All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 2 2016 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Christopher Dewey vice president. Dewey joined Heffernan in 2008 in the small business division, and was promoted to Heffernan’s large commercial...
Feb 2 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Michael Heffernan executive vice president in its construction services group.Heffernan will be responsible for Alliant’s construction operations in San Jose, Calif. He will...
Feb 2 2016 // Yahoo! Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of manipulating employee performance evaluations to justify firing hundreds of workers in order to meet its financial targets.Gregory Anderson, who was an editor for some of...
Feb 1 2016 // The University of California has acknowledged its negligence was a substantial factor in the death of former California football player Ted Agu.The 21-year-old defensive lineman from Bakersfield died nearly two years ago...
Jan 29 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost its bid to pause a lawsuit by California drivers demanding to be treated as employees that has grown dramatically in both size and potential liability.The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
Jan 29 2016 // JLT Specialty USA has named Brian Taliaferro senior vice president of the entertainment and hospitality practice. Taliaferro, who will be based in JLT’s Los Angeles, Calif., office, will lead the company’s...
Jan 28 2016 // An investigation into what’s being called one of the largest cases of workers’ compensation health care insurance fraud in California Department of Insurance history led to 13 indictments announced today...
Jan 28 2016 // In those periods of respite when the State of California is not rocking and rolling atop its various fault lines, it’s often quite literally on fire. In fact, of the top 10 costliest wildfires in U.S. history,...
Jan 28 2016 // State Compensation Insurance Fund will soon transition to a new outcomes-based medical provider network following a California Division of Workers’ Compensation approval of the new MPN called the State Fund MPN by...
Jan 28 2016 // It was a relatively quiet year for natural disasters – except for those living in the Western U.S.Property data provider CoreLogic today released its annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis. The report shows...
Jan 28 2016 // Alteris Insurance Services Inc. announced it will serve as insurance administrator for the newly formed CalMutuals Joint Powers Insurance Authority (JPIA) working with nonprofit water systems in California. The new program...
Jan 27 2016 // A decision from the California Department of Insurance has workers’ compensation carrier Applied Underwriters and one of its companies on the defensive, and now a class action suit has been filed seeking to recover...
Jan 27 2016 // A man who played a dancing hamster in car commercials and was a backup dancer for Madonna, has pleaded no contest to single counts of insurance fraud and making a false statement.The Los Angeles County District...
Jan 27 2016 // A hoverboard burst into flames in a Petaluma, Calif. home, marking the second such fire in Sonoma County in a week.The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported that the hoverboard was plugged into an electrical outlet Monday to...
Jan 26 2016 // Damage from two destructive Northern California wildfires that killed six and sent thousands fleeing their homes topped $1 billion in insured losses, according to a preliminary estimate by the state’s insurance...
Jan 25 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Monday 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...
Jan 25 2016 // Forget about selfies. In California, residents are using smartphones and drones to document the coastline’s changing face.Starting this month, The Nature Conservancy is asking tech junkies to capture the flooding and...
Jan 25 2016 // Long before a natural gas storage well sprung a disastrous leak near Los Angeles, Calif., utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure.The leaking...