Latest California Headlines
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Judge Says California FAIR Plan Violates Law; Industry Fights Consumer Group Suit
Jun 26 2025 // A judge ruled that the California FAIR Plan’s smoke-damage policy violates state law, while in another matter a lawsuit from a consumer group is drawing concern from insurers that it could push the California...
6 Reported Dead After Boat Capsizes on Lake Tahoe in California
Jun 23 2025 // Six people were confirmed dead and two others were missing after a boat capsized on Lake Tahoe in California during a powerful weekend thunderstorm that whipped up high waves, officials said. The U.S. Coast Guard and the...
US Supreme Court Lets Fuel Producers Challenge California Emissions Standards
Jun 20 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Friday with fuel producers that had opposed California’s standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air pollution law, agreeing that their legal challenge to the...
California Utilities Expand Power Shutdowns as Winds Rise
Jun 20 2025 // California utilities cut power to more than 62,000 customers across the state in an attempt to stop wildfires from starting as dry winds sweep the region. PG&E Corp. cut off power to around 60,000 customers scattered...
Pano AI in California Raises $44M Series B to Scale Early Detection
Jun 20 2025 // San Francisco, California-based Pano AI announced the close of its $44 million Series B funding round. The round, which brings its total amount raised to $89 million, was led by new investor Giant Ventures, with additional...
California Utilities Weigh Power Shutdowns as Dry Winds Approach
Jun 19 2025 // California utilities are mulling power shutdowns as breezy dry conditions across the state raise the risk of wildfires. Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. may turn off power to at least 11,543 customers in 15 counties,...
People Moves: California Commissioner Names Insurance Diversity Task Force Leaders
Jun 18 2025 // Ricardo Lara California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara named new leadership of the Insurance Diversity Task Force. The 15-member task force elected its newest chair to be Vikita Poindexter, CEO of Poindexter...
California FAIR Plan Extends ZestyAI Partnership
Jun 17 2025 // ZestyAI has announced a four-year extension of its partnership with the California FAIR Plan. The Golden State’s insurer of last resort has tapped ZestyAI’s Z-FIRE wildfire risk model for risk assessment since...
AM Best Downgrades Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Members in California, Vermont
Jun 16 2025 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) to “a-” (Excellent) from “a+” (Excellent) of...
People Moves: Dann Joins The Liberty Company in California as Vice President
Jun 16 2025 // Connor Dann The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers hired Connor Dann as vice president, producer. Dann is based in Liberty’s Woodland Hills, California, office. In his new role, Connor focuses on expanding...
California Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Lead to 4,800 Stolen Vehicles Recovered
Jun 16 2025 // Joint law enforcement operations in Bakersfield, Oakland, and San Bernardino have made 6,727 arrests, recovered 4,842 stolen vehicles and confiscated 313 dangerous firearms, according to an announcement from Gov. Gavin...
D.A. Says Former California Police Officer on Workers’ Comp Went to Festival, Skied
Jun 16 2025 // A former Westminster, California, police officer and her stepfather were charged in a large-scale workers’ compensation fraud case after an investigation revealed the officer collected more than $600,000 in...
California, 10 Other States Sue to Block Trump From Killing 2035 EV Rules
Jun 13 2025 // A group of 11 states led by California on Thursday filed suit challenging a repeal by Congress of the state’s 2035 electric vehicle rules and heavy duty truck requirements. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday...
Climate Group Says State Farm Rate Hike to Cost California Homeowners $1,000
Jun 13 2025 // A report from a climate activist group says State Farm’s rate increases, if approved, would cost the average California homeowner more than $1,000. State Farm upped its rate request in May, a week after getting the...
California Commissioner Investigating State Farm’s Handling of LA Wildfire Claims
Jun 12 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday said he has launched a formal investigation into State Farm’s handling of thousands of insurance claims from wildfire survivors affected by the Palisades and...
Hedge Funds Face California Rebuke Over Role in Wildfire Claims
Jun 9 2025 // Hedge funds are facing pushback in California as their bets tied to insurance claims stemming from the Los Angeles wildfires are attacked as unethical. The transactions in focus are tied to so-called subrogation claims,...
Jury Awards California Prosecutor $3M After She Says She Was Forced From Position
Jun 9 2025 // A jury in California awarded more than $3 million in damages to a former Orange County prosecutor who alleged the county’s district attorney targeted her and forced her out of her position after she tried to protect...
Trump Administration May Rescind $4B for California High-Speed Rail Project
Jun 5 2025 // The Trump administration said Wednesday there is no viable path forward for California’s High-Speed Rail project and warned it may rescind $4 billion in government funding in the coming weeks. The U.S. Transportation...
Judge Dismisses California’s Tariff Lawsuit, Teeing up Appeal
Jun 3 2025 // A U.S. judge dismissed the state of California’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, allowing the state to file an appeal over the court’s ruling that the dispute should have been filed in a...
Report: Long COVID Accounted for Nearly 74% of California Comp Virus Payments
Jun 3 2025 // Long COVID cases accounted for 82.1% of the treatment payments on COVID claims and 73.7% of all COVID-19 claim payments in California’s workers’ compensation system, according to a study. The study from the...
