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#1 State Farm Still Wants a 30% Rate Increase in California
May 21 2025 // State Farm isn’t done seeking a rate increase in California, upping its request a week after getting the OK for a large rate hike to what the company had originally wanted before being rejected and agreeing to an...
#2 Judge Recommends Approving 17% State Farm Rate Hike in California
May 13 2025 // It looks like California’s largest homeowners insurer is getting a large rate increase following billions of dollars in losses from the Los Angeles wildfires and pullback on writing new policies in the...
#3 Report: California Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Highest in 14 Years
May 14 2025 // Written premiums in California stabilized in 2022 through 2024 after the large swings during the pandemic, while the combined ratio rose to the highest level in 14 years, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation...
#4 California Brokerage Executive to Plead Guilty to Illegal Campaign Contributions
May 23 2025 // An insurance brokerage executive in California will plead guilty to breaking federal campaign laws by making contributions illegally to a joint fundraising committee, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s...
#5 Viewpoint: California’s Property Insurance Crisis and the Path to Reform
May 30 2025 // California’s property insurance market remains in turmoil, exacerbated by escalating wildfire risks, insurer withdrawals, and systemic shortcomings in the state’s safety net—the California FAIR Plan. As...
#6 California DoorDash Driver Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.5M in Deliveries Scam
May 16 2025 // A former food delivery driver pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to steal more than $2.5 million from DoorDash by getting the company to pay for deliveries that never occurred, federal prosecutors said. Sayee...
#7 Tesla Driver Charged in California Attacks Arrested Again for Road Rage in Hawaii
May 12 2025 // A Tesla driver charged with attacking motorists’ vehicles with a pipe in the Los Angeles area has been arrested again for allegedly assaulting two women during a road rage incident in Honolulu. The recent arrest...
#8 Driver of Tour Van Involved in Deadly Idaho Crash Was Licensed in California
May 5 2025 // Idaho State Police said the driver of the tour van involved in a deadly collision with a pickup truck was licensed in California and the company that organized the trip was Ctour Holiday LLC, a large tour operator that...
#9 California Commissioner Launches Smoke Claims & Remediation Task Force
May 19 2025 // A new task force has been formed to develop standards in California for insurance coverage and clean-up of smoke-damaged homes. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced the formation of a Smoke Claims &...
#10 D.A. Says Former California Police Officer on Workers’ Comp Went to Festival, Skied
May 22 2025 // A former Westminster, California, police officer and her stepfather were charged in a large-scale workers’ compensation fraud case after an investigation revealed the officer collected more than $600,000 in...
#11 Family of Helicopter Pilot Killed in California Wildfire Reaches $15M Settlement
May 13 2025 // The family of a helicopter pilot who died when his helicopter crashed while fighting a wildfire in Southern California reached a $15 million settlement with the company that maintained the aircraft, their attorneys...
#12 Certification Enables California, Oregon Homeowners to Earn Premium Discounts
May 29 2025 // Homeowners in California and Oregon in high-risk wildfire areas can earn discounts on insurance premiums through a new certification program to take mitigation steps to reduce risk. Mercury Insurance partnered with the...
#13 California Security Company Owner Sentenced in $3.4M Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
May 22 2025 // The owner of a San Jose-based security company was sentenced after a California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly uncovered a multiyear scheme to underreport payroll and avoid paying workers’...
#14 California, 10 Other States Launch Clean Cars Coalition Following Senate Vote
May 23 2025 // California is joining an 11-state coalition to advance clean vehicles in response to a vote by the U.S. Senate to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards. The Affordable Clean Cars Coalition...
#15 Travelers Income Drops 65% on Catastrophe Losses, Primarily California Wildfires
May 5 2025 // The Travelers Cos. said first-quarter 2025 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 Q1 2024. The underwriting...
#16 Urban Fires Spark California Firefighter’s Idea to Get Quicker Water for Helicopters
May 27 2025 // Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to stay ahead of flames moving up a ridge. A...
#17 Searing Heat in California and West Threatens to Break Temperature Records
May 29 2025 // A short-lived heat wave will send temperatures soaring across California and the U.S. West through the weekend, elevating power demand and raising the risk of health impacts. At least 26 daily records may be broken or tied...
#18 California Attorney General Suing Cleaning Company Over ‘No-Poach’ Deals
May 2 2025 // California’s Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against a national sanitation company for allegedly using “no-poach” agreements. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit this week...
#19 Southern California Edison Paying $82.5M to Settle Claims Over Bobcat Fire Damages
May 27 2025 // Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, agreed on Friday to pay $82.5 million to settle claims with the U.S. Forest Service for costs and damages resulting from the Bobcat Fire in 2020. The U.S....
#20 Senate Will Try to Block California Vehicle Standards to Phase Out Gas-Powered Cars
May 20 2025 // The U.S. Senate will move this week to block California from enforcing a series of vehicle emissions standards that are tougher than the federal government’s, including first-in-the-nation rules phasing out the sale...
