Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bus Company Settles Southern California Amputee Lawsuit For $15M
Sep 18 2013 // An 85-year-old man who lost part of his leg after a public bus hit him in a Southern California crosswalk settled a lawsuit Monday for $15 million – just before a jury reached a verdict that would have given him even...
Burnham in California Taps Two New Account Executives
Sep 17 2013 // Burnham Benefits Insurance Services named two new members to its staff. New hires Laurel McClay, senior account executive, and Michele M. Dang, account executive, were hired to support the firm’s growth and expansion...
Networked in California Under New Ownership
Sep 17 2013 // Property/casualty aggregator Networked Insurance Agents announced today that a small group of individual investors has acquired the company from Strongwood Holding Company LLC. George Biancardi, president and CEO, led the...
Central California Hospital Fights Lawsuit Over Patient Death
Sep 16 2013 // A Clovis, Calif. hospital and doctor are defending themselves against a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who bled to death after a common surgery. The family of 40-year-old Nicole Caruso filed the medical-malpractice...
California Immigrants May Flag Status to Get Driver’s License
Sep 16 2013 // To get the driver’s licenses they’ve long sought, immigrants living in California illegally will have to do something many have long resisted: publicly identify themselves. The driver’s license bill that...
Bill Would Create California Quake Warning System
Sep 16 2013 // The California Legislature has approved a bill that would require the development of an earthquake early-warning system similar to what exists in Japan, Mexico and other quake-prone countries. The bill was sent to Gov....
After Suggested Workers’ Comp Rate Hike California Employers Hope Reform Kicks In
Sep 13 2013 // The reaction from an employers’ group to a suggested hike in California’s advisory workers’ compensation rates of nearly 7 percent was – surprisingly – cautiously optimistic. The insurer and public...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Garamendi Says Economy Needs Insurance
Sep 13 2013 // When it comes to mixing insurance and politics Congressman John Garamendi, D-California, can be considered an authority on the topic. While Garamendi never served professionally in the insurance industry, after the...
California Wildfire More Destructive Than Thought
Sep 13 2013 // Fire officials say crews assessing the damage from a Northern California wildfire have determined 68 homes were destroyed. That’s up from the earlier tally of 37. State fire information officer Roy Del Carlo said...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Beth Gaines Wants More “Business-Friendly” State
Sep 12 2013 // Although California Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, married into the insurance business, it seems to run in her blood, because it’s her blood that boils when she feels small businesses are being attacked by...
Bill Would Require Safety Features In California Limos
Sep 12 2013 // Limousines that operate in California would be required to have emergency exits under legislation approved by the state Assembly in the wake of several limousine fire deaths. Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of San Leandro...
USI Adds Reardon in Southern California
Sep 11 2013 // USI Insurance Services has hired Sean Reardon as a property/casualty broker. Reardon will be working out of USI’s office in Woodland Hills, Calif. He has 10 years of experience of commercial underwriting experience...
RSC Opens Professional Practices Group in California
Sep 11 2013 // Risk Strategies Co., a national insurance and benefits brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, launched a new professional practices group concentrated in California. The group specializes in providing...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Cooley Masters Quake Insurance
Sep 11 2013 // When it comes to mixing insurance and politics, the two might as well be one in the same for California Assemblyman Ken Cooley. Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, started his career in the 1970s working on earthquake issues with a...
Fireman’s Fund Taps Golden In California
Sep 10 2013 // Michael P. Golden has joined Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund as a strategic relationship manager. Golden will be responsible for building and strengthening our relationships and results with global brokers. Most...
PG&E to Settle Remaining Pipeline Explosion Claims in Northern California
Sep 10 2013 // PG&E Corp., owner of California’s largest utility, said it will settle “substantially all” remaining personal injury and property damage claims from a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion that killed...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Agent Ted Gaines Eyes California Commissioner Seat
Sep 10 2013 // From agent to politician, state Sen. Ted Gaines wants back in the insurance business – this time as the state’s top regulator of the industry. Gaines, R-Roseville, recently announced he’s running for...
Poms Names Slotkin Vice President in Southern California
Sep 9 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Matthew Slotkin vice president of new business development in the Woodland Hills, Calif. office. Slotkin has several years of executive recruitment experience and has...
California Senate Oks Limits On Workers’ Comp For Pro Athletes
Sep 9 2013 // The state Senate has approved a bill to prevent professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states from filing workers’ compensation claims in California. AB1309, by Democratic...
Wife Nabbed For Allegedly Cashing Dead Hubby’s Workers’ Comp Checks in California
Sep 9 2013 // Rosa Maria Barajas, 68, of Huntington Park, Calif. was arrested for allegedly receiving workers’ compensation benefits of her dead husband. The arrest was made by California Department of Insurance detectives with...
