Latest California Headlines
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California Commissioner Calls on Insurers to Do More to Boost Wildfire Prep
May 13 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara called for property insurers in the state to step up and do more to help residents and businesses deal with wildfires. Lara on Thursday gave an update on the actions and...
People Moves: Outsource Insurance Professionals Adds Bentley in California, Resilience Adds Reed
May 12 2021 // Outsource Insurance Professionals has named Shawnae Bentley director of client relations. Bentley will oversee business development and marketing. Bentley has nearly 30 years of excess and surplus experience, most recently...
California Balcony Collapse Injuring 9 Prompts Rental Code Probe
May 12 2021 // The city of Malibu in Southern California it is investigating whether any rental codes were violated at a home where nine people were injured when a balcony collapsed during a crowded weekend party. The beachside property...
California Drought Emergency Expanded to Large Swath Of State
May 12 2021 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week expanded a drought emergency to a large swath of the nation’s most populous state while seeking more than $6 billion in multiyear water spending as one of the warmest, driest...
Former California Agent Convicted for Embezzling Insurance Payments
May 11 2021 // Former insurance agent Wendy Judd, 47, of Madera, Calif., pleaded guilty this week to felony grand theft after embezzling over $20,000 of insurance premium payments from consumers. The California Department of Insurance...
California Wildfire Victims See Little Payout from PG&E Settlement
May 11 2021 // A trust approved by a federal judge to help compensate victims of deadly California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric equipment paid survivors just $7 million while racking up $51 million in overhead in its...
Sheriff’s Employee Awarded $60K in Settlement in California Sex Harassment Suit
May 11 2021 // A San Diego sheriff’s department employee who sued the county and a former assistant sheriff over sexual harassment allegations was awarded $60,000 by a judge. Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal issued her ruling...
Former California Agent Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing Insurance Payments
May 10 2021 // Formerly licensed insurance agent Danny Raymond Armenta, 48, of Clovis, Calif. was arraigned on Monday in Fresno Superior Court on multiple felony counts of embezzlement, grand theft and diversion of fiduciary funds after...
M4.7 Quake Confirmed in California-Nevada Border Area
May 10 2021 // A series of earthquakes – the largest with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 – struck the California-Nevada border area Thursday night but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the U.S. Geological Survey...
People Moves: Hippo in California Adds Numerous Technology Leaders
May 7 2021 // Hippo in Palo Alto, Calif. has added new leadership to its technology team led by Chief Technology Officer Ran Harpaz. The newly appointed technology leaders will be responsible for expanding and enhancing the delivery of...
Fire Damages 40 Units at Southern California Apartment Building
May 7 2021 // A fire that erupted at a Southern California apartment building damaged 40 units, killed pets and injured a firefighter, authorities said. The blaze was reported shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday in the shared attic of a...
California Contractor Arrested in Nearly $1M Workers’ Comp Scheme
May 6 2021 // Carolyn Plaza of Fresno, Calif., self-surrendered on May 6 after a warrant for her arrest was issued on six felony counts of insurance fraud. A complaint filed on April 16, alleges Plaza underreported more than $3 million...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Koff & Associates in California
May 6 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Berkeley, Calif.-based Kaneko & Krammer Corp. Catherine Kaneko, Georg Krammer and their team will continue to operate from their current location under the direction of Scott...
Judge Weighs Whether PG&E Violated Probation With 2019 California Fire
May 6 2021 // A federal judge is weighing whether Pacific Gas & Electric violated its criminal probation by sparking a wildfire north of San Francisco that destroyed more than 100 homes and injured six firefighters in October...
Group Says Its Analysis Shows Proposed California Law Will Harm Music Creators
May 5 2021 // Proposed California legislation would make contracts between labels and artists nearly unenforceable, reducing the incentive for record labels to invest in recording artists and potentially depressing California’s...
People Moves: EPIC Adds Shepard in California, M.J. Hall Adds Baker in Alaska
May 4 2021 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Rob Shepherd a senior principal in its risk management operation in Los Angeles, Calif. Shepherd is responsible for new business development and the design, placement, and...
Driver in California Crash That Killed 9 Was Drunk, Report Shows
May 4 2021 // The driver of an SUV involved in a central California crash that killed nine, including seven children, was drunk and didn’t have a license, federal investigators said in a preliminary report. The children, who were...
Alera Group Acquires California’s Adamson & McGoldrick Insurance
May 3 2021 // Alera Group, a financial services and risk management company based in Deerfield, Illinois, has acquired Adamson & McGoldrick Insurance Solutions, a strategic advisor providing risk management and benefits strategies...
In His Own Words: Q&A with Applied Underwriters’ Menzies on Buffet, California and ‘Pumping Entrepreneurial Power’
May 3 2021 // Steve Menzies, founder and chairman of Applied Underwriters Inc., is a busy man. Since he reacquired his company from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in 2019, he has been buying businesses, creating new...
$1M Settlement in California Suit Over Alleged Assault by Foster Child
May 3 2021 // San Diego County has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit by three boys who alleged they were sexually assaulted by their foster brother, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The lawsuit claimed county social workers hid...
