All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 7 2021 // After spending most of 2020 telling small businesses to close and limit their customers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $4 billion worth of state spending he says will help them survive in 2021.Newsom was...
Jan 7 2021 // The California Staffing Agency Reform Association has been established by staffing industry leaders to “clean up” the worker’s compensation marketplace for staffing.Cal-SARA, a new nonprofit, trade...
Jan 4 2021 // State Compensation Insurance Fund in California on Monday announced plans to distribute a $39 million dividend to its qualifying policyholders with policies that took effect between Aug. 27 and Dec. 31, 2020.The dividend...
Jan 4 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that nearly 500 policyholders in six ZIP codes affected by the Mountain View Fire in Mono County were included in the mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance...
Dec 29 2020 // Robotics company Nuro this week received the first-ever permit to commercially deploy its self-driving vehicles in California, allowing the Silicon Valley firm to charge clients for its driverless delivery service.Relying...
Dec 29 2020 // Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has been upgraded by AM Best. CIG received a rating of A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent).AM Best stated: “Concurrently, AM Best has upgraded the FSR to A (Excellent)...
Dec 29 2020 // A magnitude 3.9 earthquake rattled parts of Northern California on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake was reported at 6:44 a.m. about 14 miles from Chico. The quake was felt 25 miles away...
Dec 28 2020 // Jorge Gerardo Maldonado, 55, of Sacramento, Calif., was charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll and employees to illegally save on workers’ compensation insurance...
Dec 23 2020 // A lawsuit has been filed against multiple companies connected to a now-closed battery recycling plant years after California regulators pledged to recover cleanup costs from those responsible for spreading lead pollution...
Dec 22 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd. has acquired W. Brown & Associates Insurance Services in Irvine, Calif. Brown has been a managing general underwriter for Sompo International since 2016. The W. Brown operations will...
Dec 22 2020 // California workers’ comp COVID-19 monthly claim volume, which fell sharply in August and September, is now trending up again, climbing 9.0% in October, then more than doubling in November, according to a California...
Dec 22 2020 // Lockton Pacific has added Dan Urias as a vice president and producer to grow its commercial insurance presence in the Orange County and Inland Empire regions of Southern California. Urias is part of the Lockton’s...
Dec 18 2020 // Workers’ compensation written premium in California for the first nine months of 2020 was 12% below that for the first nine months of 2019, according to a quarterly experience report released on Friday by the...
Dec 18 2020 // The owners of a Santa Monica beachfront hotel built without proper permits have agreed to pay $1 million in penalties and restitution to Los Angeles County, prosecutors said Wednesday.As part of the final judgment, the...
Dec 18 2020 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has named William Eyre to the board of directors. Eyre has more than 40 years of experience in the reinsurance industry, both in executive positions and sales. Eyre is currently...
Dec 17 2020 // California’s workplace safety agency has cited two companies for violations in connection with the death of a construction worker who fell from the roof at SoFi Stadium, the new home of the NFL’s Los Angeles...
Dec 17 2020 // Burbank, Calif.-based SCA Appraisal has named Mark Bewley assistant vice president of field operations.SCA Appraisal has also named Nick Napier vice president of operations. Bewley will be responsible for SCA’s...
Dec 15 2020 // ProFinity Insurance Services in Los Angeles, Calif., a specialty MGA, recently opened its doors to wholesale distribution.ProFinity is led by Ravi Uthayashanker, formerly of Lloyd’s of London, where his main focus...
Dec 15 2020 // California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday petitioned a court to force Amazon.com Inc. to comply with outstanding subpoenas over a state investigation into its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.The petition,...
Dec 11 2020 // People with losses due to the California wildfires in Fresno, Los Angeles, Madera, Mendocino, Napa, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta, Siskiyou and Sonoma counties have just five days left to register for federal aid.These...