All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2019 // California regulators say a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur and winemaker has agreed to pay $3.76 million in penalties after his company bulldozed a protected wetland and filled in a stream bed to build a vineyard in...
Aug 5 2019 // A Southern California airport cancelled all flights after a power outage left all its terminals in the dark. John Wayne Airport in Orange County diverted all arriving flights and cancelled departing flights after the...
Aug 5 2019 // Market Detail: Coastal Risk Solutions LLC (CRS) (www.coastalrisksolutionsllc.com) is a managing general agent in the coastal homeowners space. Coastal Risk Solutions offers a set of niche products. Coverage is underwritten...
Aug 2 2019 // A jury has begun deliberating the fate of two men charged in a deadly fire at a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse two years ago.Derick Almena and Max Harris were charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 36...
Aug 2 2019 // Gov. Gavin Newsom defended California’s wildfire prevention efforts this week while criticizing the federal government for not doing enough to help protect the state as it enters the height of fire season after two...
Aug 1 2019 // Confie has completed the acquisition of Wescom Insurance Services LLC’s non-credit union member insurance services.Confie acquired all of the non-credit union member insurance customers, while Wescom will retain all...
Aug 1 2019 // PG&E Corp. said in court papers on Wednesday that it “strongly disagrees” with a suggestion in a Wall Street Journal article that the company knowingly deferred maintenance on equipment that caused...
Jul 31 2019 // Western Security Surplus has acquired Klein & Costa Insurance Services in Santa Ana, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. K&C was founded in 1990 by Clarence Costa and Jim Klein. Costa will continue to lead...
Jul 31 2019 // Expect workers’ compensation insurance rates in California to continue to fall, with total written premium expected to drop by $1 billion or more for 2019 despite the positive impacts of continued economic growth, a...
Jul 31 2019 // Experts say organizers should take another look at their emergency plans in the wake of the deadly shooting at a California food festival to see if they can make additional safety improvements.The shooting Sunday at the...
Jul 31 2019 // Five major retailers, including Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc, were sued on Tuesday by the University of California over what it called the “existential threat” when foreign manufacturers infringe...
Jul 30 2019 // The board of the California Self-Insurers’ Security Fund has approved the 2019/20 Alternative Security Program.The ASP provides a financial backstop to replace security deposits required to collateralize self-insured...
Jul 30 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Michelle Droz vice president within the employee benefits group. Droz will be based in San Francisco, Calif., and design and deliver benefits solutions to clients across a range of...
Jul 30 2019 // More than a year after the European Union implemented its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), U.S. insurers are examining what they can learn as they prepare for the implementation of similar data privacy laws in...
Jul 30 2019 // The trial against two men arrested after a deadly warehouse fire in the San Francisco Bay Area is wrapping up.Prosecutors began closing arguments Monday against Derick Almena and Max Harris, both charged with involuntary...
Jul 29 2019 // Fortuna General Insurance Agency has acquired Simi Valley, Calif.-based Appleby and Sterling.Appleby and Sterling’s Mike Maurer and Sue Fodor will be joining Fortuna as production underwriters. Terms of the deal were...
Jul 29 2019 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Melissa Jones executive vice president and chief human resources officer. As a member of the company’s executive leadership team, Jones leads efforts in areas...
Jul 29 2019 // Oregon state lawmakers abandoned a multimillion-dollar project to develop early warning systems for earthquakes and wildfires, and scientists warn that the funding shake-up could endanger public safety and put Oregon...
Jul 29 2019 // A balcony inside a nightclub in South Korea collapsed on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 16, including American and other athletes at the world swimming championships, officials said.Hundreds were at the...
Jul 29 2019 // A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup, for their cancer to $86.7 million.Superior Court Judge...