Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PartnerRe to Acquire Calif.-based Presidio Re Group
Dec 19 2012 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced a definitive agreement to acquire California-based Presidio Reinsurance Group, a U.S. specialty accident and health reinsurance and insurance writer. PartnerRe said it would...
Willis Named Operations Chief of Leavitt In Central California
Dec 18 2012 // Salinas, Calif.-based Leavitt Central Coast Insurance named Ted Willis chief of operations. Willis will oversee Leavitt’s production and service teams, and will work on the firm’s risk management solutions...
PG&E: Workers Fired For Lying About Northern California Inspections
Dec 18 2012 // Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said it has fired or suspended nearly 20 workers after discovering legally required inspections may not have been performed. The situation prompted PG&E to check more than 1,500 pieces of...
Integro Acquires Southern California’s The Rule Group
Dec 17 2012 // New York-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has acquired The Rule Group of Pasadena, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Rule Group consists of three divisions: The Rule Co., a provider...
Brees California Lawsuit Claims His Charity Was Cheated
Dec 14 2012 // Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his foundation are suing one of the former organizers of his celebrity golf tournament in southern California, saying the organizer cheated benefactors of the foundation out of thousands...
Heffernan Taps Smith as Assistant VP in Southern California
Dec 12 2012 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers named Christian Smith to its Santa Ana, Calif. office as assistant vice president. Smith will specialize in tailoring comprehensive insurance programs for large commercial lines. Smith was...
Lucasfilm Pregnancy Verdict Overturned in California
Dec 12 2012 // A California appeals court has overturned a Lucasfilm pregnancy case verdict, saying jurors should have been told the entertainment company was entitled to withdraw its job offer. A Marin County jury had awarded $114,000...
Peasley Joins Alliant As First Vice President In Southern California
Dec 12 2012 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. named James C. Peasley as first vice president in its Newport Beach, Calif. headquarters. Peasley has 20 years of experience that includes underwriting, insurance brokerage, and account...
Assessments Announced for California Workers’ Comp Funds
Dec 6 2012 // California regulators have issued assessment rates that employers will pay in 2013 for the Workers’ Compensation Administration Revolving Fund. The fund covers the Division of Workers’ Compensation budget, the...
Hull & Co. Opens Marine Department, Names Schmit Marine Broker In California
Dec 5 2012 // Hull & Company has now opened a new marine department at its Stockton, Calif. office and named marine risk specialist Quincy M. Schmit as commercial lines marine broker. The department will offer a variety of...
$370M Settlement Reached Over Southern California Wildfires
Dec 5 2012 // An electrical contractor and tree-trimming company have agreed to pay $370 million to settle lawsuits over Southern California wildfires that swept San Diego County in 2007. U-T San Diego says PAR Electric and Davey Tree...
Golden Bear Names Brown Property Manager, Takamoto Chief Risk Officer in California
Dec 4 2012 // Stockton, Calif.-based Golden Bear Insurance Co. has promoted Michael Brown to the position of property manager. Brown has been with Golden Bear since 2002 as an executive underwriter. Brown’s promotion follows the...
Spotlight: CIWA Looking for Resurgence in Changing Market, Lawsuit
Dec 4 2012 // The California Insurance Wholesalers Association is in prime position to benefit from trends and events that its board members expect to be unfolding in the next year or two – including an improved surplus lines outlook...
California Hospital Fined $27K For Worker Safety Lapses
Dec 4 2012 // A California mental hospital has been fined more than $27,000 for failing to implement worker safety measures. The Los Angeles Times reported state worker safety officials fined Atascadero State Hospital for failure to...
EPIC Adds Nielson As Senior Vice President In Southern California
Dec 4 2012 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Hali Nielson senior vice president of private client services in its Irvine, Calif. office. Nielson will design, implement, and manage personal insurance portfolios for high net...
Employers Hopeful for California Workers’ Comp Reform
Dec 3 2012 // Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles to look at California’s workers’ compensation reform law in detail and what must be done to implement that law by Jan. 1, 2013. Looking forward...
Pacific Compensation Taps Frank as President and CEO In California
Dec 3 2012 // Janet D. Frank has joined Pacific Compensation Corp., a California workers’ compensation specialist and wholly-owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corp., as president and chief executive officer Frank will also be named...
California Sells Out of First Pollution Permits
Dec 3 2012 // California has sold out of the first pollution permits issued as part of a landmark offensive against greenhouse gases at an inaugural auction in late November that regulators said went smoothly. The effort to curtail...
Teacher Sues California School District Over Breastfeeding
Dec 3 2012 // A former Carmel school teacher accuses school officials in a lawsuit of failing to accommodate her breastfeeding schedule. Sarah Ann Lewis Boyle has sued the Carmelo School, where she worked, and the Carmel Unified School...
Heffernan’s N.Y. Branch Names Director of Commercial Lines & Marketing
Nov 30 2012 // California-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers recently hired Jason C. Cavallo to join its New York office as director of commercial lines and marketing, focusing on new business development and management of commercial...
