All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 14 2017 // A bipartisan trio of U.S. senators said on Tuesday they planned to introduce legislation to remove regulatory roadblocks to the introduction of self-driving cars, including sorting out conflicts between state and federal...
Jun 13 2017 // Wilson Elser has named Ingrid Calle of counsel in its Los Angeles California office. Calle focuses her practice on product liability, toxic tort, trucking, premises and construction accident liability and commercial...
Jun 13 2017 // Knight Insurance Group in California has named Vance Ownbey its managing director overseeing programs, underwriting, new business and product development. Ownbey previously was chief financial officer, chief technical...
Jun 12 2017 // A major fire broke out and burned for hours at a company that produces cleaning chemicals in Anaheim, Calif., leaving three people injured.Anaheim fire officials say the blaze was reported shortly after 3 p.m. at American...
Jun 12 2017 // Specialist insurer Compre has agreed to acquire Equinox CA Europe, a captive insurer of global engineering and construction conglomerate SNC-Lavalin, in a legacy transaction. The Ireland-based captive insured the...
Jun 8 2017 // Topa Insurance Co. has named Olive Chang assistant vice president of reinsurance and programs.Chang will be located in the Calabasas, Calif. office. She will manage reinsurance and programs operation, quality control of...
Jun 8 2017 // Lafayette, Calif.-based Stone Creek Insurance Agency has named Kimberly Van Horn as marketing manager. Van Horn has nine years of experience in commercial insurance. Van Horn’s past positions include marketing...
Jun 8 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that the California Department of Insurance has reached a settlement agreement with Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries to stop what he calls “bait and switch...
Jun 8 2017 // Sacramento, Calif.-based InterWest Insurance Services, LLC has named Kurt Hoffmann a marketing and promotions agent.Hoffmann’s responsibilities include business development, project management, community engagement...
Jun 8 2017 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended Pasadena psychiatrist Jason Hui-Tek Yang from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system following his conviction in Riverside...
Jun 7 2017 // A Southern California jury awarded $2 million to the granddaughter of Trinity Broadcasting Network founders Jan and Paul Crouch, finding that her grandmother acted outrageously in refusing to report the girl’s sexual...
Jun 7 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Elk Grove, Calif. The Ponce de Leon Insurance Group Inc., dba Colton Insurance Associates.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Colton team will join Hub’s...
Jun 6 2017 // Ten lawyers and six others were charged in a multi-million-dollar workers’ compensation fraud scheme that authorities say targeted Latinos in California.The charges were filed after a multi-year investigation into a...
Jun 6 2017 // John Finston, most recently deputy commissioner and general counsel for the California Department of Insurance, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner.Finston will work from the firm’s San Francisco...
Jun 5 2017 // JLT Re North America Inc. has named Tony Manzitto executive vice president in Los Angeles, Calif. Manzitto will focus on the expansion of JLT Re’s structured products team. Manzitto most recently held the positions...
Jun 5 2017 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based Western Insurance Agents Association has promoted Kou Brockhouse and Steven Pettersen to vice president. Both were member services specialists before being promoted to directors of business...
Jun 5 2017 // The acquisition by AmWINS Group Inc. at the end of last month of Networked Insurance Agents will achieve a number of objectives for both the Charlotte, N.C.-based global distributor of specialty insurance products and...
Jun 2 2017 // Specialty Program Group, a holding company for specialty insurance underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Paul Hanson Partners and its affiliate, PHP International.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Napa,...
Jun 2 2017 // Looking for allies in the fight against climate change, California Gov. Jerry Brown headed to China this week in a push to build foreign support for carbon-cutting efforts that have found resistance in...
Jun 2 2017 // State governors and city mayors were quick to claim the mantle of U.S. leadership in fighting climate change after President Donald Trump said on Thursday the country will pull out of the Paris climate agreement.The...