All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 9 2016 // Cerritos, CA, February 9, 2016 – Auto Insurance Specialists (AIS) today announced the acquisition of Suncal Insurance Services based in Santa Clarita, California. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded...
Feb 8 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has named Sara Owens senior vice president of engagement.Owens will be responsible for engaging key constituents of Hub’s Los Angeles, Calif. operation, including community leaders, business...
Feb 8 2016 // California workers’ compensation claim severity continues to increase, while claims frequency declines, according a newly released report.The latest California hospital report benchmarking workers’ comp costs...
Feb 8 2016 // New Jersey on Friday, Feb. 5, filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen AG and its luxury units over the German automaker’s excess diesel emissions, becoming the fourth U.S. state to take legal action.New Jersey’s...
Feb 8 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in January asked all insurance companies doing business in California to voluntarily divest from their investments in thermal coal as part of a nationwide call to reduce carbon...
Feb 8 2016 // A hoverboard burst into flames in a Petaluma, Calif. home in late-January, making it the second hoverboard fire in the area in one week.The hoverboard was plugged into an electrical outlet to charge when the fire started....
Feb 8 2016 // Richards D. Barger, a former California insurance commissioner and a former president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, died in late January. He was 87.Barger, who went by the name Dick, devoted his...
Feb 8 2016 // When agency consultants at Reagan Consulting hosted more than 150 industry leaders at a workshop on agent/broker mergers and acquisitions (M&A) recently, the mood was upbeat, since many brokers have continued to enjoy...
Feb 8 2016 // Aspen, AgriLogicSpecialty insurer Aspen Insurance has acquired AgriLogic Insurance Services and certain affiliates for cash in a transaction that further diversifies Aspen’s specialty insurance business....
Feb 8 2016 // It was a relatively quiet year for natural disasters – except for those living in the Western United States, according to property data provider CoreLogic, in its annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis, released...
Feb 8 2016 // The ghost of the 2008 financial collapse still haunts the liability insurance market for real estate professionals and some are worried the business may be headed for a replay of that crisis.While it is still recovering...
Feb 5 2016 // Canute was a king of Denmark who ruled over an empire that included large parts of Sweden, all of Norway and almost all of England. He ruled over person and property alike. He ruled over the land and sought to expand his...
Feb 4 2016 // One can say California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has a beef with coal.Jones made a bold move on Jan. 25 when he asked all insurance companies doing business in California to voluntarily divest from their...
Feb 4 2016 // In the strongest indication yet that the California drought could be easing, officials said strict water conservation orders could be dramatically scaled back or even ended if El Niño storms keep pummeling the state into...
Feb 4 2016 // Time Warner Cable has agreed to pay $5 million to settle lawsuits that claimed it owed Los Angeles millions in city fees.Last week’s settlement was announced this week. The city filed two lawsuits that claimed Time...
Feb 4 2016 // Digital Benefit Advisors has acquired Hillenbrand Insurance Solutions of Roseville, Calif. Patric Hillenbrand and his team of nine have joined the Northern California office of DBA. The move expands Digital Benefit...
Feb 3 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired San Francisco, Calif.-based Equity Risk Partners Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Michael Marcon, CEO of Equity Risk, will join Hub and report to Roy Taylor, president of...
Feb 3 2016 // A federal audit has found the city of San Diego, Calif. did not properly use $1. 2 million in disaster relief funds of the $6 million it received for damage from flooding and mudslides five years ago.The Jan. 25 report by...
Feb 3 2016 // Ever since one of its wells in California started spewing natural gas in October, Sempra Energy’s message to residents has been the same: Don’t worry – the leak poses no public safety threat and won’t...
Feb 2 2016 // Alameda County, Calif. fire officials say a hoverboard was found in the area where a fire sparked at a San Leandro home.KRON-TV reported that firefighters responded over the weekend to reports of a fire at a two-story...