Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Woodruff-Sawyer Taps Richards in Southern California
Mar 22 2016 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Kyle Richards an associate producer in the Southern California office. Richards will develop new client relationships. His specialties include real estate, technology and...
EPIC Names McDonnell Managing Principal in California
Mar 21 2016 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Brian McDonnell a managing principal, and the formation of a national construction specialty group. McDonnell will be based in EPIC’s Concord, Calif. office and report to...
Noonan Named Principal of Cavignac & Associates in California
Mar 21 2016 // Matthew Noonan has been named principal of San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates. He joins Jeff Cavignac, Jim Schabarum, Scott Bedingfield, Patrick Casinelli and Matthew Slakoff in part ownership of Cavignac...
Farmers CEO Remembers Joplin Tornado at California Gala
Mar 21 2016 // Jeff Dailey, CEO of Farmers Insurance, turned what could have been a mere acceptance speech into a lesson-filled personal account of his first time seeing the devastation wreaked by the May 2011 tornado in Joplin,...
Famed California Seismologist Retiring From USGS
Mar 21 2016 // Seismologist Lucy Jones, the face of earthquake science and safety in Southern California, is retiring from the U.S. Geological Survey. Jones said in a Twitter posting Friday that she’s leaving federal service but...
HOT Markets: Drones, Cyber and More
Mar 21 2016 // Looking for new sales and opportunities in 2016? Here are a few of the top market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry this year. Sky’s...
California Bill Would Enable Independent Contractors to Unionize
Mar 21 2016 // A longshot proposal introduced in mid-March would make California the first state to allow rideshare drivers and all other independent contractors to unionize. The legislation came one week after the U.S. Chamber of...
Former California Agent Admits to Embezzling from Clients
Mar 21 2016 // Julie Diane Shinar, 44, of Long Beach, Calif., was convicted of theft by embezzlement in Long Beach Superior Court in early March. Shinar was ordered to serve three years of formal probation and pay $29,158 in restitution...
People – West
Mar 21 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has hired Steve Hall as a property/casualty insurance broker/producer. Hall will be based in EPIC’s Concord, Calif., office and report to Curt Perata, regional director of...
Claims for Broker Negligence Assignable
Mar 21 2016 // A California intermediate appellate court has reaffirmed that a professional negligence claim against a client’s property/casualty insurance broker is freely assignable. It also held that the assigned rights are...
California Judge: Lyft Lawsuit Against Uber Exec Should Go to Trial
Mar 18 2016 // An Uber executive lost a bid to throw out a breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by his former employer, Lyft, in advance of a trial scheduled for next month, according to a tentative ruling by a California state...
Judge Dismisses California Lawsuit over Duracell Batteries Guarantee
Mar 17 2016 // A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Procter & Gamble Co. of misleading consumers by guaranteeing that Duracell batteries would not fail for 10 years, when in fact the batteries might leak when used or stored...
Online Comparison Launched by California Department of Insurance
Mar 16 2016 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones wants California drivers know about the department’s online tool that helps consumers shop for different insurers based on price. The tool is now being launched by the California...
California University Students Ride to Class in Driverless Shuttle
Mar 16 2016 // Students at Sacramento State in California are being offered a ride to class in a driverless shuttle whose inventors hope will become the favored method of transportation on campuses and other small communities. The...
Unknown Amount of Oil from Leaking Cargo Ship in Southern California Harbor
Mar 15 2016 // Authorities say a large cargo ship has leaked an unknown amount of oil in the Los Angeles Harbor. The Coast Guard says the leak was reported Sunday evening, where an oily sheen was visible near the vessel Istra...
Court Rules ‘Bond King’ Gross Can Pursue $200M Lawsuit Against Allianz’ PIMCO
Mar 15 2016 // Bond manager Bill Gross will be able to pursue his lawsuit to recoup at least $200 million he claims that Pacific Investment Management Co. owes him in the wake of his 2014 ouster from the firm he co-founded. California...
California School District And Administrators Ignored Sex Abuse, Lawsuit Charges
Mar 14 2016 // Twenty Los Angeles, Calif.-area boys who say a Torrance High School wrestling coach sexually abused them are suing the school district and administrators, claiming they failed to protect the teens and ignored past...
California Ridesharing Bills Stalled in Committee Where Chair Has Taxi Ties
Mar 14 2016 // Two California bills to ease regulation of Uber and other ridesharing companies have been bottled up for nearly a year in a committee chaired by a lawmaker whose brothers own a San Diego taxi company. But state Sen. Ben...
California Bill Would Enable Independent Contractors to Unionize
Mar 11 2016 // A longshot proposal introduced this week would make California the first state to allow rideshare drivers and all other independent contractors to unionize. The legislation comes one week after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
Woodruff-Sawyer Names Landucci Vice President in California
Mar 9 2016 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Michael Landucci vice president and account executive of the firm’s San Francisco, Calif.-based construction practice. He has 14 years of experience and has specialized in risk...
