Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CEA Using California Quakes as Opportunity to Spread the Word
Dec 8 2016 // In the way of a magnitude 6.5 earthquake off the Northern California coast at 6:45 a.m., a hundred miles west of Eureka, and then a few hours later a magnitude 5.0 in the same general area, the California Earthquake...
Judge Denies State Farm’s Bid to Stop California Rate Reduction Order
Dec 8 2016 // California Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal has denied State Farm’s emergency request to stay Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’s order directing State Farm to reduce homeowner and renter rates by 7...
Casabat Joins Hub International in San Francisco as Benefits Exec
Dec 8 2016 // Hub International of California has added Antonio Casabat as a senior vice president for the employee benefits consultancy, responsible for client advocacy and consulting on behalf of clients located throughout the United...
Survey: California Leads Nation in Insurers Contracting with Diverse Businesses
Dec 7 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones hailed the results from the first national survey of the insurance industry around supplier and governing board diversity issued today. Insurance commissioners from six states...
California’s Cyence Hires Merchant to New York City Office
Dec 7 2016 // Cyence, a San Mateo, Calif., based company that works to empower the insurance industry to model the economic impact of cyber risk, has named John Merchant as director of business development. He will be working with...
Pinnacle Names Brobeck Senior Consulting Actuary in California
Dec 6 2016 // Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Inc. has named Linda K. Brobeck a senior consulting actuary in the firm’s San Francisco, Calif. office. Brobeck has been in the property/casualty insurance industry since 1986 and has...
Florida Supreme Court Rules Against Insurer in Concurrent Loss Case
Dec 6 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled in favor of policyholders seeking coverage on claims where there is the possibility of multiple concurrent losses but at least one of the losses is covered under their policy. Though the...
California Lawmaker Introduces ‘Superbug’ Infections, Death Reporting Bill
Dec 5 2016 // A California state senator introduced a bill on Monday that would mandate reporting of antibiotic-resistant infections and deaths and require doctors to record the infections on death certificates when they are a cause of...
Woodruff-Sawyer to Acquire Neovia in California
Dec 5 2016 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. will acquire Neovia Integrated Insurance Services in Santa Barbara, Calif. Woodruff-Sawyer will leverage the proprietary and client-focused employee benefits solutions for which Neovia is...
CSAA in California Names Huebner Chief Risk Officer
Dec 5 2016 // CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, has named Jeff Huebner chief risk officer. Huebner will be responsible for managing all aspects of enterprise risk for the company, including traditional risk management, reinsurance,...
California High Court Rules Firms Must Protect Households From Asbestos
Dec 5 2016 // The California Supreme Court says companies can be held liable for exposing members of a worker’s household to asbestos. The court ruled unanimously that companies have a responsibility to prevent such exposure when...
California, Texas Top Western States for Extreme Risk of Wildfire Damage
Dec 5 2016 // California and Texas rank first and second for the total number of residential properties at an extreme risk for wildfire damage, according to data provider CoreLogic. The reasons for that include: both states have large...
DIR: California Independent Medical Review Shows Improvements
Dec 5 2016 // A California Department of Industrial Relations progress report shows continuing improvement of the state’s Independent Medical Review process. IMR is the medical dispute resolution process that uses medical...
Jones: Undocumented License Law in California May Have Led to UM Drop
Dec 5 2016 // A California law that provided driver’s licenses to those who could not submit proof of legal presence in the U.S. may have led to a decrease in the number of uninsured motorists in the state, according to a...
Felony Charges for California Pair in $250K Classic Car Claim
Dec 5 2016 // Two people from California were arrested on a scheme allegedly involving the reported theft of an expensive classic car. Constantine Petros, 54, of Petaluma, was arrested on Oct. 19 in Sonoma County. Also arrested was...
Hearing Set in California for Proposed Amendments to Lien Filing Rules
Dec 2 2016 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued a notice of public hearing next month regarding a proposed addition and amendments to its lien filing rules. The primary purpose of this rulemaking is to...
California Commissioner Issues Auto Collision Repair Regulations
Dec 2 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued new Auto Collision Repair Labor Rate Survey Regulations that he said will increase consumer protections when a damaged vehicle is repaired. The California Department of...
Marsh & Mclennan Acquires Presidio Benefits Group in California
Dec 1 2016 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC has acquired Presidio Benefits Group, a San Francisco, Calif.-based employee benefits consulting firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. All of Presidio’s employees, including its...
The California Earthquake Authority 20 Years Later
Dec 1 2016 // Twenty years ago today insurers began selling California Earthquake Authority policies – two years off of a hard lesson learned by the state’s residents and its insurance market. But 20 years later are we any...
Residents in Northern California’s Bay Area Sue over Drought Rules
Dec 1 2016 // A group of multimillionaire residents of the San Francisco Bay Area have filed a lawsuit against their town claiming drought rules and penalties intended to keep people from over-watering their lawns are illegal. The East...
