Latest California Headlines
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California Surplus Lines Association Elects Houska Chair, New Board
Mar 4 2016 // The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have elected Chris Houska, Western region managing director of R-T Specialty LLC, chair of the SLA Board of Directors. Houska’s election was finalized after...
California Court Says Utility Still on Hook for Housing Costs After Leak
Mar 4 2016 // A California appeals court has rejected efforts by a utility to stop housing Los Angeles residents driven from their homes by a gas leak that lasted almost four months. The 2nd District Court of Appeal denied a petition by...
Burnham Benefits in California Names Dix Account Executive
Mar 4 2016 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. has named Alexandra Dix as an account executive. Dix is an experienced broker consultant. She spent the previous six years at Moore Benefits before joining...
United Valley Adds Rasmussen to Management Staff in California
Mar 3 2016 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Eric Rasmussen member relationship manager. Rasmussen’s responsibilities include handling front line relationships with California member agencies as well as recruiting...
Allstate Rideshare Coverage Approved in California
Mar 3 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved a new rideshare insurance product from Allstate Insurance. The Allstate coverage is for for people driving for transportation network companies like Uber and...
Timeline: Workplace Shootings in U.S. Over Past 5 Years
Mar 3 2016 // On Feb. 25, 15 people at a Kansas factory were shot, three of them killed, by a co-worker whom police say had also shot two other people as he drove toward the facility. The shooting at Excel Industries in Hesston, Kansas,...
Mother Nature More Relaxed in 2015
Mar 2 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. A review of 2015 natural hazard events revealed an overall reduction in property damage for the year. While this does not minimize the local impact of individual events...
‘Bond King’ Gross Accuses PIMCO of Falsely Claiming He Abandoned Firm
Mar 2 2016 // Bond fund manager Bill Gross on Tuesday accused Pacific Investment Management Co. of falsely claiming he suddenly decided to abandon the firm he co-founded in an effort to win dismissal of his $200 million...
Google Takes Partial Blame After Self-Driving Car Hit Bus
Mar 1 2016 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Monday it bears “some responsibility” after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus in a minor crash earlier this month. The crash may be the first case of one...
Stone Creek Brings on Hansen in California
Feb 29 2016 // Lafayette, Calif.-based Stone Creek Insurance Agency has named Maridel Hansen front office manager in its Northern California office. Hansen has more than 10 years of insurance experience ranging in duties from supervision...
EPIC Adds Hall as P/C Broker in California
Feb 29 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...
Google Self-Driving Car Hits Bus in California Crash
Feb 29 2016 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google self-driving car struck a municipal bus in a minor crash, in what may be the first case of one of its autonomous cars hitting another vehicle. In a Feb. 23 report filed with California...
EPIC Adds Drew to Northern California Construction Practice
Feb 25 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has added Trish Drew to the firm’s Northern California construction practice. Drew has more than 35 years of experience, and has focused on the risk management and insurance...
Michigan Says Potholes Make State a Great Place to Test Robot Cars
Feb 25 2016 // Michigan and California, vying for control of our driverless future, are each proposing crumbling World War II military sites as ideal locations to test robot cars. Michigan’s secret weapon? Better potholes. The...
UCA in California Names Stipati President
Feb 24 2016 // Cypress, Calif.-based UCA General Insurance Services Inc. has named Frank Stipati president of the firm. He will be responsible for day-to-day operations and the profitability of UCA. Stipati has held various positions...
SDS General Insurance Services in California Names Bareno Vice President
Feb 24 2016 // SDS General Insurance Services Inc. in California has named Pauline Bareno vice president of marketing. Bareno began her career at an insurance carrier, moving to the retail side at John Burnham Insurance, International...
Health Insurance Startup Oscar Narrows Hospital Networks to Compete
Feb 24 2016 // Oscar Health Insurance Corp. CEO Mario Schlosser has found the strategy he says will build his startup into a million-customer player in the health insurance industry: use tight, exclusive networks with hospitals to sell...
Lockton in California Adds Betterly to Employee Benefits Team
Feb 23 2016 // Lockton Pacific has named Suzy R. Betterly as a vice president, and consultant in in San Diego, Calif. She will be responsible for delivering solutions to clients’ benefits programs. Betterly has more than 17 years...
California Insurance Agent Faces Felony Charges for Pocketing Auto Premiums
Feb 23 2016 // Anthony John Diaz, 35, was arraigned today in the Fresno County Superior Court in California to answer charges that he allegedly stole insurance premiums from policyholders. Diaz was arrested earlier this month by...
Oklahoma Ponders ‘California Model’ for Earthquake Insurance
Feb 22 2016 // Oklahoma lawmakers are in the early stages of considering legislation to create a state-level “earthquake reinsurance program” that its author claims will be modeled on the California Earthquake Authority. S.B....
