All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 14 2018 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Dan Burke vice president and cyber specialist. He will expand Woodruff Sawyer’s cyber liability resources for clients to include new partnerships with cyber...
May 14 2018 // Tom Pratt, an insurance agent who specializes in procuring fine art coverage in a rural Northern California community, has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years.By day he is an insurance agent. In his...
May 14 2018 // A magnitude 3.3 earthquake has rattled the Southern California desert, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS said the quake on Saturday was centered about 27 miles northwest of El Centro in the desert near the...
May 14 2018 // Burns & Wilcox has named Jim Lynch vice president of California brokerage in its San Francisco office. He will be primarily responsible for casualty placements, assisting his clients with challenging allied healthcare,...
May 11 2018 // Security Code 3 Inc. owner Troy Carson, 55, of San Jose, was arrested by California Department of Insurance detectives for allegedly underreporting payroll by more than $12 million in an attempt to secure a lower...
May 11 2018 // Indian Wells, CA, May 11, 2018- The BIG Independent Group, a leading association of independent agent and brokers, was pleased to bestow its BIGGIE Awards for the 9th year in a row. The 2018 awards, distributed at the...
May 10 2018 // Ridesharing service Lyft Inc. and courier service Postmates Inc. are among the first companies to be sued for improperly treating workers in California as independent contractors following a recent decision that makes it...
May 10 2018 // G2 Insurance Services has named Paul Glover assistant vice president and producer.He is located in G2 Insurance Services’ San Francisco, Calif. office. Glover plans to expand the company’s middle market...
May 10 2018 // Napa River Insurance Services Inc. in California has named Peter Mazurek director of marketing and third-party administrator operations.Mazurek is responsible for overseeing claim and risk management services across Napa...
May 9 2018 // Parker Conrad has surrendered his insurance license for his alleged role in licensing compliance violations that occurred at Zenefits during his tenure as CEO, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on...
May 9 2018 // Starbucks Corp. and other roasters and retailers must serve up a cancer warning with coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge has ruled.Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle in a ruling published on Monday said that...
May 8 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Sean Conrad a principal in its Southern California operations.Conrad will be based in EPIC’s Irvine, Calif., office. He will be responsible for new business...
May 8 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has run a “stress test” on the state’s largest insurers.Jones said during a press conference on Tuesday that he is the first U.S. financial regulator to...
May 8 2018 // A judge in central California has ordered Stanislaus County to pay nearly $1.4 million in fees to attorneys of a deputy who sued the Sherriff’s Department for discrimination.The Modesto Bee reports an attorney for...
May 7 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Situated along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire,” California is in the middle of earthquake country, and planning for the next one...
May 7 2018 // Food delivery company GrubHub Inc. may be one of the first tech firms to feel the impact of a ruling this week from California’s highest court that makes it easier for workers to prove they are a company’s...
May 7 2018 // A grocery store in San Diego, Calif. subjected Hispanic employees to harassment and a hostile work environment by implementing a no-Spanish language policy, federal officials said in a lawsuit.The U.S. Equal Employment...
May 7 2018 // A former Allstate Insurance Co. employee who was fired following an arrest has been awarded more than $18 million in damages.The San Diego Union-Tribune reports a San Diego jury awarded 55-year-old Michael Tilkey about...
May 7 2018 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. has added Autumn Shupe as a senior consultant on its risk management team. Shupe will assist in managing Burnham’s technical unit and support the risk...
May 7 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is renewing his call for insurers to offer insurance products for California’s legalized cannabis industry in the wake of reports that President Trump has abandoned...