All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 20 2020 // A decision earlier this month by the California Supreme Court gave policyholders with long-tail environmental claims a potentially big win, finding that polices within each policy period can be vertically stacked.The...
Apr 17 2020 // A note from Julie Tinney: This iJam blog post was supposed to be very different when we originally planned it. But right now, coming together as an industry seems more important than the marketing-focused content I’d...
Apr 17 2020 // The governing committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Friday voted unanimously for a special regulatory filing that includes excluding COVID-19 claims from the experience...
Apr 17 2020 // WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 (Reuters) – Over two frantic weeks, the U.S. government pledged $350 billion to Main Street businesses across America desperate for cash after coronavirus lockdowns.Now a picture is...
Apr 17 2020 // A Central California nursing home has 154 cases of the coronavirus and eight residents have died in one of the largest single outbreaks in the state, it was reported.The numbers reported by Redwood Springs Healthcare...
Apr 17 2020 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Unico American Corp. announced that in response to the forced closure of so many small businesses due to the Covid-19 situation in California, Unico’s general agency subsidiary, Unifax...
Apr 17 2020 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.California’s 2017 and 2018 catastrophic wildfire events hit state insurers historically hard, with record-breaking losses of over $25 billion.1 2 Three years...
Apr 16 2020 // The Northern California victims of catastrophic wildfires caused by Pacific Gas & Electric’s decaying electrical grid will have at least $19 million siphoned way from a $13.5 billion fund for their losses to...
Apr 15 2020 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Farmers Insurance has named Krista Conte head of exclusive agent distribution. Conte joins Farmers after more than 15 years at Allstate, where she was most recently field vice president in the...
Apr 15 2020 // Nonprofits Insurance Alliance (NIA), a nationwide insurer exclusively serving 501(c)(3) nonprofits, has introduced auto coverage that reimburses California nonprofits for payments made to their employees for auto physical...
Apr 15 2020 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Venbrook Group LLC has named Sonia Ahuja chief operations officer. Ahuja will be responsible for growth through organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions and partnerships and will oversee...
Apr 14 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Tuesday issued a notice requiring insurance companies and other California Department of Insurance licensees to comply with their obligations to fairly investigate all...
Apr 14 2020 // California has evacuation plans for earthquakes, floods, mudslides and, of course, wildfires, but what if one of those disasters occurs as the state is dealing with the coronavirus outbreak when everyone is being urged to...
Apr 14 2020 // A federal appeals court last Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc. of violating users’ privacy rights by tracking their internet activity even after they logged out of the social media...
Apr 13 2020 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund announced on Monday that it will establish two new funds to support the health and recovery of essential workers and workplace safety during the COVID-19 crisis.The...
Apr 13 2020 // An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 rattled the remote California-Nevada state line but no damage or injuries were reported. The quake just struck after 7:36 a.m. Saturday and was centered near Bodie, a...
Apr 13 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday ordered insurance companies to return insurance premiums to consumers and businesses and provide financial relief during the COVID-19 emergency.The...
Apr 9 2020 // One may not need to be able to read the cannabis leaves to divine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis and insurance.Some good guesses from any insurance professional with their foot in the door of a dispensary,...
Apr 9 2020 // A federal judge has refused to put his stamp of approval on a letter to Northern California wildfire victims from attorneys who allege that Pacific Gas & Electric may be breaking its promises as it tries to preserve a...
Apr 9 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Jacob Kiley to its San Jose, Calif., office. Kiley specializes in contractor, hospitality, technology and non-profit accounts. Kiley has been with One Risk Group LLC for the...