All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 13 2019 // WSS has opened a new office location in Sherman Oaks, Calif.The new office is led by Mark Kaufman, chief operating officer, who joined WSS in 2018. WSS has expanded its southern California presence with eight new client...
Feb 12 2019 // It’s a widespread belief that men pay more for automobile insurance than women. But that’s only true for young adults.Several studies in 2018 and 2017 revealed that women over 25, particularly those between 40...
Feb 12 2019 // Mercury General Corp. reported a fourth-quarter loss of $81.9 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.The Los Angeles, Calif.-based carrier said it had a loss of $1.48 per share. Losses,...
Feb 11 2019 // AP Intego Insurance Group announced the opening of its first West Coast office in Pleasanton, Calif. In addition, AP Intego recently expanded its Fairport, N.Y. sales, service, and operations center, as well as its...
Feb 11 2019 // Poor communication, short staffing and infighting among agencies may have endangered firefighters who nearly died during the massive Mendocino Complex of wildfires in Northern California, according to a new report...
Feb 11 2019 // The warning couldn’t have been clearer.As PG&E Corp. plunged into bankruptcy last month, S&P Global Ratings slashed credit grades almost to junk status for California’s two other big electric utilities,...
Feb 7 2019 // San Diego, Calif.-based Champion Risk & Insurance Services has named Casey Myers a commercial insurance broker. Myers was previously a vice president with Paul Hanson Partners Transportation Insurance. Casey...
Feb 7 2019 // Lockton has named Won Andersen and Dard Hunter to lead and expand its Pacific Series employee benefits operations.Both will be based in Lockton’s San Francisco, Calif. office. Andersen is focusing on creating a...
Feb 7 2019 // Boeing Co. was accused of negligence tied to a wildfire that tore through Malibu, California, in November and that purportedly started on the grounds of the nearby, disused Rocketdyne testing site.A group of homeowners...
Feb 7 2019 // PG&E Corp. has contained a natural gas leak from a pipe that exploded on Wednesday along a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, engulfing in flames a stretch known for its bars and restaurants.The blaze, which had...
Feb 7 2019 // Anyone who gets power from PG&E Corp. could see their lights go out this fire season.Even the millions of Californians who live outside risky areas could be left in the dark under a sweeping proposal the utility filed...
Feb 5 2019 // The California Fire Safe Council on Tuesday announced a list of new officers of the board of directors.Jerry Davies has been elected to a fifth term as chairman of the CFSC board. Davies is a founding member of CFSC and a...
Feb 5 2019 // Sacramento, Calif.-based Warren G. Bender Co. has rebranded to become Bender Insurance Solutions. “We’re thrilled to honor our strong 80-year-old legacy by breathing new life and energy into it,” Jillian...
Feb 5 2019 // Five people died and two others were injured after a small plane apparently came apart, raining debris across a Southern California neighborhood and igniting a house fire before landing in a backyard, authorities said.The...
Feb 5 2019 // Aetna will pay $935,000 after one of its vendors sent letters to California patients that revealed via a window on the envelopes that the recipients were taking HIV-related medications.California Attorney General Xavier...
Feb 4 2019 // Big corporations forced into bankruptcy by liability lawsuits often take the offending product off the market and try to move on. That’s what happened with the Dalkon Shield birth control device, asbestos and...
Feb 4 2019 // Establishing a California Wildfire Commission is just one idea an expert is tossing out to help the state deal with worsening fire seasons.James Woods was formerly co-leader of Mayer Brown’s Global Insurance Industry...
Feb 1 2019 // Utility owner PG&E Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in anticipation of liabilities from California wildfires, including a catastrophic 2018 blaze that killed 86 people.PG&E, which provides...
Jan 31 2019 // California wildland managers said this week that they want to speed up logging and prescribed burns designed to slow wildfires that have devastated communities in recent years.After the deadliest and most destructive...
Jan 31 2019 // A lawsuit filed on behalf of bail customers claims surety companies and agents in California conspire to keep premiums high.The Los Angeles Times reported public-interest groups filed the suit this week in Alameda County...