Latest California Headlines
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Weak Safety Standards Caused California Exxon Refinery Blast, Agency Says
May 3 2017 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has concluded that a 2015 explosion at a Torrance, Calif., refinery then owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. could have been prevented, the agency concluded in a report issued on...
Partners Specialty’s Waite Goes to Burns & Wilcox as Vice President in California
May 3 2017 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has named Susanne M. Waite vice president and senior broker in its San Francisco, Calif. office. Waite has more than 30 years of experience in insurance, with 14 years in wholesale. Waite...
QBE North America Names Blanco Senior Vice President in California
May 3 2017 // QBE North America has named Marcia Blanco as senior vice president an Western region specialty underwriting engagement leader. She is based in San Francisco, Calif. Blanco will report to Jeff Grange, president of specialty...
Hub International Acquires Assets of City Insurance Services in California
May 2 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Buena Park, Calif.-based City Insurance Services its affiliates, Silver City Insurance Services Inc. and MOA Financial Services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brian...
California Wants Insurers to Double up on Rate Filings
May 1 2017 // Health insurers seeking regulatory approval for 2018 individual insurance plans can file two sets of premium rates as a way to deal with market uncertainty created by Republicans’ promise to repeal and replace...
California DWC Posts Interim Report on Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary
May 1 2017 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted the second interim status report on its efforts to promulgate regulations for an evidence-based workers’ compensation drug formulary. The...
Apple, Tesla Want California to Toughen Proposed Self-Driving Car Test Rules
May 1 2017 // Apple Inc. urged California to toughen up its proposed policy on testing self-driving cars, a move that would result in more public data that could help Apple catch up to rivals in the self-driving space by giving it a...
AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Networked Insurance Agents in California
May 1 2017 // AmWINS Group Inc. has acquired Networked Insurance Agents, a California-based insurance aggregator specializing in the standard lines insurance segment. Charlotte, N.C.-based AmWINS Group is an independent wholesale...
Southern California Couple Who Charged Police with Racism Nabbed for Fraud
May 1 2017 // A Southern California couple who had filed an official complaint accusing police officers of racism has been arrested for insurance fraud and filing a false police report. Lamont Goodwin, 33, and Sylvia Camarillo, 31, were...
California Jury Returns $454M Verdict in Hospital Gown Suit
May 1 2017 // Kimberly-Clark and its spinoff medical technology firm Halyard Health have been hit with $454 million in compensatory and punitive damages, after a federal jury found the companies misled California buyers about the...
Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Written Premium up in 2016
May 1 2017 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has completed its report on statewide workers’ comp insurer loss and premium experience through Dec. 31, 2016. The major findings of the WCIRB...
Former Mayor of California City Files Suit over Wife’s Ruptured Implants
May 1 2017 // Former San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock is suing the city, claiming a sidewalk fall ruptured his wife’s breast implants. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Hedgecock and his wife contend the city was careless and...
Workers Injured at Facebook Construction Site in California
Apr 28 2017 // Authorities say work has halted at a Facebook building under construction after an equipment failure caused part of the structure to collapse, injuring two workers. KNTV reported two construction workers were injured after...
California Lawmakers Pondering Move to Dump Health Insurers
Apr 27 2017 // California lawmakers are considering an audacious proposal that would substantially remake the state’s health care system by eliminating insurance companies and guaranteeing coverage for everyone. The idea known as...
Regulators in California Hit PG&E with $8.3M Fine for Deadly Wildfire
Apr 27 2017 // Regulators say they have fined Pacific Gas and Electric Co. $8.3 million for failing to maintain a power line that sparked a massive blaze in Northern California that destroyed 549 homes and killed two people. The...
$11.4M Settlement from California Oxygen Equipment Supplier
Apr 27 2017 // A company in California’s Bay Area that sells home oxygen equipment has agreed to pay more than $11 million to settle allegations that it profited from filing false reimbursement claims with the government. The San...
Supreme Court Weighs Limiting Where Corporations Can Be Sued
Apr 26 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared poised to clamp down on where corporations can be sued, a potential setback for plaintiffs’ lawyers who strive to bring cases in courts and locales they consider...
AP Specialty’s Epstein Named by RIC as Vice President in California
Apr 25 2017 // RIC Insurance General Agency has named Michele Epstein as vice president of management and professional lines. She will be based in Chatsworth, Calif. and produce, enhance and expand these product offerings for RIC’s...
Small Quake Hits California Coast Near Santa Barbara
Apr 25 2017 // A small earthquake has rattled parts of the Southern California coast. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the magnitude-3.6 quake hit just before 11 a.m. Sunday about 3 miles east of Santa Barbara. A sheriff’s...
Cavignac & Associates in California Names Delmundo Account Administrator
Apr 24 2017 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Doneca Delmundo as an account administrator within the agency’s commercial department. Delmundo will provide support and assistance to the agency’s...
