All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Oct 12 2015 // Lyft drivers have a new ridesharing insurance option covering all three ridesharing periods and offering liability coverage with the option to add additional coverages.Those changes came to light on Monday with the...
Oct 9 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 Institute,...
Oct 9 2015 // California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law a plan to require regional water-management officials to report the vulnerability of their water systems to an earthquake.Senate Bill 664, authored by Sen. Bob...
Oct 9 2015 // Gov. Jerry Brown dramatically increased California’s climate-change goals, committing the state to use renewable energy for half its electricity and make existing buildings twice as energy-efficient in just 15...
Oct 8 2015 // A report forecasts claims from two California wildfires last month will exceed $1 billion.Wildfires in 2015 have caused more damage and financial loss in the U.S. than in any other year since 2007, according to the report....
Oct 8 2015 // Los Angeles prosecutors say the doctor who orchestrated a $150 million insurance fraud scheme and allowed his assistant to perform surgeries is not in custody in Germany as they had previously reported.A spokeswoman for...
Oct 7 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,...