All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 8 2017 // HUB International of California has named Amanda Martinez an employee benefits account executive and Timothy Conlon a commercial markets consultant and risk management advisor in the San Francisco Calif., office. Martinez...
Aug 7 2017 // Fire investigators say gunfire caused a wildfire near Yosemite National Park that destroyed 131 structures, including 63 homes, last month.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said that a gun fired on...
Aug 7 2017 // The 2017 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis shows that Texas ranks second behind California for the number of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire.Using information from the 2010 U.S. Census, the study determined...
Aug 7 2017 // Responding to top government officials in oil, gas and coal producing states that threatened to sue over his state’s climate initiatives, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has pretty much said: bring it...
Aug 7 2017 // Californians may be getting the idea that they live in earthquake country. That’s the underlying message that can be found in the latest figures out from the California Earthquake Authority.The CEA, a not-for-profit,...
Aug 7 2017 // Chevron Corp. and state regulators have reached a settlement related to a 2012 fire at its Richmond, Calif. refinery that will require the company to spend about $20 million on safety improvements, officials announced this...
Aug 7 2017 // Mercury Insurance put together a list of the 10 most affordable electric vehicles to insure, and Fiat, Kia and Nissan models top the list.Mercury researchers examined the 2017 electric vehicles available at car dealerships...
Aug 7 2017 // A judge has refused to block a Los Angeles, Calif. natural gas storage facility from reopening a year-and-a-half after a major blowout spewed methane that drove thousands of families from their homes.Los Angeles Superior...
Aug 7 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones fired off a letter to the 12 oil state attorneys general and one governor from states like Texas and Oklahoma over threats to sue him if he did not stop his Climate Risk Carbon...
Aug 7 2017 // A group of Tesla Inc. workers in California have asked the electric car maker’s board to provide a plan to address employee safety and information on pay and promotion.The worker group, which hopes to become part of...
Aug 4 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Pasadena, Calif.-based East West Insurance Services Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. East West employees will join Hub California’s operations.East West...
Aug 4 2017 // As states institute opioid policies to address the opioid epidemic, a new study has found considerable decreases in the prevalence of longer-term dispensing of opioids to injured workers in a number of states studied.The...
Aug 3 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has scheduled lien consolidation proceedings in August for suspended providers Michael D. Drobot, Michael R. Drobot and Philip A. Sobol.Combined, the three have roughly 13,000...
Aug 2 2017 // BD Capital Partners LLC has acquired Sacramento, Calif.-babsed benefitRFP Inc. and Affiliated Cos. as part of a cash and equity transaction.Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. As a result of the acquisition, BD...
Aug 2 2017 // The biggest gas storage facility in the West resumed operations this week, nearly two years after a blowout led to the nation’s largest-known methane release and drove thousands of families from their Los Angeles...
Aug 1 2017 // Roughly one-in-three prescription drugs currently dispensed to injured workers in California will be no longer require authorization prior to dispensing under the state’s proposed workers’ compensation...
Aug 1 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Jason VanderYacht a vice president within its energy and marine group. VanderYacht will be based in Los Angeles, Calif. He has experience covering an array of marine risks and a...
Aug 1 2017 // A group of Tesla Inc. workers in California have asked the electric car maker’s board to provide a plan to address employee safety and information on pay and promotion.The worker group, which hopes to become part of...
Aug 1 2017 // Brown & Brown Insurance has named Todd Davis a sales consultant in California. He will advise clients on their group and individual insurance plans. Davis came to B&B from Heffernan Insurance, where he was an...
Jul 31 2017 // Californians may be getting the idea that they live in earthquake country.That’s the underlying message that can be found in the latest figures out from the California Earthquake Authority. The CEA, a not-for-profit,...