All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 28 2015 // Ferrari North America Inc. recalled the 2016 California T convertibles it made over a two-month period this year because of the risk of fuel leaks. The California Ts produced between Sept. 8 and Nov. 11 may have a...
Dec 28 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. won a ruling that may put off the outcome of a bid by California drivers to be treated as employees in a lawsuit that has grown dramatically in both size and potential liability.U.S. District Judge...
Dec 23 2015 // Mia Chang, 51, former insurance broker and owner of Lotte Insurance Services in Southern California, was sentenced for felony insurance fraud and grand theft.Moments after her arrest Chang returned $19,218 in stolen...
Dec 23 2015 // The owners of a janitorial company serving luxury hotels in Southern California and Nevada are charged with running a $7 million workers’ compensation insurance and tax evasion scam, prosecutors announced Monday.Hyok...
Dec 23 2015 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Christopher Mason as assistant vice president of employee benefits in its San Francisco, Calif. office. Mason previously has worked with employee benefit brokers and human resource...
Dec 22 2015 // San Francisco Socius Insurance Services Inc. has named Ian Bell senior vice president. Bell joined Socius Insurance Services in 2013 and works on the firm’s management and professional liability team. Socius...
Dec 22 2015 // M.J. Hall and Company Inc. has promoted Sarah Marsh to assistant vice president.Marsh is part of the firm’s Stockton, Calif. team. She will continue to underwrite and broker excess and surplus line business in the...
Dec 21 2015 // Cleaning up from two destructive Northern California wildfires this fall will cost at least $243 million, far exceeding the cost for other recent blazes, state officials estimated as they transferred more money from the...
Dec 21 2015 // Medical payments per claim in California fell 5 percent in 2013 for claims with more than seven days of lost time at 12 months of experience, a trend that likely reflects the early impact of the 2012 workers’...
Dec 21 2015 // State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of...
Dec 21 2015 // A U.S. District judge in California earlier this month granted class action status to a suit brought by female attorneys against Farmers Insurance for discriminatory practices.The initial suit was filed on behalf of Lynne...
Dec 21 2015 // After Andres Hernandez, 36, of Lakewood, Calif., totaled his BMW while racing, he then allegedly then provided false statements to his insurer about the location of the collision. He was paid $64,860 for the claim, and was...
Dec 18 2015 // The home state of Google Inc., the pioneering company in driverless cars, has just taken steps to make life more difficult – not just for Google, but for all of us who would like to see driverless cars hit the road as...
Dec 18 2015 // The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that’s supposed to lead to a world without accidents, is achieving the exact opposite right now: The vehicles have racked up a crash rate double that of those with...
Dec 17 2015 // Detectives with the California Department of Insurance arrested nine people involved in a complex scheme allegedly targeting more than 230 workers’ compensation insurers and self-insured employers.Siblings Francisco...
Dec 17 2015 // Crawford & Co. has named Steve Christensen executive general adjuster for Crawford’s global technical services division in the Los Angeles, Calif. office. Christensen has 28 years of insurance experience. His...
Dec 17 2015 // Ford announced that it is officially enrolled in the California Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program to test autonomous vehicles on public roads, and fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid sedans are set to take to California...
Dec 15 2015 // San Deigo, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Vy Ouk a commercial lines account manager.Ouk will serve as the main contact person at the agency for her assigned customer accounts, identifying exposure to loss...
Dec 15 2015 // The Fresno County Sheriff’s Foundation for Public Safety has filed a claim against the county seeking reimbursement after an employee struck a gas pipeline and caused an explosion in April. The county employee was...
Dec 14 2015 // Andres Hernandez, 36, of Lakewood, Calif., allegedly totaled his BMW while racing and then provided false statements to his insurer about the location of the collision.He was paid $64,860 for the claim, and was...