Latest California Headlines
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California Sells Out Of First Pollution Permits
Nov 21 2012 // California has sold out of the first pollution permits issued as part of a landmark offensive against greenhouse gases at an inaugural auction that regulators said Monday went smoothly. The effort to curtail carbon...
Drugged Driving Bigger Problem Than Drunk Driving in California
Nov 21 2012 // A statewide survey shows there are more drugged drivers than drunken drivers on California roads during the weekend. The California Office of Traffic Safety said Monday that 14 percent of drivers surveyed tested positive...
EPIC Adds Glass to Northern California Construction Practice
Nov 19 2012 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Dolores Glass as a principal in their San Ramon, Calif. construction practice. Glass will be responsible for expanding EPIC’s business with contractors and others in...
Calif. Broker Charged with Defrauding Tom Hanks, Ex-‘Police’ Musician
Nov 19 2012 // A Southern California insurance broker was arrested on allegations he overcharged Tom Hanks, musician ex-Police band member Andy Summers and others hundreds of thousands of dollars for insurance premiums. Broker Jerry B....
California Health Board Oks Plan For Insurance Exchange
Nov 16 2012 // The board overseeing California’s efforts to establish an insurance marketplace for providing affordable health care approved its operational blueprint Wednesday, an essential step toward meeting a key deadline under...
Q&A: Surplus Lines Association of California Director McKay
Nov 15 2012 // Andrew G. Simpson, vice president of content for Wells Media Group Inc., recently grilled Surplus Lines Association of California Executive Director Benjamin McKay on an array of matters, including the market, new...
Teacher Sues California School District Over Breastfeeding
Nov 15 2012 // A former Carmel school teacher accuses school officials in a lawsuit of failing to accommodate her breastfeeding schedule. The Monterey Herald reported that Sarah Ann Lewis Boyle has sued the Carmelo School, where she...
California Prison Doctor Wins $3M Wrongful Termination Suit
Nov 15 2012 // A California prison doctor who was abruptly fired without explanation has won a $3.3 million wrongful termination lawsuit. The Fresno Bee reported Dr. Muhammad Anwar signed a state contract in 1990 to provide surgical...
Arrowhead Names Cruz to Workers’ Comp in Southern California
Nov 14 2012 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead Wholesale Insurance Services named Jose Cruz Jr. an account executive of Worker’s Compensation. Cruz, who will be headquartered in San Diego, will be responsible for brokering...
Scheetz Joins Worldwide Facilities in Northern California
Nov 14 2012 // Worldwide Facilities Inc. named Chris Scheetz to its San Francisco, Calif. office as a property broker. Scheetz will assist in expanding the current property footprint for Worldwide Facilities’ San Francisco office....
Northern California City Evacuations Underway Following Water Pipe Break
Nov 13 2012 // Evacuations are underway in Daly City after several blocks were flooded and mudslides occurred in the area of the Northern California town, a local news outlets are reporting. The flooding was caused by a shear break of an...
RGEB Names Sakai to Head Executive Benefits in Southern California
Nov 8 2012 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based RGEB Employee Benefits named Michael Sakai to head the executive benefits department. The new executive benefits Department will focus on providing life, disability and long term care insurance...
State Elections Wrapup: Some Partisan Realignment; 5 Incumbent Insurance Chiefs Win
Nov 8 2012 // Neil Alldredge has been searching for the unifying “theme” in the results of Nov. 6 state elections around the country but he says it has not been easy to identify one. As senior vice president for state and...
Calif. Broker Charged With Defrauding Tom Hanks, Ex-‘Police’ Musician
Nov 7 2012 // A Southern California insurance broker was arrested Wednesday on allegations he overcharged Tom Hanks, musician ex-Police band member Andy Summers and others hundreds of thousands of dollars for insurance premiums. Jerry...
Calif. Prop. 33 Defeated
Nov 7 2012 // Update: Californians Lump Props. 32 and 33; a Referendum on the ‘B’ Word The second automobile insurance persistency initiative put to Californians in the last two years was defeated. California’s...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Raintree in Southern California
Nov 6 2012 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Raintree Insurance Agency Inc., a San Bernardino, Calif.-based insurance brokerage firm. Raintree will become part of the California operations of Hub International Insurance...
Researchers Still Learning About 2002 Alaska Earthquake
Nov 6 2012 // The Denali Fault earthquake only rumbled for about 3 minutes when it shook Interior Alaska a decade ago, but some of the reverberations of that powerful seismic event are still being felt today. The 7.9 magnitude quake,...
CBIZ Buys Leavitt Pacific’s Employee Benefits in California
Nov 6 2012 // Cleveland, Ohio-based CBIZ Inc. has acquired the employee benefit division of Leavitt Pacific Insurance Brokers Inc. of Campbell, Calif. Leavitt Pacific Insurance provides employee benefits, retirement plan services, as...
EPIC Adds Willian to Northern California Construction Practice
Nov 5 2012 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Neil Willian as an account executive to its Northern California construction practice. Willian will provide client program leadership, including overall...
California’s Prop. 33 is Bomb-Tossing Battle to the End
Nov 5 2012 // Attack, attack and attack again. That’s been the modus operandi of each side in the Proposition 33 campaign, an initiative on the California ballot that enables automobile insurance consumers to take the loyalty...
