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#1 Group Sues California Department of Insurance Over FAIR Plan Surcharges
Apr 16 2025 // A consumer advocacy group has sued the California Department of Insurance and Commissioner Ricardo Lara to block hundreds of millions of dollars in surcharges that could soon appear on California homeowners’...
#2 Travelers Income Drops 65% on Catastrophe Losses, Primarily California Wildfires
Apr 16 2025 // The Travelers Cos. said first quarter 2024 fell 65% on an underwriting loss of $305 million. Travelers posted first quarter net income of about $395 million compared to about $1.1 billion during the first quarter of 2024....
#3 Tesla Slumps Below 50% Share of California’s Electric Car Market
Apr 17 2025 // Tesla Inc. is no longer selling the majority of new electric cars registered in California, the state that accounts for almost a third of all zero-emission vehicle purchases in the US. The company’s share of EV sales...
#4 State Farm’s California Emergency Rate Request Dropped to 17%
Apr 9 2025 // Lawyers for State Farm General, the California Department of Insurance and Consumer Watchdog presented opening arguments in a hearing to determine the fate of State Farm’s request for an emergency homeowners rate...
#5 Newsom Says California to Seek Tariff Exemptions From Allies
Apr 4 2025 // Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’s seeking exemptions for California-made products from retaliatory tariffs and wants to open talks with global allies over new trade relationships, casting the state as a buffer against the...
#6 California Wildfires Had Little Impact on Reinsurers’ Risk Appetite During April Renewals
Apr 9 2025 // Property-catastrophe capacity remained adequate to meet demand during the April 1 renewals for US reinsurance buyers, despite the record losses from California’s January wildfires, according to Aon and Gallagher Re...
#7 California Bill Would Require Insurers to Notify Property Owners of Aerial Inspections
Apr 1 2025 // A California bill requiring insurers to provide a notice to homeowners before conducting an inspection with aerial imaging is set for a committee hearing on Wednesday. Assembly Bill 75 requires insurers to provide a notice...
#8 California Plumbing Contractor Ordered to Pay $1M for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 3 2025 // A plumbing contractor has been ordered to pay $1 million in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of a workers’ comp fraud prosecution. Daniela G. Birdwell, 41, owner of GPS Plumbing, pleaded...
#9 California’s Snowpack Data Likely Signals Another Fire-Prone Summer
Apr 1 2025 // California is emerging from its wettest time of the year with new fire and drought risks. The state is scheduled to measure the snowpack amassed over winter on Tuesday — April 1 is the typical peak point before...
#10 Lawsuits Accuse Insurers of Colluding to Drop Coverage in Fire-Prone Parts of California
Apr 23 2025 // Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles allege major home insurance companies have colluded to limit coverage in California communities at high risk for wildfires and force homeowners onto the state’s last-resort insurance...
#11 California Bill Seeks to Beef up Consumer Privacy Protections for Insurance
Apr 10 2025 // A new bill introduced in California aims to increase transparency and accountability in California’s insurance market by bolstering consumer privacy protections and establishing a privacy rights framework for...
#12 California Wildfire Losses Cause 16% Fall in The Hartford’s Q1 Net Income
Apr 25 2025 // Net income at The Hartford decreased 16% to $630 million in the first quarter 2025, driven by losses from the California wildfires. Property/casualty catastrophe losses for Q1 2025 were $467 million pretax—$325 million,...
#13 California FAIR Plan Stabilization Act Moving Through Legislature
Apr 2 2025 // A bill that aims to enable the California FAIR Plan to seek additional claims paying capacity is making its way through state Legislature. Assembly Bill 226, the FAIR Plan Stabilization Act, passed out of the Assembly...
#14 Viewpoint: California’s Latest Insurance Privacy Bill Would Add Layer of Regulation
Apr 23 2025 // California lawmakers are once again turning their attention to consumer privacy—this time with a laser focus on the insurance sector. At a moment when insurance companies are already navigating a minefield of data...
#15 California Workers’ Comp Board OKs Higher Pure Premium Rate Filing
Apr 21 2025 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s governing committee on Wednesday voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit a September 1, 2025 Pure premium rate filing on average 11.2% percent...
#16 California Delivery Company Must Repay $2M for Workers’ Comp Scheme
Apr 4 2025 // A Los Angeles, California, couple was sentenced after an investigation reportedly found they underreported more than $21 million in employee payroll for their delivery companies. John Nemandoust, 70, was sentenced to 60...
#17 Viewpoint: What Tariffs, Steel Prices Mean for E&S Construction Insurance in California
Apr 24 2025 // Steel prices have been anything but steady in recent years. With renewed discussions around tariffs and trade restrictions, another wave of volatility may be on the horizon. While much attention is paid to how rising...
#18 California’s Newsom Sues Trump Over ‘Chaos’ of Tariff Regime
Apr 16 2025 // California Governor Gavin Newsom sued to halt Donald Trump’s tariffs, setting up a high-stakes legal challenge to the president’s landmark effort to overhaul global trade. The state is challenging Trump’s...
#19 World Insurance Associates Acquires Royalty Insurance Services in California
Apr 7 2025 // World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired Royalty Insurance Services in Van Nuys, California. Royalty has been providing commercial trucking insurance for over 23 years. World Insurance Associates is a national financial...
#20 Tesla Settles Employee’s California Suit Alleging Pervasive Harassment
Apr 21 2025 // Tesla settled a racial discrimination lawsuit by a Black female employee who claimed a manager at its Fremont, California, plant sometimes greeted workers by saying “welcome to the plantation” or “welcome...
