Latest California Headlines
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Networked in California Promotes Carrington, Duong to Vice President
Mar 10 2015 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has promoted Michael Carrington to vice president of service and Tam Duong to vice president of commercial lines account management. Carrington leads a team of 30...
More States Eye Use of Drug Formularies in Workers’ Compensation
Mar 10 2015 // While workers’ compensation pharmacy benefit managers have been utilizing drug formularies to control prescription drugs costs and monitor medical treatments for a long time, states are now catching on. Drug...
Stone Creek Brings on Quinton in California
Mar 9 2015 // Kayla Quinton was named a junior broker at Stone Creek Insurance Agency Inc. in Lafayette, Calif. Quinton’s focus at Stone Creek is to assist in maintaining the agency’s growth and community presence in the...
Suit Filed Against Jewish Cemetery in California For Throwing Out Remains
Mar 9 2015 // One of the nation’s largest Jewish cemeteries and the resting place of notables including Groucho Marx has been sued for allegedly breaking vaults to make room for more graves and throwing out human bones in a...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based Laubacher
Mar 9 2015 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Laubacher Insurance Agency Inc., which services the California counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The agencies...
After Deadly California Fire Thousands of Smoke Alarms Installed
Mar 9 2015 // Volunteers have installed thousands of free smoke alarms in a Southern California neighborhood where a fire killed a mother and her two sons. Five-thousand smoke alarms donated by the Kidde fire safety products firm were...
New Drought Rules at Restaurants, Hotels Considered in California
Mar 9 2015 // Officials are considering new water restrictions as California’s drought drags on, possibly forcing residents to ask for water at restaurants and for fresh towels and sheets at hotels. The State Water Resources...
California ‘Superbug’ Outbreak Prompts FDA Alert on Device
Mar 9 2015 // The complex design of endoscopes that have been linked to a “superbug” outbreak at the UCLA Health System in California may hinder proper cleaning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned. The hospital...
Report: Wildfire Reconstruction of West’s Riskiest Homes – $237B
Mar 9 2015 // In the Western United States there are nearly 900,000 homes representing an estimated reconstruction cost of more than $237 billion considered at “very high” or “high” risk from wildfires, a report...
Hull & Company Taps Azer in Southern California
Mar 5 2015 // Hull & Company Inc. has named Sherif Azer a commercial underwriter/broker in its Irvine, Calif. office. Azer focuses on commercial lines with the placement of E&S brokerage and MGA risks. Azer began his insurance...
Settlement Reached in Deadly California Lexus Crash
Mar 5 2015 // Parents of a family that died when their Lexus sped up and crashed on a San Diego County, Calif. freeway have settled a lawsuit against the former car dealer. California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, his wife,...
California Sues Glass Company Over Hazardous Waste in Wine Bottles
Mar 4 2015 // California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control says it is suing a glass company for violating recycling laws after it added hazardous waste dust to wine bottles made at its Modesto plant. The department said...
Surplus Line Association of California Names Brady Chair
Mar 4 2015 // The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have named Denis Brady, president of Burns & Wilcox Brokerage in San Francisco, chair of the SLA Board of Directors. Brady’s election was finalized after...
Asiana Settles Personal Injury Suits Over San Francisco Crash
Mar 4 2015 // Asiana Airlines Inc. settled 72 personal injury claims in lawsuits filed over a July 2013 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport and is continuing to negotiate with other passengers. The airline announced the...
TNCs, State Flood Insurance Among Hot Topics at NCOIL Spring Meeting
Mar 3 2015 // For those whose travel plans weren’t interrupted by the inclement weather, the spring meeting of the tri-annually convened National Conference of Insurance Legislators – held in Charleston, S.C. just as February...
USDA Seeks Crop Insurance Products for Specialty Crop, Fruit, Vegetable Growers
Mar 2 2015 // The federal crop insurance program would be extended to growers of specialty crops, fruits and vegetables as well as other farmers who have not had access to policies under new rules proposed by the U.S. Department of...
Small Fire Erupts by Disneyland Attraction in California
Mar 2 2015 // Officials say a small fire erupted over the weekend near a Disneyland attraction, but it was put out by park firefighters and no one was hurt. Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown says the fire broke out about 9:20 p.m. on...
Atlas in California Names Williams Executive Vice President
Feb 27 2015 // Atlas General Insurances Services LLC in California has named Mark Williams executive vice president of underwriting. Williams will be responsible for driving profitable workers’ compensation and premium growth...
Californians Favor Mandatory Rationing to Battle Drought, Poll Shows
Feb 27 2015 // Nearly every Californian sees the drought as a big problem and more now say they favor mandatory rationing, according to a survey released Thursday. The Field Poll found 94 percent of registered California voters consider...
Lawsuit Filed in California Against Scope Maker in Superbug Infection
Feb 27 2015 // A patient has sued the maker of a medical scope linked to the outbreak of a superbug at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Attorney Pete Kaufman filed suit this week on behalf of 18-year-old Aaron Young, who remains...
