Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Insurance Wholesalers Launch Women and Insurtech Initiatives
Mar 19 2025 // The California Insurance Wholesalers Association launched two new initiatives: CIWA Women and an Insurtech Committee. CIWA Women is designed to promote women’s interests, development and empowerment in the...
Tesla a Step Closer to Ride-Hailing With California Permit
Mar 18 2025 // Tesla Inc. was granted approval in California to begin carrying passengers in its vehicles as Elon Musk’s company takes steps toward offering ride-hailing services. The California Public Utilities Commission said in...
Not Only the Fires Are Wild: California and the P&C Market Outlook
Mar 18 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. After years of watching insurance carriers exit the California property and casualty market, the state may see another exodus in the wake of the January 2025 wildfires...
California Man Wins $50M in Lawsuit Over Burns From Starbucks Tea
Mar 17 2025 // A delivery driver has won $50 million in a lawsuit after being seriously burned when a Starbucks drink spilled in his lap at a California drive-through, court records show. A Los Angeles County jury found Friday for...
People Moves: California Reappoints Members to Diversity Task Force and WCIRB Governing Committee
Mar 17 2025 // Ricardo Lara California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reappointed members Mitch Steiger and C. Bryan Little to the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee and reappointed...
California Insurance Commissioner Provisionally OKs State Farm’s 22% Rate Request
Mar 14 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara provisionally approved State Farm’s request for a 22% interim homeowners insurance rate hike, the California Department of Insurance announced on Friday. The approval...
State Farm, Consumer Group Battle Ahead of Calif. Insurance Commissioner Decision
Mar 13 2025 // Ahead of a decision from California’s insurance commissioner on a State Farm General request for emergency rate increases, company executives and representatives of a consumer group pled their opposing cases in...
California Body Shop Owner Charged With Insurance Fraud on Bait Car
Mar 13 2025 // A San Jose, California, body shop owner was charged with insurance fraud following an undercover sting operation that reportedly revealed he jacked an insurance damage estimate on a bait car. The operation, led by...
Viewpoint: The Evolution of Homeowners Insurance in California—From Niche to Necessity
Mar 12 2025 // For many years, the homeowners insurance market operated as a relatively stable and predictable sector in California. Changes were incremental, and the market largely catered to established patterns of risk and...
A California City Is Pioneering Urban-Scale Insurance for Climate Disasters
Mar 11 2025 // “Fire took everything, please help.” The headline was one of hundreds like it on GoFundMe campaigns that launched even as the embers of the fires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena were still smoldering....
California School District Settles Age Discrimination Case
Mar 11 2025 // The Washington Unified School District in Fresno, Calif. settled a federal charge of firing a 65-year-old teacher. The age discrimination charge was filed in April 2022 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
8 Hurt When Driver Plowed Vehicle into California Car Dealership
Mar 10 2025 // Eight people were injured over the weekened when a driver plowed a vehicle into a CarMax location in the Los Angeles area. Two people were critically hurt at the dealership in Inglewood, while the other six had minor...
Viewpoint: A Review of California’s Workplace Violence Prevention Law
Mar 10 2025 // Workers’ compensation insurers and California employers alike have faced new responsibilities for employee safety from July 1, 2024, when legislation aimed at reducing workplace violence took effect. Now that the law...
Report: More Insurers in California Paying Wildfire Victims Without Itemized List
Mar 7 2025 // More insurers are paying contents coverage to California wildfire victims without requiring a detailed inventory, according to the California Department of Insurance. The CDI reported on responses from carriers following a...
Southern California Restaurant Fined $1.1M for Labor Violations
Mar 7 2025 // A Southern California restaurant has been fined more than $1.1 million over wage theft and sick leave violations. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office took the action against Food Source LLC, a Buena Park...
Contractor Fined $430K for California Labor Violations
Mar 7 2025 // A construction company was fined more than $430,000 for California labor violations that resulted in unpaid wages, overtime and other violations. The state’s Labor Commissioner’s Office secured the settlement...
Hub Acquires Wine Industry Specialist MIV in California
Mar 6 2025 // Hub International has acquired the assets of Malloy Imrie & Vasconi Insurance Services LLC in California’s Napa Valley. Partners Timothy Malloy, David Capponi, Ted Bystrowski, Kevin Dickenson, as well as the MIV...
Justice Department Launches Hostile Workplace Probe into University of California
Mar 6 2025 // The Justice Department opened an investigation into the University of California to determine if the UC system has allowed an Antisemitic hostile work environment to exist on its campuses. The investigation, being...
Kin Launches Home Insurance Product in California
Mar 5 2025 // Kin, a direct-to-consumer, digital home insurance provider, has expanded into California with a homeowners insurance product. The policies in California are marketed and distributed through Kin Insurance Services, a...
California Highway Patrol Blames Drug Use, Speeding for Cybertruck Crash That Killed 3
Mar 5 2025 // Drug use and excessive speed were to blame for last year’s fiery crash of a Tesla Cybertruck that killed three college students near San Francisco, the California Highway Patrol said in a preliminary report. Four...
