Latest California Headlines
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Hospitality Workers Ratify New Contract with 34 Southern California Hotels
Mar 27 2024 // Thousands of Southern California hospitality workers overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with 34 hotels after repeated strikes since the summer, their union announced. Workers won higher pay, increased employer...
People Moves: Aspire in California Names McQuaid VP of Product; CWCI Elects 2024 Board of Directors
Mar 26 2024 // Aspire Appoints McQuaid VP of Product Aspire General Insurance, headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California, named Pam McQuaid vice president of product. McQuaid has more than 25 years of extensive experience in...
California Work Safety Board Approves Indoor Heat Rules, But Another State Agency Raises Objections
Mar 25 2024 // As global warming raises temperatures, a California work safety board has approved standards that would require companies to protect employees from excessive indoor heat, particularly in warehouses. The rules still need to...
People Moves: Aspire in California Names Daniel Director of Underwriting
Mar 25 2024 // Aspire General Insurance named Tracy Daniel director of underwriting. Daniel has more than 26 years of leadership experience in the underwriting field. Most recently, she was the underwriting associate operations manager...
Chevron to Pay Over $13M in Settlement for California Oil Spills
Mar 21 2024 // Chevron will pay $13.1 million in settlement agreements with two California state agencies for past oil spills in Kern County, Bakersfield, the California natural resources agency said on Wednesday, as the major oil...
Justice Department Sues Apple in Antitrust Case Over iPhone
Mar 21 2024 // The US Justice Department and 16 attorneys general sued Apple Inc., accusing the iPhone maker of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features on its popular devices. The suit,...
State Farm Nonrenewing 30K California Homeowners, Renters
Mar 20 2024 // State Farm General Insurance Co. said it will non-renew 30,000 California homeowners, rental dwelling, and other property insurance policies State Farm announced in May last year it had stopped accepting new policy...
California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Celebrates Unprecedented Growth and Continues Upward Trend
Mar 19 2024 // SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, March 19, 2024 – The California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocacy, education, and networking in the Property & Casualty segment of the...
Older Boeing Plane Found to Have Missing Panel After Flight From California to Oregon
Mar 19 2024 // A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on an older Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of...
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background Part 1: Alabama through Georgia
Mar 19 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance licenses can be hard to get and keep, even for those with the most pristine backgrounds. So, what’s an insurance producer to do if they find themselves...
Apple Must Face Suit Claiming AirTags Are Weapon of Stalkers
Mar 18 2024 // Apple Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its AirTag devices help stalkers track their victims. US District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled Friday that three plaintiffs in the class-action suit...
People Moves: BenefitMall Names Hutchinson Benefits Sales Executive for Southern California
Mar 18 2024 // BenefitMall has named Don Hutchinson benefits sales executive for Southern California. Hutchinson has over a decade of industry experience. Before joining BenefitMall in February, Hutchinson most recently served as a...
Transportation Industry Outlook 2024: A Year of Continued Challenges
Mar 18 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. More challenges are coming to the transportation sector in 2024. The U.S. economy continues to be the number one worry for drivers and fleet carriers alike....
People & Places
Mar 18 2024 // National AXA XL named Michelle Chia as chief underwriting officer for cyber in the Americas. Based in New York, Chia joins AXA XL from Zurich North America, where she most recently served as head of professional liability...
Business Moves
Mar 18 2024 // East King Insurance Partners, Mehta Insurance Agency Florida-based King Insurance Partners acquired Mehta Insurance Agency, located in Absecon, New Jersey. Mehta Insurance Agency’s offerings include business, flood...
Report Looks at Cumulative Trauma and Litigated Claims in California Workers’ Comp
Mar 18 2024 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows nearly half of all litigated claims in the Los Angeles Basin are cumulative trauma claims that involve physical or mental injuries from repetitive stress,...
Southern California Edison to Pay $80M to US Over 2017 Wildfire
Mar 18 2024 // Southern California Edison agreed to pay the United States $80 million to cover costs and damages incurred by the U.S. Forest Service from the 2017 Thomas wildfire in California’s Los Padres National Forecast, the...
Waymo’s Robotaxi Expands into Los Angeles, Starting Free Rides in Parts of City
Mar 14 2024 // Robotaxis will begin cruising the streets of Los Angeles this week when Google spinoff Waymo starts offering free rides to some of the roughly 50,000 people who have signed up for its driverless ride-hailing service. Waymo...
California Insurance Commissioner: Allow Cat Modeling in Rates for Wildfires
Mar 14 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said he will allow catastrophe modeling to be used in rate regulation for wildfires, a move he says will help restore insurance options for Californians. It was the latest...
California Insurer of Last Resort Is Unprepared for Big Disaster
Mar 14 2024 // California’s property insurer of last resort told lawmakers that it’s financially unprepared to cover the costs of a major catastrophe in the state. The plan now faces $311 billion in potential losses, up from...
