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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 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...
#3 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....
#4 California at Risk of New Insurance Bailout Amid Fire Danger
Mar 25 2025 // As Los Angeles-area residents recover from one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history, California’s insurer of last resort is careening toward another hot and dry summer with its coffers already strained....
#5 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...
#6 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...
#7 California OKs Increase in FAIR Plan Commercial Property Coverage Limits
Mar 31 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a filing from the California FAIR Plan Association to increase commercial property coverage limits. Related: New Fire Maps Put Nearly 4M Californians in Hazardous...
#8 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...
#9 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...
#10 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...
#11 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...
#12 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...
#13 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...
#14 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...
#15 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...
#16 California Cites Contractor $157K Following Fatal Trench Accident
Mar 25 2025 // A construction company was fined $157,500 by California for multiple violations of workplace safety regulations following a fatal trench collapse. W.A. Rasic Construction was fined by the California Division of...
#17 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...
#18 California’s Effort to Hold Oil Companies Liable for Natural Disasters Stalls
Apr 11 2025 // California lawmakers have blocked a bill to make oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes from natural disasters caused by climate change, warning it could raise gas prices. The bill would have allowed victims of...
#19 California Sets Aside $170M to Thin Vegetation, Forests to Help Prevent Wildfires
Apr 17 2025 // Gov. Gavin Newsom signed new legislation on Monday that will provide more than $170 million in state funding to help prevent wildfires while signing an order aimed at speeding up the work by easing environmental...
#20 Vivere Partners in California Raises $7.5M for Specialty Insurance Platform
Apr 3 2025 // Vivere Partners, a specialty insurance platform focused on niche lines of insurance, completed a $7.5 million Series A funding round led by General Catalyst, Pathlight Ventures and Greenlight Re. The funding is intended to...
