Latest California Headlines
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Su Alleges Workers’ Comp Fraud Against California Restaurant
Feb 19 2013 // The owners of a restaurant in San Marcos, Calif. have been charged with felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud and forgery following a referral by the California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su’s criminal...
Parents Of Dead Soldier Sue Diet Supplement Maker in California
Feb 19 2013 // Parents of a soldier who died after taking a dietary supplement called Jack3d (pronounced `jacked’) have sued the makers and retailer for wrongful death in California. U-T San Diego reported Michael Sparling’s...
RGEB Moves to Larger Headquarters in Southern California
Feb 19 2013 // RGEB Employee Benefits, a San Fernando Valley, Calif.-based group insurance and employee benefits firm, has relocated to a new headquarters in Canoga Park. The move gives the agency an additional 2,500 square-feet of...
Allstate Accelerates California Recruiting
Feb 19 2013 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add additional agency owners in California in 2013, expanding its recruiting campaign for the fifth consecutive year. Allstate said it signed 58 new exclusive agents in California last year...
Geography To Play Larger Role In California Health Premiums
Feb 17 2013 // Whether it’s the densely populated Southern California coast or the mountains of rural Northern California, geography is going to play a larger role in the cost of health insurance under the federal health care...
Complaint: Southern California Edison Manipulated Nuclear Plant Repair Costs
Feb 15 2013 // A complaint filed with California regulators says Southern California Edison boosted the cost of replacing defective steam generators at the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant. The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility...
EPIC Adds Descalso as Principal in Northern California
Feb 14 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named George Descalso as a property and casualty insurance producer and principal in its San Mateo, Calif., office. Descalso’s responsibilities include the acquisition of new...
Crop Insurance Tops Garamendi’s Ag Committee Goals
Feb 14 2013 // As the newest member of the House Agriculture Committee Congressman John Garamendi says he plans to put crop insurance, agricultural research, conservation programs, food security and the marketing of regional crops...
California Lawmakers Question Regulating Fracking
Feb 14 2013 // California lawmakers are expressing doubts a Gov. Jerry Brown administration proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing is tough enough and can be enforced by state oil regulators. State senators convened a joint...
Extensive Corrosion: Report on 2012 Chevron Fire in California
Feb 14 2013 // The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health released a technical evaluation report on piping samples taken from the Chevron Refinery in Richmond,...
California Commissioner Fingers Insurers for Iran Investments
Feb 13 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday singled out eight insurers licensed to do business in the state that continue to have investments tied to Iran’s energy, military and nuclear sectors. During...
CHP Posts Rules for Motorcycle Lane-Splitting
Feb 13 2013 // The California Highway Patrol and other statewide traffic safety groups have created a set of written guidelines on motorcycle “lane-splitting,” the at-times hair-splitting maneuver that allows riders to...
NAS Expands Underwriting Management Team in California
Feb 12 2013 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has added two senior executives to its team of underwriters. Chris Reese joins as vice president and Brook Dutcher as assistant vice president. Reese returns to NAS to take a...
ACES Launches Artisan Contractor Program in California
Feb 12 2013 // ACES Commercial Insurance Services, Inc., a managing general agency offering specialty commercial insurance products now has in-house binding authority for small artisan contractors in California. The program is...
Inmate Lawsuits Cost California $200M
Feb 12 2013 // Gov. Jerry Brown has begun aggressively challenging federal court oversight of California’s prison system by highlighting what he says is a costly conflict of interest: The private law firms representing inmates and...
How Agents Help Nonprofits in Hard Times
Feb 11 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong. The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
Arch to Acquire Interests in California Firm From Bankrupt PMI
Feb 8 2013 // Arch Capital Group Ltd., through its U.S.-based subsidiaries (Arch U.S. MI), will acquire all outstanding equity interests in San Francisco, Calif.-based CMG Mortgage Insurance Co. from bankrupt Arizona-based PMI Mortgage...
EPIC Adds Northern California Benefits Consultant Haley
Feb 8 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Jennifer Haley as an employee benefits consultant in its Northern California employee benefits division. Haley’s responsibilities with EPIC will include the acquisition of new...
Operator At California Nuke Plant Disputes Safety Claim
Feb 8 2013 // The utility that runs the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant on the California coast sharply denied Thursday that it was aware of equipment problems linked to a 2012 tube break that released a trace of radiation. On...
ACLU Settles Bias Lawsuit Filed By Southern California Latino Students
Feb 8 2013 // A suburban Los Angeles County school district and police department have agreed to revise policies to settle a racial profiling lawsuit filed by a group of Latino students who said they were rounded up at school and...
