Latest California Headlines
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California Commissioner Approves Reduced 2016 Pure Premium Rate Filing
Oct 20 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved workers’ compensation rates for 2016 that are 2 percent below the average approved in July. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted its...
Integro Names Holley Principal in its California Office
Oct 20 2015 // Integro Ltd. has named Peter Holley a principal in its San Francisco, Calif. office. Holley is responsible for Integro’s surety operations on the West Coast, and will coordinate with surety colleagues throughout the...
California Woman Blinded in Eye by Flying Disc Settles Suit for $3M
Oct 19 2015 // A woman who was blinded in one eye by a flying golf disc at a Southern California park has settled a lawsuit for $3 million. The Daily Breeze of Torrance reported that the settlement involves Noreen Goodbody. She was...
Another Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Reforms Working
Oct 19 2015 // A new study on worker’s compensation across 17 states shows that reforms sometimes work — and such is the case of sweeping reforms made in California, the report shows. The Workers Compensation Research...
California Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Formulary Bill
Oct 19 2015 // California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to move California forward in curbing abuse of opioid medications in the workers’ compensation system. Assembly Bill 1124, authored by Assemblyman Henry T. Perea,...
A.M. Best Turns Outlook to Negative for Greenpath in California
Oct 19 2015 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Greenpath Insurance Co. in Rancho Cordova,...
California Commissioner OKs Metlife Ridesharing Insurance for Lyft Drivers
Oct 19 2015 // Lyft drivers have a new ridesharing insurance option covering all three ridesharing periods. Those changes came to light earlier this month with the introduction of a new product, approved by Insurance Commissioner Dave...
Jury Awards $1.8M Exploding e-Cigarette Trial in California
Oct 19 2015 // A Superior Court jury in Riverside, Calif., awarded $1.85 million in a lawsuit over an e-cigarette product that exploded while charging, physically burning and emotionally scarring a woman, her attorneys said in early...
2 Northern California Wildfires Caused Nearly $2B in Damage
Oct 16 2015 // An insurance company says two massive wildfires that burned up parts of Northern California did nearly $2 billion in damage, among the costliest blazes the Golden State has ever seen. The Sacramento Bee reports that a...
EPIC Ads Slater as Principal and Producer in Central California
Oct 16 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named DeAnna Slater a principal and property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the firm’s Fresno, Calif. office. She will report Terri Parreira, managing principal. She...
Metromile in California Names Former Dish Executive Chief Marketing Officer
Oct 16 2015 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Metromile has named James Moorhead, a former Dish Network executive, its chief marketing officer. The appointment is effective Oct. 26. Moorhead will report to Metromile CEO Dan Preston....
Climate Change Means Wildfire Seasons May Continue: Professor
Oct 15 2015 // The drought-plagued western U.S. has had more than its share of fires this year – but this may not be the last year that the nation sees so many wildfires gone wild. A Yale University professor looking back over the last...
Small Quake Shakes Big Bear Area in Southern California
Oct 15 2015 // A small earthquake has shaken the Big Bear Lake area of the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 6:55 a.m. Wednesday tremor had a magnitude of 3.6. It was centered 3 miles south...
Insurers in Massive California Fires Agree to Claim Handling Reforms
Oct 14 2015 // Insurers handling wildfire damage from the Valley and Butte wildfires last month in Northern California has agreed to a claims handling process to help fire victims begin their recovery more quickly, Insurance Commissioner...
Wells Fargo Insurance Launches California Prop 65 Insurance Program
Oct 13 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance has launched a Prop 65 insurance program liability insurance program tailored to provide financial protection for product manufacturers, distributors, and formulators of products that contain any of...
EPIC Enters into Strategic Transaction with Alliant in California
Oct 13 2015 // San Francisco, Calif.-based EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants announced a transaction of certain books of business to Alliant Insurance Services, including the customers of David Alvarado and a group of employees who...
California Commissioner OKs Metlife Ridesharing Insurance for Lyft Drivers
Oct 12 2015 // Lyft drivers have a new ridesharing insurance option covering all three ridesharing periods and offering liability coverage with the option to add additional coverages. Those changes came to light on Monday with the...
Another Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Reforms Working
Oct 9 2015 // A new study on worker’s compensation across 17 states shows that reforms sometimes work – and such is the case of sweeping reforms made in California, the report shows. The Workers Compensation Research Institute,...
California Bill Requiring Earthquake Reports on Water Infrastructure Signed
Oct 9 2015 // California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law a plan to require regional water-management officials to report the vulnerability of their water systems to an earthquake. Senate Bill 664, authored by Sen. Bob...
California Wants Half Its Power from Renewable Energy by 2030
Oct 9 2015 // Gov. Jerry Brown dramatically increased California’s climate-change goals, committing the state to use renewable energy for half its electricity and make existing buildings twice as energy-efficient in just 15...
