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G2 Insurance Services Adds Heffernan’s Stringer as Client Manager in California
Jan 16 2018 // G2 Insurance Services has named Erinn Stringer a client manager. Stringer is located in G2’s San Francisco office and will serve commercial clients, including hospitality, commercial real estate and nonprofits. She...
Deaths, Damage from California Mudslides Rise in Wealthy Montecito Community
Jan 15 2018 // The mudslides on the California coastal town of Montecito have devastated a wealthy enclave where billionaires including Charlie Munger, Eric Schmidt and Oprah Winfrey own properties, with hundreds of millions of dollars...
California Mudslide Victims ID’d as Crews Continue Survivor Search
Jan 12 2018 // The oldest victim swept away in a California mudslide was Jim Mitchell, who had celebrated his 89th birthday the day before. He died with his wife of more than 50 years, Alice. The youngest, 3-year-old Kailly Benitez, was...
All Risks Adds CRC Swett’s Aasen in Northern California
Jan 12 2018 // All Risks Ltd. has added Brandon Aasen to its San Francisco, Calif. office as a property broker. Aasen will be responsible for producing new property business for the West Coast. He will also specialize in commercial...
Search for Victims of California Mudslide Continues, 17 Dead
Jan 11 2018 // Hundreds of searchers continued the grueling work Thursday of hunting for survivors and digging up bodies in the sea of mud and wreckage left by flash flooding in Montecito, Calif. The death toll from Tuesday’s flash...
XL Group: Loss Estimates of $45M Related to Southern California Wildfires
Jan 11 2018 // XL Group Ltd. on Wednesday announced preliminary estimates of natural catastrophe net losses of roughly $45 million related to the recent wildfires in Southern California and $20 million related to other events. The...
Homeowners Insurtech Hippo Partners with Spinnaker to Expand into States
Jan 11 2018 // California-based insurtech company Hippo has formed a strategic partnership with Spinnaker Insurance Co. to expand its product offerings into new states. Hippo offers homeowners insurance through an online platform, as...
Mud Inundates California Burn Areas, 15 Dead
Jan 10 2018 // The death toll from the mudslides that struck Southern California climbed to 15 on Wednesday as rescue crews searched for anyone trapped, injured or dead in the onslaught that smashed homes and swept away cars. The...
Southern California Edison Blamed in Lawsuit for 3 Los Angeles-Area Wildfires
Jan 10 2018 // Edison International’s Southern California Edison was blamed in a lawsuit for three wildfires that destroyed more than 1,000 buildings and killed a firefighter last month in the Los Angeles area. While no official...
California Wildfires Top Arch Capital’s Q4 Catastrophe Losses of $60M-$75M
Jan 10 2018 // Arch Capital Group reports estimated pre-tax losses of $60 million to $75 million from fourth quarter catastrophic events, primarily the California wildfires. This estimated range of losses – net of reinsurance...
California Wholesaler Conference Questions: Rising Premiums, Disruption, Disasters?
Jan 9 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Surplus lines in California had a great year with more premium and more items, such as policies and endorsements sold. However, surplus lines brokers had to work harder for all that...
Storm Floods California Roads, Loosens Hillsides
Jan 9 2018 // Heavy rains pounding Southern California for a second day caused flooding and loosened hillsides as officials in fire-ravaged communities warned people to stay off roads over fears of destructive mud flows. Water and...
HUB International Adds Del Grande, Torres in California
Jan 9 2018 // Hub International of California has named Jason Del Grande vice president of employee benefits. Del Grande will join the San Francisco employee benefits team, which shares servicing responsibility with 10 sister offices in...
Association of California Insurance Companies Now PCI Western Region Office
Jan 8 2018 // The Association of California Insurance Companies will officially be known as the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America’s Western Region office. The name change is the final step of the 2012 merger of...
California Pulls Stoned Driving Ad Critics Argued Promoted Pot Use
Jan 8 2018 // California officials on Friday pulled an ad aimed at discouraging stoned driving after critics said it glorified and promoted marijuana use. The public service announcement was rolled out as California began allowing...
Judge Tosses ‘Underfilled Lattes’ Class Action Against Starbucks
Jan 8 2018 // Starbucks Corp. has won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit accusing the coffee chain of overcharging customers by underfilling lattes and mochas to reduce milk costs. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Friday found...
2018 Insurance Industry Meetings & Events Directory
Jan 8 2018 // CIWA Industry Days Jan 8-10 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, Calif. California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Contact: Thomas Shovlin, thomas@ciwa.net The 19th Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference Jan...
California Reports 2016 Fatal Occupational Injuries Down
Jan 8 2018 // The California Department of Industrial Relations is reporting that 376 Californians died on the job in 2016, down slightly from the 388 deaths in 2015. A review of the past 12 years indicates that workplace fatalities in...
California Company Has Marijuana License, But Its Workers Still Arrested
Jan 8 2018 // The confusing rollout of marijuana regulations in California has been underscored in Mendocino County, where local authorities licensed a company to deliver pot only to have state police arrest two employees who were...
Former California Agent Sentenced for Stealing $100K in Premiums and Investments
Jan 5 2018 // Former licensed insurance agent Frederick Donald Rollins, 42, of Moreno Valley, Calif., was sentenced today after pleading guilty to one felony count of grand theft, two counts of securities fraud and an aggravated...
