Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Couple Held In Qatar File Suit in California Against Company
Dec 10 2014 // A Southern California couple who were held in Qatar for nearly two years before they were cleared in the death of their 8-year-old daughter have sued the engineering firm that sent them overseas. The Los Angeles Times...
Sweeping Upgrades For Quakes Proposed by Los Angeles Mayor
Dec 10 2014 // Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending billions of dollars to better protect Los Angeles against a devastating earthquake by strengthening thousands of vulnerable older buildings and fortifying the city’s water...
INSURICA Acquired Oklahoma, California Agencies in Q3 2014
Dec 9 2014 // Oklahoma City-based INSURICA Insurance Management Network announced it acquired an agency in Oklahoma and one in California during the third quarter of 2014. In Oklahoma, INSURICA added James & Associates, located in...
Cat Firm Issues Update on August Napa Quake in California
Dec 4 2014 // A brief issued on the August 2014 South Napa earthquake shows damage estimates of insured losses likely to be less than $100 million, yet total damages from the event approached $1 billion. Catastrophe modeling firm Karen...
California Man Sues Nintendo Over Donkey Kong Suit Zoo Outing
Dec 4 2014 // A man who says he suffered a serious heart condition after wearing a Donkey Kong ape costume at the Los Angeles Zoo has sued Nintendo. Parker Mills’ attorney, Tyler Barnett, says Mills was hired to play the ape...
CoreLogic in California Names Patton Head of Hazard Product Development
Dec 3 2014 // Data and analytics provider CoreLogic has named Lindene Patton global head of hazard product development for its insurance and spatial solutions business. Patton will lead development and research analytics for natural...
Rain in Drought-Dry California Brings Hopes, Fears
Dec 3 2014 // A Pacific storm moved into drought-dry California on Tuesday, bringing hopes for much-needed moisture but fears of mudflows on wildfire-scarred hillsides. Light rain began falling before sunrise, but the heaviest downpours...
Heavy Rain, Potential Flooding Could Come From California Storm
Dec 2 2014 // A Pacific storm will dump heavy rains across drought-stricken Southern and Central California, threatening the area with mudslides and floods. The storm will also leave snow across the Sierra Nevada mountains that may...
California Insurance Department Ready to Review TNC Policies
Dec 1 2014 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said last month his department is ready to accept insurance company filings to create new commercial coverage or endorsements to personal auto insurance policies that will...
California Auto Insurance Fraud Sweep Nets Nearly 200
Dec 1 2014 // Detectives from the California Department of Insurance assisted by local district attorneys and local law enforcement spent a week in mid-November serving arrest warrants in 22 counties where more than 200 felony counts...
Judge Denies GM Bid to Merge California, New York Ignition Switch Suits
Nov 28 2014 // General Motors Co. lost a bid to merge a California county prosecutor’s lawsuit over faulty ignition switches with customer cases pending in New York that make similar accusations about the carmaker’s conduct...
California Bus Crash That Killed 1 Was Its 2nd Wreck Of Day
Nov 25 2014 // A tour bus that drifted off a Northern California interstate and crashed onto its roof, killing a 33-year-old man and injuring 30 others, was the vehicle’s second wreck in a day, authorities said. The bus was en...
Barney & Barney Opens Another Northern California Office
Nov 25 2014 // Barney & Barney announced the opening of a Walnut Creek, Calif. office to serve its growing number of clients in the East Bay. The office is in downtown Walnut Creek and will accommodate more than 70 Barney &...
Schools in California to Pay $139M in Sex Abuse Settlement
Nov 24 2014 // The Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to pay $139 million to settle lawsuits by sexual abuse victims of a former third-grade teacher whose 2012 arrest sparked criticism of how allegations of abuse were handled at...
AssureStart Online Small Business Insurance Now Sold in California
Nov 24 2014 // AssureStart, a Seattle-based online small business insurance provider, is now open for business in California. AssureStart sells business property and general liability insurance on the Internet to small businesses with...
York Names Bijarchi Vice President in California
Nov 19 2014 // York Risk Services Group has named Bijan Bijarchi vice president of risk management practices. Bijarchi will be based in Orange, Calif. York’s risk management practices division specializes in custom claims and risk...
Nakamura Joins Woodruff-Sawyer in California as Vice President
Nov 18 2014 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Richard Nakamura as vice president in the firm’s property/casualty practice. Nakamura will work on building the practice’s client base. His focus...
USG Launches Professional Division in California, Taps Fisher
Nov 17 2014 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agent, has launched of a professional division in El Segundo, Calif. The firm has also hired Frederick Fisher as director of professional liability....
Milestone Risk Management in California Names Stonehouse President
Nov 17 2014 // Milestone Risk Management of Irvine, Calif. has named Steve Stonehouse its new president. Stonehouse begins at the start of 2015. Stonehouse created Stonehouse Consulting Group after retiring from the carrier CNA in 2012...
Surmount in California Names Phin Commercial Lines Specialist
Nov 17 2014 // San Diego, Calif.-based Surmount Insurance Services has named James Phin a commercial lines coverage specialist in its firm. His focus is on working with manufacturers and startups. Phin has more than a decade of sales...
