All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2019 // A watchdog group has given California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara until July 31 to produce public records related to meetings with insurance industry representatives who reportedly gave him $54,300 in campaign...
Jul 18 2019 // Hot, dry weather in California has resulted in a dramatic increase in wildfires. It will get worse – and you can blame climate change, according to a new report out.The report, Observed impacts of anthropogenic climate...
Jul 18 2019 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has added Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Financial Management Network as a member. FMN is a wealth management advisory firm, and has a focus on providing coverage reviews for their...
Jul 18 2019 // Another legal fight is underway over home marijuana delivery in California.A licensed cannabis company has sued Santa Cruz County, claiming that it’s violating state law by prohibiting deliveries from out-of-county...
Jul 18 2019 // When Californian counties and cities first sued paint makers in 2000, they wanted the companies to pay billions to remove dangerous old lead paint from hundreds of thousands of homes.After a 19-year legal struggle, they...
Jul 17 2019 // Eleven people suffered mostly minor injuries when a roof collapsed Monday at a Los Angeles area casino, raining debris into the lobby area, authorities said.The Los Angeles County Fire Department received multiple calls...
Jul 17 2019 // Toyota has been ordered to pay nearly $16 million to a Southern California dealer who alleged the company’s Prius recalls didn’t fix safety problems.The Los Angeles Times says an Orange County jury decided...
Jul 16 2019 // California regulators say Chevron has not done enough to stop a massive oil spill that dumped about 800,000 gallons of crude oil and water into a Kern County canyon, and they want the company to take further action to halt...
Jul 16 2019 // Integrated Specialty Coverages has acquired Carlsbad, Calif.-based Safebuilt Insurance Services and all of its affiliates.ISC is sponsored by an investment vehicle managed by Two Sigma’s Sightway Capital. Terms of...
Jul 15 2019 // Few Nevada residents and businesses have earthquake coverage, but insurance officials said they are expecting interest to increase after the two California earthquakes that rattled the region.The magnitude 6.4 and...
Jul 15 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in Boston, has acquired San Diego, California-based Winter Group Inc., a specialty insurance program manager with a...
Jul 15 2019 // Irvine Calif.-based Western Growers Insurance Services Inc. has named Jodi Martin director of employee benefits account management.Martin will lead account management activities while also supporting the growth and...
Jul 15 2019 // PartnerRe announced that Jonathan Colello has joined the company effective July 1, 2019, as CEO for P&C Americas and president of Partner Reinsurance Co. of the U.S. In his new role, Colello will have executive...
Jul 15 2019 // As the nation’s most far-reaching data privacy law, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), is set to begin Jan. 1, 2020, businesses and their insurers are preparing for a new era in cyber liability.Anxiety is on the...
Jul 12 2019 // California lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday to create a $21 billion fund to help utilities in the state pay for claims arising from future wildfires sparked by their equipment, tackling a top issue for the...
Jul 12 2019 // The recent earthquakes that pummeled neighborhoods in Ridgecrest and Trona in Southern California have led to reports that some insurers and agents may be declining to write earthquake policies in various areas of the...
Jul 12 2019 // CopperPoint Insurance Cos. has named Mark Mooney vice president and head of underwriting for California. Mooney will be based at CopperPoint’s PacificComp regional office in Westlake Village, Calif. He will lead the...
Jul 11 2019 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Linda Goldstein executive vice president in customer experience and marketing.Goldstein leads all aspects of marketing, including digital marketing, brand...
Jul 11 2019 // Johnson & Johnson deserves a new trial after a jury ordered the world’s largest maker of health-care products to pay $417 million to a woman who blamed the company’s iconic Baby Powder for causing her...
Jul 10 2019 // PG&E Corp. was ordered by a federal judge overseeing its probation to respond to a Wall Street Journal story claiming the utility knew its power lines could cause wildfires and failed to perform upgrades.PG&E...