Sean Enrique O’Keefe said he started out as a “humanistic attorney,” but he became a mercenary and then a criminal who netted $700,000 a year by sending San Diego workers’ compensation claimants to...
California Race Track Imposing New Safety, Welfare Rules for Horses
Mar 11 2019 // California’s Santa Anita racetrack will impose new rules to scrutinize horses training on its racetrack and add a director of equine welfare following the deaths of 21 horses since Dec. 26. The main dirt track and...
Lepore Promoted to VP at California’s Burnham Benefits Insurance Services
Mar 11 2019 // Irvine, California-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services has promoted Maggie Lepore to vice president. Lepore continues to expand Burnham’s central coast footprint through her diverse expertise with public...
Former California Commissioner Named Fellow at ClimateWorks Foundation
Mar 11 2019 // ClimateWorks Foundation has tapped former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones as a distinguished fellow. In his eight years as commissioner, Jones made climate risks in the insurance industry a priority, including...
United Valley in California Names O’Dell Assistant Vice President
Mar 8 2019 // Fresno, Calif.-based United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Michael O’Dell assistant vice president of business analytics. He has been with United Valley for 19 years. He has had a range of responsibilities...
Mayer Brown Adds Baysinger, Duchene in California
Mar 8 2019 // Mayer Brown announced that a team led by partner Kara Baysinger has joined the firm, adding to its global insurance capabilities and growing corporate and securities practice. As a partner based in Mayer Brown’s San...
California Track Cancels Racing After 21 Horses Die in 2 Months
Mar 7 2019 // Santa Anita racetrack in California has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months. Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, which owns...
Forest Management After Fires a Focus for California Agency
Mar 7 2019 // After successive years of devastating wildfires, California’s fire agency has announced a plan that would dramatically increase the removal of dead trees and other forest management efforts with the help of the...
Mayer Brown Names Insurance Transaction Attorney Chen Partner in California
Mar 7 2019 // Mayer Brown has named Paul P. Chen a partner in the corporate and securities practice in Northern California. Chen focuses on complex transactions in the insurance, financial services and health care sectors, especially...
Arrowhead Launches Commercial Earthquake Program in California
Mar 7 2019 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency has launched Quake Assist — a commercial earthquake program designed to help protect California business owners. Quake Assist is underwritten by Falls Lake National Insurance Co.,...
SIU Managers in California Rebrands as EQ One
Mar 6 2019 // Earthquake insurance underwriter SIU Managers is now EQ One. The new name and brand was announced on the Los Angeles firm’s 20-year anniversary. EQ One is a difference in conditions underwriter, providing earthquake...
California Bills Would Add More Punch to Consumer Data Protection Law
Mar 6 2019 // Professionals in the cyber arena could find themselves quite busy in the near future with the possibility of California consumers gaining even more power to sue corporations for mishandling personal data under two recently...
Judge Orders PG&E Compliance With Fire-Safety Laws
Mar 6 2019 // A federal judge is requiring PG&E Corp. to abide by rules governing how the utility operates its power lines in California, seeking to reform what he described as “dismal” management that led to a series of...
Relation Insurance Acquires Villane Ward in California
Mar 5 2019 // Relation Insurance Services has acquired Villane Ward Insurance Services Inc. in Fresno, Calif. Terms for the deal were not disclosed. Villane Ward is a privately owned and operated employee benefits brokerage that...
Lo Retires as CFO of M.J. Hall & Co. in California, Succeeded by Terner
Mar 4 2019 // Stockton, Calif.-based M.J. Hall & Company Inc. announced that Patrick Lo, senior vice president and treasurer, retired on March 1. He is succeeded by Art Terner. Terner was previously the firm’s chief...
Opinion: California’s Wildfires Burn Our Climate Illusions
Mar 4 2019 // Joan Didion’s “Holy Water,” written in 1977, is a paean to the elaborate engineering that supplied her taps in Malibu and filled drinking glasses in Hollywood restaurants. At its heart is a warning: The...
InterWest Acquires Placer Insurance Agency in California
Mar 4 2019 // InterWest Insurance Services has acquired Placer Insurance Agency in Roseville, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Placer specializes in commercial, surety bonds, employee benefits and personal insurance...
NSAIDs Overtake Opioids as Top Workers’ Comp Drug in California
Mar 4 2019 // Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, or NSAIDs, have supplanted opioids as the most common therapeutic drug group prescribed to injured workers in California, according to a new California Workers’ Compensation...
