Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: California Insurance Commissioner Names Members to Statewide Boards
Oct 20 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced several appointments to the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan Advisory Committee, the Curriculum Board and the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating...
Pipeline Operator Agrees to $50M California Spill Settlement
Oct 20 2022 // A pipeline operator has agreed to pay $50 million to thousands of Southern California fishermen, tourism companies and property owners who sued after an offshore oil spill last year near Huntington Beach. A proposed...
$32M to Settle California Lawsuit Over Boy’s Abuse Death
Oct 20 2022 // Los Angeles County agreed to pay $32 million to the family of a 10-year-old boy who died after allegedly being tortured and abused by his mother and her boyfriend. The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a deal in a...
New Indictment in California Dive Boat Tragedy, Lawsuits Ongoing
Oct 19 2022 // A federal grant jury has issued a new indictment against a dive boat captain, alleging that he acted with gross negligence when a 2019 fire aboard his vessel led to the deaths of 34 people off the Southern California...
California Democrats Split on Tax Plan to Drive EV Sales
Oct 19 2022 // A California ballot measure that would tax the rich to help put more electric cars on the road may seem tailor-made to win support from Democrats in a state known for climate leadership, but Proposition 30 has one notable...
Agents Want End to California Auto Insurance Rate Moratorium
Oct 18 2022 // An insurance agent group in California is opining on the impact of California Insurance Commissioner Lara’s recent auto insurance rate decisions on California consumers. They do not like Lara’s auto insurance...
Risk Strategies Acquires Relation Education Solutions in California
Oct 17 2022 // Risk Strategies acquired Relation Education Solutions from Relation Insurance Services. The deal adds key capabilities to Risk Strategies’ National Education Practice. A division of California-based Relation...
School Executives Arrested in California Workers’ Comp Scheme
Oct 17 2022 // An investigation by the California Department of Insurance resulted in the arrest of Rene Carlos Aguero, 71, and Gustavo Adolfo Lopez, 56, for allegedly submitting fraudulent vocational training vouchers for workers’...
California Schools Paying $52M in Suit Over Coach Sex Assaults
Oct 14 2022 // Lawyers for children who were sexually assaulted by a high school wrestling coach have settled a lawsuit with the Los Angeles Unified School District for $52 million, they announced. Attorneys for more than a dozen...
California Emissions Mandate Impacts Transportation
Oct 14 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is doing all they can to reduce emissions. From moving and storage vehicles to buses, freight trucks and even...
California Tree Trimmer Killed After Fall into Wood Chipper
Oct 13 2022 // A tree trimmer was killed this week in the San Francisco Bay Area after he fell into a wood chipper, authorities said. The man, whose name has not been released, was working in the city of Menlo Park shortly before 1 p.m....
Report: More than Half of California COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claims in Healthcare
Oct 13 2022 // More than a half of all reported COVID-19 indemnity claims in California continue to arise from workers in the healthcare sector, according to a new report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The...
$2.5M in Underreported Payroll by California Business Owners
Oct 12 2022 // Karamjit Nijjar, 57, his wife Rajinder Kaur Nijjar, 55, and their daughter Mandip Nijjar, 31, were arraigned today on four felony counts each for their involvement in a workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme...
C3 Risk and B. Wood in California Merge Employee Benefits Practice
Oct 11 2022 // C3 Risk & Insurance Services and B. Wood Insurance in San Diego, California, have joined to expand employee benefits plan services. The merger went into effect on Oct. 1. The company will operate under the C3 Risk...
California Doctor Admits Illegally Prescribing 120K Opioid Pills
Oct 11 2022 // A Southern California doctor has pleaded guilty to writing prescriptions for more than 120,000 opioid pills over a six-year span, including to an impaired driver who struck and killed a bicyclist, federal prosecutors...
Hub Acquires Investment Advisory Businesses of Quintes in California
Oct 10 2022 // HUB International Ltd. acquired the insurance brokerage and investment advisory businesses of Quintes Financial Services LLC and Quintes Administrative and Insurance Services Inc. in Northern California. Mark Laughton,...
California Department of Insurance Investigation Leads to Arrest of Two Men
Oct 10 2022 // A joint investigation into alleged illegal actions by bounty hunters has led to the arrest of two people. National City Police supported by the California Department of Insurance investigators and federal and local...
California Updating Tsunami Hazard Maps for Seven Counties
Oct 10 2022 // The California Geological Survey has released updated tsunami hazard maps for seven counties to help users determine whether they are in areas at risk for inundation and for planning. The revised interactive maps released...
California School District Says Hackers Accessed Massive Database
Oct 5 2022 // The Los Angeles public school system, the second-largest in the US, said an extortionist group had accessed a massive database but had not leaked as much sensitive information from it as initially feared. Student and staff...
School Executives Arrested in California Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Oct 5 2022 // An investigation by the California Department of Insurance resulted in the arrest last week of Rene Carlos Aguero, 71, and Gustavo Adolfo Lopez, 56, for allegedly submitting fraudulent vocational training vouchers for...
