Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Southern California to See Spike in Temperatures, Fire Risk
Jun 14 2017 // Temperatures are climbing along with the risk of wildfires as a spring heat wave moves into Southern California. Forecasters predict temperatures in the 80s across greater Los Angeles this week, and some spots could see...
Heffernan Adds Owen as Advisor in California
Jun 14 2017 // Heffernan Financial Services, a division of Heffernan Insurance Brokers, has added Jennifer Owen as a financial advisor in the Irvine, Calif. branch. Owen began her career with MetLife working in sales, training, and...
Prime Insurance to Use $10M Capital Investment for New York, California Expansion
Jun 14 2017 // Prime Holdings Insurance Services, Inc., a Utah-based holding company for excess and surplus lines insurance services firms, said it received $10,000,000 from an undisclosed insurance enterprise in exchange for 2,000...
Senators in Drive to Remove Regulatory Roadblocks for Driverless Cars
Jun 14 2017 // A bipartisan trio of U.S. senators said on Tuesday they planned to introduce legislation to remove regulatory roadblocks to the introduction of self-driving cars, including sorting out conflicts between state and federal...
Wilson Elser Names Calle of Counsel in California
Jun 13 2017 // Wilson Elser has named Ingrid Calle of counsel in its Los Angeles California office. Calle focuses her practice on product liability, toxic tort, trucking, premises and construction accident liability and commercial...
Knight in California Names Ownbey Managing Director
Jun 13 2017 // Knight Insurance Group in California has named Vance Ownbey its managing director overseeing programs, underwriting, new business and product development. Ownbey previously was chief financial officer, chief technical...
3 Injured from Giant Chemical Fire Burning for Hours in Southern California
Jun 12 2017 // A major fire broke out and burned for hours at a company that produces cleaning chemicals in Anaheim, Calif., leaving three people injured. Anaheim fire officials say the blaze was reported shortly after 3 p.m. at American...
Compre Acquires Ireland-Based Captive Equinox CA Europe
Jun 12 2017 // Specialist insurer Compre has agreed to acquire Equinox CA Europe, a captive insurer of global engineering and construction conglomerate SNC-Lavalin, in a legacy transaction. The Ireland-based captive insured the...
Topa Names Chang Assistant Vice President in California
Jun 8 2017 // Topa Insurance Co. has named Olive Chang assistant vice president of reinsurance and programs. Chang will be located in the Calabasas, Calif. office. She will manage reinsurance and programs operation, quality control of...
Stone Creek in California Names Van Horn Marketing Manager
Jun 8 2017 // Lafayette, Calif.-based Stone Creek Insurance Agency has named Kimberly Van Horn as marketing manager. Van Horn has nine years of experience in commercial insurance. Van Horn’s past positions include marketing...
Settlement Deal Between California Commissioner and Applied Underwriters
Jun 8 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that the California Department of Insurance has reached a settlement agreement with Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries to stop what he calls “bait and switch...
InterWest in California Names Hoffman Marketing and Promotions Agent
Jun 8 2017 // Sacramento, Calif.-based InterWest Insurance Services, LLC has named Kurt Hoffmann a marketing and promotions agent. Hoffmann’s responsibilities include business development, project management, community engagement...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends Psychiatrist for Fraud
Jun 8 2017 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended Pasadena psychiatrist Jason Hui-Tek Yang from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system following his conviction in Riverside...
$2M Award by California Jury to Young Relative of Trinity Network Founders
Jun 7 2017 // A Southern California jury awarded $2 million to the granddaughter of Trinity Broadcasting Network founders Jan and Paul Crouch, finding that her grandmother acted outrageously in refusing to report the girl’s sexual...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based The Ponce De Leon Insurance Group
Jun 7 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Elk Grove, Calif. The Ponce de Leon Insurance Group Inc., dba Colton Insurance Associates. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Colton team will join Hub’s...
10 Lawyers, 6 Others Charged in Alleged California Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 6 2017 // Ten lawyers and six others were charged in a multi-million-dollar workers’ compensation fraud scheme that authorities say targeted Latinos in California. The charges were filed after a multi-year investigation into a...
CDI’s Finston Becomes Partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath in California
Jun 6 2017 // John Finston, most recently deputy commissioner and general counsel for the California Department of Insurance, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner. Finston will work from the firm’s San Francisco...
Topa’s Manzitto Joins JLT Re as Executive Vice President in California
Jun 5 2017 // JLT Re North America Inc. has named Tony Manzitto executive vice president in Los Angeles, Calif. Manzitto will focus on the expansion of JLT Re’s structured products team. Manzitto most recently held the positions...
WIAA in California Promotes Brockhouse, Pettersen to Vice President
Jun 5 2017 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based Western Insurance Agents Association has promoted Kou Brockhouse and Steven Pettersen to vice president. Both were member services specialists before being promoted to directors of business...
AmWINS and Networked Deal Plays to Strengths of Both Firms, Execs Say
Jun 5 2017 // The acquisition by AmWINS Group Inc. at the end of last month of Networked Insurance Agents will achieve a number of objectives for both the Charlotte, N.C.-based global distributor of specialty insurance products and...
