All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 26 2015 // Volkswagen AG is maneuvering to steer hundreds of class-action lawsuits over its emissions-cheating software to the court nearest its current U.S. headquarters or to Detroit, its former location.The automaker asked a panel...
Oct 23 2015 // There is a 99.9 percent chance of a magnitude-5 or greater earthquake striking within three years in the greater Los Angeles area, where a similar sized temblor caused more the $12 million in damage last year, according to...
Oct 22 2015 // A new lawsuit says a California high school failed to take appropriate steps when a parent reported suspected sexual abuse by a wrestling coach who is now serving time on similar charges.The San Mateo County Times reported...
Oct 21 2015 // The Insurance Center for Building Materials has hired Rick Zorman and Phil McCown in Los Angeles.Both Zorman and McCown are experienced lumber underwriters and will expand the firm’s capabilities for this market....
Oct 20 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...
Oct 20 2015 // Integro Ltd. has named Peter Holley a principal in its San Francisco, Calif. office. Holley is responsible for Integro’s surety operations on the West Coast, and will coordinate with surety colleagues throughout the...
Oct 19 2015 // A woman who was blinded in one eye by a flying golf disc at a Southern California park has settled a lawsuit for $3 million.The Daily Breeze of Torrance reported that the settlement involves Noreen Goodbody. She was struck...
Oct 19 2015 // A new study on worker’s compensation across 17 states shows that reforms sometimes work — and such is the case of sweeping reforms made in California, the report shows.The Workers Compensation Research...
Oct 19 2015 // California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to move California forward in curbing abuse of opioid medications in the workers’ compensation system.Assembly Bill 1124, authored by Assemblyman Henry T. Perea,...
Oct 19 2015 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Greenpath Insurance Co. in Rancho Cordova,...
Oct 19 2015 // Lyft drivers have a new ridesharing insurance option covering all three ridesharing periods. Those changes came to light earlier this month with the introduction of a new product, approved by Insurance Commissioner Dave...
Oct 19 2015 // A Superior Court jury in Riverside, Calif., awarded $1.85 million in a lawsuit over an e-cigarette product that exploded while charging, physically burning and emotionally scarring a woman, her attorneys said in early...
Oct 16 2015 // An insurance company says two massive wildfires that burned up parts of Northern California did nearly $2 billion in damage, among the costliest blazes the Golden State has ever seen.The Sacramento Bee reports that a...
Oct 16 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named DeAnna Slater a principal and property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the firm’s Fresno, Calif. office. She will report Terri Parreira, managing principal. She...
Oct 16 2015 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Metromile has named James Moorhead, a former Dish Network executive, its chief marketing officer. The appointment is effective Oct. 26. Moorhead will report to Metromile CEO Dan Preston....
Oct 15 2015 // The drought-plagued western U.S. has had more than its share of fires this year – but this may not be the last year that the nation sees so many wildfires gone wild.A Yale University professor looking back over the last...
Oct 15 2015 // A small earthquake has shaken the Big Bear Lake area of the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 6:55 a.m. Wednesday tremor had a magnitude of 3.6. It was centered 3 miles south...
Oct 14 2015 // Insurers handling wildfire damage from the Valley and Butte wildfires last month in Northern California has agreed to a claims handling process to help fire victims begin their recovery more quickly, Insurance Commissioner...
Oct 13 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance has launched a Prop 65 insurance program liability insurance program tailored to provide financial protection for product manufacturers, distributors, and formulators of products that contain any of...
Oct 13 2015 // San Francisco, Calif.-based EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants announced a transaction of certain books of business to Alliant Insurance Services, including the customers of David Alvarado and a group of employees who...