Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Research Shows Low-Volume/High-Cost Meds in California Workers’ Comp
Feb 28 2023 // New research on low-volume/high-cost drugs used to treat injured workers in California spotlights a handful of anti-inflammatory and anticonvulsant medications that have become significant cost drivers despite accounting...
Appeals Board in California Defines How Close Water Must be for Workers
Feb 28 2023 // The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board issued a precedential decision related to the provision of water at outdoor worksites, which required water must be as...
People Moves: Aspire General in California Names Chairman
Feb 27 2023 // Aspire General Insurance, based in Rancho Cucamonga, California, named Byron Storms chairman of the board. Storms has worked in senior leadership positions, including president of National General. He joined Aspire General...
California Wildfire Innovation Fund Getting $25M Boost
Feb 23 2023 // A California fund to encourage wildfire innovation and lower the severity and frequency of catastrophic wildfire is getting a $25 million boost. Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group made a $25 million commitment...
California High Schoolers to Learn Insurance Under Mandatory Finance Education Bill
Feb 21 2023 // How many adults not in the insurance industry can explain the risks financial loss and how insurance shares that risk, or identify factors impacting insurance premiums and grasp the relationship between premiums,...
California Airport, 50K in Bay Area Lose Power Due to Fire
Feb 21 2023 // A power substation fire temporarily caused outages at the Oakland International Airport and left 50,000 customers around the east San Francisco Bay Area without electricity Sunday, Oakland fire officials said. The Oakland...
2 Big Cannabis Insurance Providers Say Losses from California Storms Not as Bad as Feared
Feb 20 2023 // Just how big an impact the recent historic California storms had on the state’s cannabis industry is still coming into focus, and while two of the biggest players in California’s cannabis insurance market are...
California Earthquake False Alarm Offers a Lesson for Crisis Communicators
Feb 20 2023 // An earthquake false alarm nearly four years ago can teach disaster and emergency planners – and any crisis communicators, including insurers – a thing or two about communicating to the public during and...
Appeals Court Blocks California Ban on Mandatory Arbitration for Workers
Feb 17 2023 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday blocked a California law that prohibited employers from requiring their workers to resolve legal disputes in private arbitration, ruling that it conflicts with a federal arbitration...
Insurers See California EV Sales Trends Driving Rate Filing Approval Urgency
Feb 16 2023 // Vehicle pricing was a major concern during the inflationary environment that dominated headlines in 2022, however a new report shows sales of electric vehicles in California rose by more than 50% last year from 2021 with...
Krause Acquires LTCI Brokerage Services in California
Feb 16 2023 // Krause Brokerage Services, LLC acquired USA-LTC in California. USA-LTC is a brokerage firm that specializes in long-term care insurance, including employer-sponsored worksite LTCI for businesses offering LTCI as a benefit...
People Moves: Venbrook in California Names Meyer Head of U.S. Programs Division
Feb 16 2023 // Venbrook Group, LLC, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, named Bryan Meyer executive vice president, programs, for Venbrook Specialty Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary. Meyer will manage general underwriters...
Man Mauled by Sheriff’s K-9 in California to Get $1.3M
Feb 14 2023 // Sonoma County will pay $1.35 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by a man who was mauled by a sheriff’s K-9 three years ago. Sheriff’s deputies used a stun gun on Jason Anglero-Wyrick and then...
Clergy Sex Abuse Suits Could Bankrupt Diocese in California
Feb 14 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said it may declare bankruptcy in the coming months as it faces “staggering” legal costs in dealing with some 400 lawsuits alleging priests and others sexually abused...
Southern California Edison Sued by City for Damaging Wildfire
Feb 13 2023 // A city claims in a lawsuit that Southern California Edison equipment ignited a damaging wildfire last fall. The lawsuit filed on behalf of the city of Hemet claims that the utility did not manage its electrical power lines...
Unlicensed California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Stealing $140K from Business Owners
Feb 10 2023 // Robert Meseer, 69, of Westminster, California, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to 55 felony counts of grand theft, insurance fraud and forgery. Meseer was sentenced to three years of supervised formal...
Earthquake Recovery Continues on Northern California Coast
Feb 10 2023 // Humboldt County authorities have released the latest statistics on recovery from the December earthquake and aftershocks that struck the Northern California coast. Roughly 91 structures have been red-tagged as unsafe to...
Insurers View New Car Sales Rise in California as More Evidence for Rate Filings
Feb 9 2023 // New figures show car sales in California continue to slowly return to pre-pandemic levels, which the state’s auto insurers believe is another indication the state’s insurance regulator needs to approve more...
Few California Workers’ Comp Treatment Request Denials Overturned
Feb 8 2023 // Few medical treatment denials in California workers’ compensation were overturned last year, a review released on Wednesday shows. The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an annual report on the...
California Fines Online Health Provider $3.2M over Claims Practices
Feb 8 2023 // The Pill Club Holdings Inc. (dba The Pill Club) paid $3.2 million after the California Department of Insurance alleged it violated the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act by submitting false claims to insurance...
