All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 10 2015 // A financial investigation is underway into Barrett Business Services Inc. (BBSI), a giant professional employer organization that deals with many workers’ compensation carriers.The independent investigation focuses...
Nov 10 2015 // Charlie Rosson, CEO of San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., has been named as chairman of Assurex Global. Assurex Global is a partnership of independent agents and brokers. Assurex has more than 600...
Nov 9 2015 // A video game company is suing a rival studio and Kris Jenner claiming its idea for a Kim Kardashian mobile game was stolen.The copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Just Games Interactive Entertainment LLC states it...
Nov 9 2015 // Stockton, Calif.-based M.J. Hall & Company Inc. has named Stacey Shurson vice president. Shurson has 39 years of insurance underwriting and brokerage placement experience. She owned IIW Insurance Services of California...
Nov 9 2015 // Apple Inc. persuaded a judge to throw out a lawsuit by employees of the company’s retail stores in California seeking back pay for time spent in “demoralizing” security searches when they left work for...
Nov 6 2015 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau released a study on Friday showing significant differences in the costs of claims among the state’s regions – particularly Los Angeles.The...
Nov 6 2015 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has named Steve Sampiere chief information officer. Sampiere will direct a breadth of initiatives focusing on innovation, security and facilities. He takes the reins...
Nov 5 2015 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Jordan Markuson assistant vice president. Markuson’s focus will be on expanding the firm’s presence in the staffing firm market. Markuson early on in his career worked with...
Nov 5 2015 // An Uber driver is suing a California man accused of slapping and hitting the driver in an attack that was recorded on video.KABC-TV in Los Angeles reported Edward Caban filed a lawsuit earlier this week in Orange County...
Nov 5 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Daniel Garcia a property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the firm’s Petaluma, Calif. office. Garcia will report locally to Mike Ryan, the North Bay managing...
Nov 4 2015 // Police say a mid-level manager for Taco Bell Corp. repeatedly slapped an Uber driver in the face after being told to get out of the car because he was too drunk to give directions.The incident Friday was captured on dash...
Nov 4 2015 // Diverse California businesses supplied $1.52 billion in goods and services to insurance companies last year, according to a survey by the California Department of Insurance.The 2014 tally was a $587 million increase since...
Nov 4 2015 // New York, NY, November 4, 2015 – National General Insurance today announced the launch of NatGen Premier, a new package program designed for affluent customers. The NatGen Premier homeowners and umbrella products are now...
Nov 3 2015 // There’s little question that the drought and the recent wildfire season that it unleashed pushed more California homeowners into the surplus lines market.Now with the onset of what appears to be a strong El Niño...
Nov 3 2015 // Leavitt Central Coast Insurance Services has hired Jennifer Spiller as a commercial insurance agent in Salinas, Calif. Spiller specializes in insurance for the golf, hospitality and restaurant industries. Spiller worked as...
Nov 2 2015 // So far it’s been an “unusual year” for surplus lines in California.Filed premiums were up 14.1 percent in October from the same month last year, but that increase followed a 38.3 percent year-over-year...
Nov 2 2015 // Two former employees have sued Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Central California, saying they were fired as retaliation for raising animal welfare concerns.KNTV-TV reported that Michael and Holley Muraco have filed a...
Nov 2 2015 // Mercury General Corp. reported net written premiums rose 8 percent for the third quarter from a year ago. The board of directors for the Los Angeles, Calif.-based carrier also declared a quarterly dividend of 62 cents per...
Nov 2 2015 // Landslides are a problem for which the United States has yet to come up with an answer. A recent essay by Penn State University law professor Christopher C. French – titled “Insuring Landslides: America’s...
Nov 2 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved workers’ compensation rates for 2016 that are 2 percent below the average approved in July. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted its...