All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 8 2018 // Leading gig economy companies including Uber and Lyft are quietly lobbying California’s top Democrats to override or undermine a court ruling that could make many of their contract workers into employees.In April,...
Aug 8 2018 // Dry, hot and windy conditions are threatening to expand California’s largest wildfires, which so far are burning in largely rural areas, muting their economic impact.The fires, which have killed 12 people and burned...
Aug 8 2018 // A trial in which a school groundskeeper alleged that his use of Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer caused his terminal cancer will go to a California jury after lawyers for both sides delivered their closing arguments on...
Aug 7 2018 // The insurance industry is responding to the massive blazes across California in a way that goes beyond merely paying claims.More than $30,000 has been collected within the last week to help victims of the dozens of...
Aug 7 2018 // Twin fires in Northern California being treated as one became the largest wildfire in state history, destroying 443 square miles.The Mendocino Complex fire north of San Francisco was still growing this week as it broke the...
Aug 6 2018 // Gov. Jerry Brown over the weekend called on President Donald Trump to help California fight and recover from another devastating wildfire season.Brown, who inspected neighborhoods wiped out by a wildfire in the Northern...
Aug 6 2018 // California recently enacted a sweeping new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which is likely to have broad implications for organizations providing services to, or collecting data from, California...
Aug 3 2018 // M.J. Hall & Co. has acquired the policy renewal rights from Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Wholesale Connection Insurance Services’ commercial property/casualty business.Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed....
Aug 2 2018 // California’s Carr wildfire has the potential to yield losses of up to $1.5 billion, according to a Moody’s report issued on Thursday.The fire has ravaged parts of Shasta County in or near Redding in the...
Aug 2 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday announced he has approved three more insurance carriers to offer coverage for the cannabis industry in the state.The North River Insurance Co. and United States Fire...
Aug 1 2018 // The U.S. District Court has approved a consent decree between Irvine, Calif.-based Alorica Inc. and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $3.5 million and remedial measures to resolve a sexual...
Aug 1 2018 // Woodruff Sawyer has named Brian Cushard a senior vice president in its property/casualty practice in Southern California.He will help continue to build Woodruff Sawyer’s real estate and construction practice. Cushard...
Aug 1 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday he is taking actions he says will help protect thousands of wildfire survivors.His first action is a notice requesting insurers to expedite claims...
Aug 1 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Andrew Oram vice president in its employee benefits group. He will be based in San Diego, Calif. He was previously a benefits consultant with Arthur J. Gallagher. Newport Beach,...
Aug 1 2018 // PG&E Corp. has hired law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP to explore debt restructuring options, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, as California’s biggest utility grapples with liabilities...
Aug 1 2018 // Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program administrator, has added an exclusive new workers’ compensation insurance program with Accredited Surety & Casualty Co. Accredited recently...
Jul 31 2018 // More than 2,000 homeowners will get free money to retrofit their homes to help them better withstand earthquakes, according to the top official at the California Earthquake Authority.The homeowners were on a waiting list...
Jul 31 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Jasmin Divino Cortez an account administrator within the agency’s professional liability department. Cortez will provide support and assistance to the...
Jul 31 2018 // A pair of wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes in Northern California on Tuesday.The two fires straddling Mendocino and Lake counties had burned seven homes by Monday night...
Jul 30 2018 // Starbucks and other employers in California must pay workers for minutes they routinely spend off the clock on tasks such as locking up or setting the store alarm, the state Supreme Court ruled.The unanimous ruling was a...