Latest California Headlines
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Southwest Airliner Catches Fire at California Airport, 139 Passengers Evacuate
Feb 14 2018 // A fire on a Southwest Airlines plane forced passengers to evacuate before takeoff at a Southern California airport. Officials from John Wayne Airport say the crew of the Boeing 737 decided that the 139 passengers should...
Clearcover Insurtech Announces California Launch
Feb 13 2018 // Clearcover, a data-driven auto insurtech startup, announced the California launch of its platform today and that it is officially selling car insurance policies to residents in the state. The Chicago, Ill-based firm is...
California Dam Crisis Driving National Examination
Feb 13 2018 // One year after the worst structural failures at a major U.S. dam in a generation, federal regulators who oversee California’s half-century-old, towering Oroville Dam say they are looking hard at how they overlooked...
U.S. Judge Rules ‘Gig Economy’ Driver Is Independent Contractor
Feb 9 2018 // A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Thursday said a former Grubhub Inc. delivery driver was an independent contractor and not the company’s employee, in the first case of its kind against a “gig economy”...
Climate Change and the ‘Fire Insurance Predicament’
Feb 8 2018 // A Washington-based conservative group is suing for information on the U.S. government’s “backstage work” on the Paris agreement it says will help pave the way for President Trump’s withdrawal from...
California Department of Insurance Says it Recovered $81.3M for Consumers
Feb 8 2018 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Thursday that the California Department of Insurance recovered more than $81.3 million for consumers during 2017 through consumer complaint investigations and market conduct...
Managing the CEA’s growth would be easier with this one small fix
Feb 8 2018 // The California Earthquake Authority, the state’s privately funded and publicly managed earthquake “instrumentality,” is growing like mad. A spate of recent natural disasters—in combination with savvy...
Ex-Alaska Airlines Pilot to Plead in California to Flying While Drunk
Feb 8 2018 // A former Alaska Airlines pilot will plead guilty in California to a charge of flying a passenger plane while drunk. Federal prosecutors say David Hans Arntson of Newport Beach agreed this week to enter the plea at a later...
HUB International Names Greene Vice President of Employee Benefits in California
Feb 8 2018 // HUB International of California has named Lynn Greene vice president of the employee benefits practice. Greene’s primary role will be the design, placement, and maintenance of healthcare programs and human-resource...
CoreLogic Identifies Flood and Wildfire as the Two Most Destructive Natural Hazards in 2017
Feb 7 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis Details 2017 Natural Hazard Events CoreLogic® analyzes and evaluates the number and severity of natural hazard events...
Group Urges SEC Probe of California, Cites Climate Hypocrisy
Feb 7 2018 // California officials are downplaying the risks of climate change to bond investors while citing those same risks as the basis for a lawsuit against oil companies, according to a conservative think tank that has asked...
Mercury General in California Posts 4Q Profit, Rise in Premiums Written
Feb 6 2018 // Mercury General Corp. has reported fourth-quarter net income of $19.8 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The Los Angeles-based company said it had net income of 36 cents per share. Earnings,...
Hub Acquires Assets of Der Manouel in California
Feb 6 2018 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Fresno, Calif.-based Der Manouel Insurance & Financial Services Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DMIG’s leadership team and staff will join Hub...
Why Safety Numbers on Driverless Cars Don’t Add Up: Viewpoint
Feb 6 2018 // The “Race to Autonomy” has become the high-tech competition of our time, pitting automakers, suppliers, technology titans and Silicon Valley startups against each other in intense competition for the first bite...
Marsh & McLennan West Names New Principals in California and Alaska
Feb 5 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Insurance Agency has promoted eight executives to principals of the firm. In San Diego, the new Principals are Donna DeBolt, Wayne Pages, Greg Pendergast, Erin Quigley, Jeff Simpson, Ryan Stover, and...
Wheelchair Athlete Injured During Marathon in California Gets $4M
Feb 5 2018 // A wheelchair athlete who was injured after organizers of a San Diego, Calif., marathon altered the course has been awarded $4 million. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported a jury has ruled for Craig Blanchette in a...
Waymo-Uber Trial in California Highlights Tech Talent War
Feb 5 2018 // Should full frontal lobotomies be required of Silicon Valley engineers looking to change jobs? Uber Technologies Inc. has said with a touch of hyperbole that that’s what the future holds if Waymo wins its lawsuit...
Worldwide Facilities Opens New Office in California, Adds Senescu
Feb 5 2018 // Worldwide Facilities announces the opening of a new location in Palm Springs, Calif., and has added David Senescu in the office as senior vice president. Senescu’s area of expertise include construction,...
Report Calls out California Wildfires Among 2017 U.S. Hazards
Feb 5 2018 // CoreLogic’s annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis released in late January shows that 2017 was a year of relatively average activity for most U.S. natural hazards with the exception of wildfires in...
Registration for California Seismic Retrofit Grants Open
Feb 5 2018 // Registration opened in January for eligible homeowners to receive grants of up to $3,000 for seismic retrofits of their older homes. Homeowners have until Feb. 23 to apply for a grant from California’s Earthquake...
