Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bill in California Responds to Cheerleader Lawsuits
Jul 2 2015 // They boost their teams from the sidelines and promote them by appearing in calendars and at fan events, but some sports cheerleaders say they are still not considered team employees and are paid what amounts to less than...
California Insurance Guarantee Association in Whistleblowing Suit
Jul 2 2015 // Danny Ly, the former controller for the California Insurance Guarantee Association, has filed a lawsuit against the association that charges it fired him after he blew the whistle about alleged financial irregularities,...
New Insurance Rules for California Ridesharing in Effect Today
Jul 1 2015 // A new law requiring that ridesharing drivers and companies have liability insurance coverage during all three periods in which they use the ride-sharing application goes into effect today. The rules are in effect under...
Students Sue University of California Over Sex Assault Claims
Jul 1 2015 // Three current and former University of California, Berkeley students sued the school on Monday, accusing administrators of not doing enough to investigate their sexual assault claims and hand out punishment. The three...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Losses and Expenses for 2014 Rise, Ratios Fall
Jul 1 2015 // Insurer losses and expenses rose in 2014 from the year before but ratios fell, a California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau report on workers’ comp losses and expenses for 2014 shows. The report...
Court Upholds California Broker’s License Revocation for Sexual Misconduct
Jun 30 2015 // The Court of Appeal upheld a decision by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to revoke the broker-agent license of Wellman Dale Shew, 55, of Fresno. When the California Department of Insurance learned that Shew...
Ninth Circuit Court Upholds California’s Workers’ Comp Liens
Jun 30 2015 // The U.S. Ninth Circuit court on Monday upheld California’s fee requirement on workers’ compensation liens. The lien fees were a key part of Senate Bill 863, the workers’ comp reform bill passed in 2012....
California Committee Stands Up to the Fourth Branch of Government
Jun 30 2015 // Like other myths and fairy-tales meant to conceal and excite, California’s school children are taught to believe that there are three branches of government. In fact, there clearly are four. Though a putative part of...
California Funds Incentives For Earthquake Protection
Jun 29 2015 // When California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the 2015-2016 budget, it included $3 million in funding to expand the Earthquake Brace and Bolt program and clarified that the program’s grants are income-tax exempt at the...
Fosun’s Acquisition of Meadowbrook’s California Subsidiaries OK’d
Jun 29 2015 // The California Department of Insurance has approved Fosun International Ltd.’s acquisition of control of Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc.’s subsidiaries commercially domiciled in of California. The subsidiaries...
Mcdonald-Leavitt in California Brings on Stevens
Jun 29 2015 // McDonald-Leavitt Insurance Agency in Santa Rosa, Calif. has hired Jean Stevens as an agent licensed in commercial insurance and employee benefits. Stevens has 25 years of insurance experience. Stevens specializes in...
Ridesharing Apps in California Get Kids Around When Parents Are Busy
Jun 26 2015 // Sacha Simmons used to dread taking a taxi to her high school or someplace else to hang out with her teenage friends when her parents weren’t around to give her a ride. Sometimes, the cab drivers wouldn’t show...
Rotted Beams Identified In Deadly Northern California Balcony Collapse
Jun 24 2015 // A balcony that snapped off an apartment building and led to the deaths of six college students was supported by wooden beams that had been badly rotted by exposure to moisture, building inspectors in Berkeley, Calif.,...
7 in California and Washington Charged With 100+ Counts of Auto Insurance
Jun 24 2015 // Seven people in California and Washington were arrested for allegedly conspiring to defraud eight insurance companies by submitting fraudulent auto insurance claims totaling more than $175,000. Detectives from the...
LP Insurance Services in California Taps Whitfield
Jun 24 2015 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Cory Whitfield as a risk management consultant in its risk management services division in Sacramento, Calif. At LP Insurance, he is responsible for on-site inspections, safety program...
Firefighters Battle Blazes in 4 Western States
Jun 24 2015 // Wildfires are sweeping through several dry Western states, including a massive blaze burning out of control in Northern California. A look at the latest hotspots and what crews are doing to control them: Northern...
New Worker Classification Needed for Sharing Economy, Uber Drivers
Jun 24 2015 // This question of whether an Uber driver is an employee doesn’t matter just to Uber. As you may have heard, the on-demand car-service juggernaut lost a case early this month before the California Labor Commissioner on...
USAA Piloting Auto Insurance Quotes in California Through Google Compare
Jun 23 2015 // California drivers shopping for auto insurance online can now receive USAA rate quotes and coverage information in their Google search results through the Google Compare service that debuted in March 2015. USAA is piloting...
Alliant in California Announces Investment from Stone Point Capital
Jun 23 2015 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services announced a significant equity investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC. In connection with the transaction, funds managed by Stone Point will become...
CIG in California Names Doll Vice President and Chief Actuary
Jun 23 2015 // Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has named Andrew Doll vice president and chief actuary. Doll began his insurance career as an actuarial analyst in 1990. Following that he began working for a national...
