Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Pot Dispensary Owners Nabbed For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 28 2015 // The owners of the Green Cactus Collective Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Palmdale, Calif., were arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud. Tiffany Shorter, 26, and Jabe Satterfield, 77, failed to carry...
Patient Death at California Mental Facility Results in Suit
Apr 28 2015 // A California mental health facility is being sued by the family of Kevin Turner, who was found suffocated in his bed last year. The San Luis Obispo Tribune reported the lawsuit against Atascadero State Hospital says Turner...
Truckers at Major California Port Strike Over Wages
Apr 28 2015 // Truck drivers who haul goods from the busiest port complex in the United States walked off the job Monday in a dispute over their wages and employee status, months after another West Coast labor conflict cost major delays...
Fire at Southern California Business That Killed 3 Under Investigation
Apr 27 2015 // Arson and homicide investigators are looking into the cause of an early morning fire over the weekend at a Southern California business where three people died. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials say...
Hub Names Jellen Managing Director of Entertainment Practice in California
Apr 27 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has named Robert Jellen as managing director of Hub’s Los Angeles, Calif.-based entertainment practice. Hub also added Seth Cohen, vice president, and Dany Rodriguez, account executive, to...
Employers Names Brown Senior Vice President in California
Apr 24 2015 // RENO, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. has named Lori A. Brown senior vice president and deputy general counsel. Brown is based out of the company’s San Francisco and Walnut Creek, Calif. offices. She is the...
Suit Says Southwest Failed in Medical Emergency Over California
Apr 24 2015 // A woman filed a wrongful-death lawsuit this week against Southwest Airlines, claiming crew members mistook her husband’s medical emergency for unruly behavior aboard a California flight and didn’t assist...
Scientists: Western Migration Has Put 143M Americans in Quake-Prone Areas
Apr 24 2015 // More than 143 million people in the mainland states now live on shaky ground, earthquake scientists say. That’s because more people have moved into the quake-prone West Coast and some quake zones were recently...
California’s Armitage Given Big “I” Highest Honor
Apr 24 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers has given Jim Armitage the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor IIABA bestows on one of its members, during the annual Big “I” legislative...
Earth Day, Climate Change and Drought
Apr 23 2015 // As much of the U.S. and the rest of the planet celebrated Earth Day, California politicos and leaders squabbled over how best to deal with the ongoing drought – which may or may not be caused by climate change, depending...
Workers’ Comp Study: California Reforms Lowered Medical Payments Per Claim
Apr 23 2015 // A study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute indicates some benefits were had from California’s workers’ compensation reform bill. This WCRI 15th edition of the CompScope’ Benchmarks study...
California Department of Insurance Approves CEA Rate Reduction
Apr 23 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved a statewide rate reduction of 10 percent for earthquake insurance policies issued by the California Earthquake Authority. The reduction is effective Jan. 1, 2016. Jones...
Report Shows Occupational Fatalities in California Rose in 2013
Apr 23 2015 // The number of Californians who died on the job rose slightly in 2013, according to a Department of Industrial Relations report. The uptick apparently corresponds to California’s higher employment rates and its...
Nonprofits Insurance in California Names Gibson Vice President of Claims
Apr 22 2015 // The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group in California has named Dave Gibson vice president of claims. Gibson has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance claims industry, and has held management positions for most...
Compwest Names Pedroza Business Development Consultant in California
Apr 22 2015 // CompWest Insurance Co. has hired Edward Pedroza as a business development consultant in its Northern Los Angeles/Inland Empire territory. Pedroza will be responsible for account underwriting, agency relationships and...
Despite California Drought, Bay Area Researchers Fear Flooding
Apr 21 2015 // Though many researchers in California are focused on the lack of rain, a group in the Bay Area found that if the skies do open up flooding will be a problem. The San Mateo County Times reported that the nonprofit Bay Area...
Earthquake Fault Puts California at Risk For Tsunami
Apr 21 2015 // Scientists say the earthquake fault that runs through the coastal city of Ventura, Calif. can produce strong shaking and dangerous tsunamis, prompting state officials to study whether to revise hazard maps. The Los Angeles...
Judge in California Rules Uber Must Face Suit Claiming Bias Against Blind Riders
Apr 21 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. must defend against a lawsuit accusing the popular ride-sharing service of discriminating against blind people by refusing to transport guide dogs, a federal judge ruled. In a decision late Friday...
How to Manage Risk of Valuable Properties Concentrated in Coastal Areas
Apr 21 2015 // U.S insured property values as of 2014 exceed $90 trillion, but the bulk of that is increasingly concentrated in vulnerable coastal areas. With that in mind, new risk metrics could better help monitor exposures, Karen...
California Workers’ Comp Premium Up 11% in 2014; Combined Ratio Still Exceeds 100
Apr 20 2015 // California written premium for calendar year 2014 was roughly $16.5 billion, 11 percent above the total in 2013 and 88 percent above the written premium reported for 2009, according to a report from the California...
