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#1 California Roofing Contractor Must Pay $2M in Unpaid Wages, Damages
Sep 15 2025 // A federal court ordered a Northern California-based roofing contractor to pay $1.9 million in back wages and damages to 158 workers after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation reportedly found the employer failed to pay...
#2 US Government Says Southern California Edison Should Pay for LA Fire Costs
Sep 4 2025 // The U.S. asked a federal court to force Southern California Edison to pay for fighting a pair of wildfires that were believed to have originated from its power lines, including the Eaton Fire in January in Los Angeles...
#3 Lightning-Sparked California Fires Force Evacuations and Destroy Buildings
Sep 4 2025 // Several wildfires were burning in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada area, forcing evacuations and destroying buildings in a historic mining town. The fires were started by numerous lightning strikes that hit California...
#4 California Won’t Replace Expiring $7,500 Federal EV Tax Credit
Sep 22 2025 // California will not backfill a $7,500 federal tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles that is set to expire this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Friday, reversing an earlier pledge to restart the state’s own EV...
#5 Older Homes for Sale in California Now Come With Wildfire Warnings
Sep 8 2025 // Most California homes were built long before the state required that they be constructed to withstand wildfires. Now, sellers of older homes in high-risk areas must disclose to potential buyers not only a dwelling’s...
#6 Wildfire Burns Through Historic California Gold Mining Town, Destroying Multiple Homes
Sep 3 2025 // A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners, forcing evacuations and destroying properties. The fire rapidly expanded to 6,473 acres, forcing the evacuation...
#7 Lawsuits Accuse Former California Megachurch Pastor of Child Sex Abuse
Sep 22 2025 // A former Riverside megachurch pastor has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in U.S. District Court in...
#8 Orion180 Launches Homeowners Product in California That Includes High-Risk Zones
Sep 17 2025 // Orion180 Insurance launched of its FLEX Home Insurance product for California. FLEX is designed to give homeowners the ability to personalize policies, adjust coverage and deduct options based on risk exposure and...
#9 Viewpoint: Delay, Deny, Defend for California Wildfire Claims?
Sep 2 2025 // Eight months after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles, commercial and residential policyholders continue to report unreasonably long delays, dubious denials, and conspicuously low settlements. Most...
#10 California’s Insurance Commissioner Is Seeking Changes to The Intervenor Process
Sep 19 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday announced he wants to make certain reforms to the state’s insurance law, Proposition 103, including changing the controversial intervenor process. Prop. 103,...
#11 California Couple Charged With Insurance Fraud, Identity Theft and Conspiracy
Sep 23 2025 // A California couple has been charged for running an insurance fraud scheme where they allegedly stole more than 21 patients’ identities and submitted false insurance claims. Rebecca Juarez, 39, and Juan Pablo...
#12 California Plans to Boost Utility Wildfire Fund by $18 Billion
Sep 10 2025 // California lawmakers have reached an initial agreement to shore up the state’s wildfire utility fund. The agreement is expected be filed into legislative text on Wednesday after lawmakers suspended a Tuesday...
#13 California Commissioner Pushes for Wildfire Recovery Bill, Other Legislation
Sep 15 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign several wildfire and health-related bills that have passed the Legislature and are now awaiting the governor’s approval. “They...
#14 Former California Insurance Commissioner Carries on Climate Change Crusade
Sep 9 2025 // When Dave Jones first started talking about climate change and what insurers should be doing about it some 15 years ago, the response could be thought of as something akin to a collective shrug. There wasn’t much to...
#15 Southern California Edison, Others Settle to Recover $2B Tied to Wildfires
Sep 19 2025 // Southern California Edison has reached a settlement agreement with several intervenors to allow the utility to recover about $2 billion of $5.6 billion in losses tied to the 2017–2018 wildfire and mudslide events. Out of...
#16 Bamboo Insurance and Accredited Partner to Expand Homeowners Coverage in California
Sep 18 2025 // Bamboo Insurance entered into a partnership with Accredited the companies say will provide availability and coverage options to homeowners across California. Bamboo’s E&S Signature product combines Bamboo’s...
#17 California Court Rules LA Retailer Illegally Sold Credit Insurance
Sep 12 2025 // The California Second District Court of Appeals found that a retail store chain illegally sold credit insurance to its customers. The California Department of Justice charged Adir International LLC (dba Curacao), and its...
#18 Howden Acquiring Entertainment Broker Gravitas in California
Sep 18 2025 // Howden is acquiring Gravitas Insurance Agency LLC, a Los Angeles-based retail brokerage specializing in contingency insurance for music, sports and live events. The deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions,...
#19 California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Boost Oil Production
Sep 16 2025 // California lawmakers passed a bill over the weekend that would allow the construction of thousands of new oil wells annually in the Golden State in a bid to make oil supply more affordable for refineries and keep fuel...
#20 McGowan Acquires Limit.com in California
Sep 25 2025 // The McGowan Companies acquired Limit, a digital wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in Covina, California, via an asset purchase agreement. After the transaction is closed, Limit will continue to operate under the...
