Latest California Headlines
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Judges: PG&E Improperly Declared 2 Pipelines Safe in California
Aug 22 2013 // Two judges are threatening to fine Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for improperly declaring two natural-gas pipelines in Northern California safe and using misleading regulatory filings to minimize the problem. The San...
Advanced Insurance Underwriters, CODA to Offer GL, WC Coverage to Contractors
Aug 22 2013 // Advanced Insurance Underwriters, a nationwide provider of commercial insurance, and CODA, the California Operator & Door Association, have collaborated to give contractors access to general liability coverage and...
SCM Taps Fein as Vice President in Southern California
Aug 21 2013 // SullivanCurtisMonroe named Dan Fein vice president in its Los Angeles office. Fein comes to from Whorton Insurance Services. Before that he was with Elkins Jones. For the past 10 years, Fein has focused on real estate,...
Executive Frets ACA Impact on California Workers’ Comp
Aug 21 2013 // Like many, Steve Festa, with Reno, Nev.-based EMPLOYERS, has some serious concerns about just how the Affordable Care Act will affect the insurance industry. And Festa’s biggest concern is how this sweeping change in...
Cause of Limo Fire in California That Killed 5 Revealed
Aug 20 2013 // Recordings of the 911 calls released Monday captured witnesses, including some who had just escaped the limo, recounting the last moments of the five nurses who died inside, as authorities said a mechanical problem was...
Judge OKs $30 Million Southern California School Molest Settlements
Aug 16 2013 // A judge has approved settlements of lawsuits that claimed dozens of students were molested at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles and the district has made the first of what may become $30 million in...
Bill Enabling Electronic Policy Renewal for Californians Gets Committee Nod
Aug 14 2013 // The California Assembly Judiciary Committee gave thumbs up to a bill that would enable insureds to renew their policies electronically. The bill, which has the backing of the Association of California Insurance Companies,...
Lessons from U.S. Blackout of 10 Years Ago: Kemp
Aug 14 2013 // Exactly 10 years ago, at 15:05 Eastern Time on August 14, 2003, an overhead power line came into contact with an overgrown tree near Cleveland, Ohio. What happened next is a frightening case study of how vulnerable modern...
Safety Fears Spur Regulations For Trampoline Gyms In Utah, California
Aug 13 2013 // Stephen Merrill was finishing his freshman year of college two years ago when he and a group of friends went to an indoor trampoline park in Utah for a day of flipping, jumping and bouncing. At one point, Merrill leaped...
EPIC Adds Principal Jeffery in Southern California
Aug 12 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has added Dawn Jeffery as a property/casualty insurance producer in its Inland Empire division in Southern California. Her responsibilities will include the acquisition of new clients as...
California Faces Longer, Tough Wildfire Season
Aug 12 2013 // California truly is the Golden State this summer – golden brown – and that has fire officials worried heading into the peak of the wildfire season. It’s still weeks before the fire-fanning Santa Ana winds usually...
Southern California Wildfire Pushes East, Forces Evacuations
Aug 9 2013 // A California wildfire that doubled in size overnight torched 15 buildings east of Los Angeles, injured at least five people and forced the evacuation of 500 homes in about half a dozen small communities, authorities said...
Report: Climate Change Is Impacting California
Aug 9 2013 // Coastal waters off California are getting more acidic. Fall-run chinook salmon populations to the Sacramento River are on the decline. Conifer forests on the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada have moved to higher...
Fashion Blogger Sues Bet Over Attire Clash, Discrimination in California
Aug 9 2013 // A transgendered style correspondent who says BET made him tone down his feminine look on the network’s pre-awards show last month has filed a lawsuit against the network’s parent company for discrimination,...
Parents Of Woman Crushed By Tree In California Sue PG&E
Aug 9 2013 // The parents of a camp counselor crushed to death by a falling tree near Yosemite National Park are suing Pacific Gas & Electric and the camp’s arborist. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the family of...
Hub International Taps Cohen as Vice President in California
Aug 9 2013 // Hub International Insurance Services Inc. named Andrew J. Cohen senior vice president of sales for its employee benefits division in San Francisco. Prior to Hub, Cohen was affiliated with the Arthur J. Gallagher Brokerage...
Report: Obesity Moniker to Impact California Workers’ Comp
Aug 8 2013 // The recognition of obesity as a disease may have a significant impact on workers’ compensation claims in California, a group said in a report on Thursday. The group issued the report following a decision in June by...
Report Released on Insurer Procurement Diversity in California
Aug 7 2013 // A survey of supplier diversity in the insurance industry for California’s largest 206 insurance companies was issued on Wednesday. The results, which are posted on the California Department of Insurance website,...
Boring Named Managing Director for Wells Fargo in Southern California
Aug 6 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance named Alan Boring senior vice president and managing director for its Sherman Oaks, Calif. office. Boring will lead the office’s business development, client service and sales, and cross-sell...
California City Sues Chevron Over Refinery Fire
Aug 6 2013 // Richmond is suing Chevron for damages from a massive fire that shut down the energy giant’s refinery at the San Francisco Bay area city last year. A lawsuit filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court alleges the...
