Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Viewpoint: Insurers Face Added Role in Curbing Workplace Violence With California Law
Apr 25 2024 // New legislation aimed at reducing workplace violence in California vastly increases employers’ responsibilities and hands workers’ compensation insurers an unprecedented oversight role that is likely to trigger...
Omaha National Acquires Sutter Insurance in California
Apr 24 2024 // Omaha National Group Inc. acquired Sutter Insurance Co., a California domiciled carrier. Sutter Insurance has been renamed Omaha National Casualty Co. Omaha National also owns Omaha National Insurance Co., which is...
California Lawsuits Say Fertility Operation Destroyed Embryos
Apr 19 2024 // Several lawsuits in California were filed against Ovation Fertility, a large network of fertility clinics, were filed by former patients whose embryos were destroyed due to a reported critical error at the company’s...
California Sees Two More Property Insurers Withdraw From Market
Apr 18 2024 // California’s already strained property insurance market is facing a new challenge as two more insurers, Tokio Marine America Insurance Co. and Trans Pacific Insurance Co., plan to withdraw from the wildfire-prone...
Survey Shows Majority of Florida, California Homeowners Seeing Higher Insurance Costs
Apr 18 2024 // Few people in Florida and California will be surprises to hear that the majority of homeowners in those states have been affected by rising property insurance costs. A survey by Redfin, a U.S. real estate broker, found...
Google Fires 28 Workers Protesting $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract
Apr 18 2024 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud...
Wildfires Are Upending Some of the Safest Bets on Wall Street
Apr 18 2024 // When the Texas Panhandle went up in flames this winter, the news spread fast on Wall Street. An electric utility by the name of Xcel Energy Inc. was getting blamed for the massive blaze — a lawsuit pointed the finger at...
Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau of California Governing Committee Oks Higher Pure Premium Rate Filing
Apr 17 2024 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s governing committee voted on Wednesday to authorize the WCIRB to submit a Sept. 1, 2024 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the California Insurance...
California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Continues Collaboration with National Surplus Lines Associations for Third Consecutive Year
Apr 17 2024 // CIWA’s Annual Summer Forum 2024 set to foster collaboration and engagement FAIRFIELD, CA – April 17, 2024 – The California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA), a leading professional trade association...
How California’s Huge Raises for Fast-Food Workers Will Ripple Across Industries
Apr 17 2024 // Michaela Mendelsohn, who owns six El Pollo Loco locations serving grilled chicken and tacos in California, recently found herself raising managers’ pay by over 10% to more than $83,000 a year. With the state’s...
California Chiropractor Sentenced to 54 Years for $150M Workers’ Comp Scheme
Apr 16 2024 // A former chiropractor was sentenced to 54 years in state prison and ordered to pay more than $23 million in fines for his role in orchestrating a massive workers’ compensation fraud scheme totaling $150...
Biden OK’s Major Disaster Declaration for California
Apr 16 2024 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making ederal disaster assistance available to California to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and...
5 California Poultry Processors Paying $3.8M in Back Wages
Apr 16 2024 // Employees of five California poultry processing companies in La Puente and City of Industry may be owed a share of more than $3.8 million in back wages and damages recovered on their behalf by the U.S. Department of...
California Department of Cannabis Control Recalling Mike Tyson Cannabis Product
Apr 16 2024 // The California Department of Cannabis Control a mandatory recall for former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson’s branded cannabis product, Tyson Undisputed Cannabis Flower, due to a contamination with mold. The mold in...
Coral Gables, Florida Tops Beverly Hills as Ritziest Home Market in US
Apr 15 2024 // Floridians with homes in the ritziest neighborhoods that include Coral Gables and Naples are experiencing the nation’s biggest increases in real estate wealth as markets in the Sunshine State supplant those in...
People & Places
Apr 15 2024 // National Brian Lewis Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of independent insurance broker Lockton, added Brian Lewis as senior broker, leading the Cyber practice for North America. He is based in Lockton Re’s New...
Former California Insurance Agent Found Guilty of Taking $1.2M from Victims
Apr 15 2024 // Former licensed insurance agent Brett E. Lovett, 53, of Camarillo, California, was found guilty of 29 felony counts including grand theft, elder abuse, money laundering, and burglary after a 15-month California Department...
California Beefing up Recruitment for Inspectors to Better Enforce Workplace Laws
Apr 15 2024 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations is beefing up a statewide effort to recruit inspectors and investigators throughout California to more thoroughly enforce labor and workplace laws. The DIR is hiring...
Small Quake Shook California Desert Near Site of Coachella Music Festival
Apr 14 2024 // A small earthquake shook the Southern California desert Saturday near Coachella, where the famous music festival was being held this weekend. No damage or injuries were reported. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of...
Munich Re Specialty Launches FAIR Plan Commercial Wrap Product in California
Apr 12 2024 // Munich Re Specialty Insurance is launching a FAIR Plan Commercial Wrap, available to commercial insureds in California who seek comprehensive coverage in tandem with their FAIR Plan coverage. MRSI’s FAIR Plan...
