Latest California Headlines
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California Commissioner Sued by UnitedHealth Over Fine
Jul 14 2014 // UnitedHealth Group has sued California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to block a $173.6 million fine the insurer incurred for violations during a botched acquisition. The lawsuit was filed last week in Orange County...
Fireman’s Fund in California Names Hunter Loss Prevention Leader
Jul 14 2014 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. named Matt Hunter as national loss prevention leader. Hunter will be based in Southern California and will be a part of the risk services and solutions team focusing...
Levin joins EPIC as a Vice President in Northern California
Jul 14 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has added Andrea Levin as a vice president in its Petaluma, Calif. office. Levin will report to Mike Ryan, property/casualty practice principal in the North Bay. Her responsibilities will...
High-Speed Tesla Crash Tests Electric Car Safety
Jul 11 2014 // A man who stole a Tesla Model S on July 4 in Los Angeles died this week from injuries sustained in a high-speed crash that hurt at least seven other people. Joshua Michael Flot, 26, of Inglewood, California, died on July 7...
Report: $100M in Losses from Southern California Quake
Jul 9 2014 // The moderate earthquake that struck Southern California in spring did more damage than people may think – and a bigger quake on that fault could be more devastating than a “big one” on the region’s...
Monticello Fire in California Nearly Contained
Jul 9 2014 // A wildfire that has blazed in a large swath in Northern California for the past five days is now 74 percent contained, according to fire and forestry officials. The Monticello Fire in Yolo County had at one point forced...
USDA Extends California Salmonella Chicken Recall to Bases
Jul 9 2014 // Federal regulators widened the recall of salmonella-tainted chicken produced by California-based Foster Farms to include products believed to have been send to military bases in five states to feed personnel and their...
Chicken Producer, London Insurers Battle Over ‘Recall’ Definition
Jul 9 2014 // Foster Farms and its London insurers are facing off over the definition of “product recall” as the poultry producer seeks payment of $14.2 million in claims arising from a government-mandated shutdown of one of...
Suhr in California Names Tran Employee Benefits Executive
Jul 8 2014 // San Jose, Calif.-based Suhr Risk Services has named Wente Tran an employee benefits account executive. Tran will help develop the firm’s portfolio of regional and national employee benefits accounts. Tran spent the...
Firefighters Gaining Upper Hand on California Wildfire
Jul 8 2014 // Nearly 2,000 firefighters are getting the upper hand on a wildfire in rugged and steep terrain in rural Northern California. Fire officials say the Monticello Fire near Lake Berryessa in Yolo County was 55 percent as of...
As America Overall Ages with Boomers, Energy States See Youth Boom
Jul 7 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37. 5...
10 Things to Know About Earthquakes
Jul 7 2014 // The earth’s surface consists of 25 interlocking plates. —National Aeronautics and Space Administration The earth’s plates move at a rate of roughly 2 centimeters per year. —National Aeronautics and Space...
California Agency Failing to Ensure Limo Safety, Audit Shows
Jul 7 2014 // Citing incidents like the 2013 limousine fire that killed five women on the San Mateo Bridge, California’s state auditor has said that the commission responsible for overseeing passenger carriers has failed to ensure...
Ex-Insurance Broker Arrested in California for Embezzlement
Jul 7 2014 // John Monreal, 45, of Santa Clarita, Calif. was arrested on May 30 by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies on 11 felony counts of embezzlement and insurance code violations after he allegedly duped...
Hidden Perils of California’s Proposed Health Insurance Price Controls
Jul 7 2014 // In November, California voters will decide whether to implement state government price controls on health insurance. Insurance agents and brokers are certain to be asked by their clients whether this ballot measure merits...
Data Breach of 20K Young Patients at California Hospital
Jul 7 2014 // Southern California’s Rady Children’s Hospital says the private health data of more than 20,000 young patients was mistakenly shared with a handful of job applicants. In one breach in June a Rady employee...
Home Emergency Insurance Solutions Relaunches Home Protection Plans in California
Jul 3 2014 // HomeServe USA‘s subsidiary Home Emergency Insurance Solutions (HEIS), is relaunching its optional Water Service Line Insurance plans as home protection plans to more than 425,000 households across the state of...
Northern California Fire At 4,300 Acres, Forced Evacuations
Jul 3 2014 // A wildfire in rural Northern California’s Napa County damaged two homes and forced the evacuation of 200 others, although the blaze has yet to threaten the area’s famed vineyards. The fire in Pope Valley grew...
Climate-Driven Firefighting in West Takes Cash From Prevention Budgets
Jul 3 2014 // Wildfires blamed in part on climate change are consuming timber in the U.S. West at such a furious pace that half the Forest Service’s budget is now spent fighting them — up from 21 percent in 2000. Add in the...
Alabama State Suit Against Auditor Dismissed by California Court
Jul 3 2014 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Alabama State University against the auditing firm that’s reviewing the school’s finances. An attorney for Forensic Strategic Solutions said that Los Angeles...
