All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 15 2015 // A California wildfire damaged five power plants at Calpine Corp.’s Geysers geothermal complex in Lake and Sonoma Counties. The so-called Valley Fire burned local power distribution lines, cooling towers and...
Sep 15 2015 // The American Insurance Association has named Katherine Pettibone Western region vice president for state affairs.The AIA appointment is effective Oct. 1. Pettibone will be based in the association’s Sacramento,...
Sep 15 2015 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Ascension Insurance Holdings LLC has made a series of senior management changes, which took effect Sept. 1.Edward Nathan Page, who was chief financial officer and executive vice president, has...
Sep 14 2015 // Anaheim, Calif.-based BB&T Insurance Services of Orange County has named Scott Rhodes senior vice president and chief operating officer. The 26-year industry veteran will manage day-to-day operations and work with the...
Sep 14 2015 // Two fast-burning wildfires overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and sending thousands of residents fleeing highways lined with buildings,...
Sep 14 2015 // A California brother and sister who owned a landscaping service won’t contest charges that they duped several workers’ compensation carriers out of more than $200,000.Michael George Mello Jr., 37, and his...
Sep 11 2015 // Cal/OSHA is warning all employers throughout the entire state to consider protecting their outdoor workers from heat illness.The National Weather Service has issued high heat advisories and excessive heat warnings for...
Sep 11 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Howitt Benefit Services in San Jose, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nancy Howitt, Howitt’s president and client service supervisor, will join Hub...
Sep 11 2015 // SullivanCurtisMonroe has named Rob Wallace as a vice president in its Los Angeles, Calif. office, and Chad Werley as a broker associate in its Irvine, Calif. location.Wallace develops strategies to reduce risk and improve...
Sep 11 2015 // American Group International Group Inc. won a decision that narrowed the claims by six investment funds that opted out of a $970.5 million class-action settlement last year over allegations the insurer misled investors...
Sep 10 2015 // Uber has lost another legal round in the dispute over whether its drivers are independent contractors or employees, an issue that threatens the core of the ride-hailing company’s business model.The California...
Sep 9 2015 // Wildfires burned amid a week of triple-digit temperatures across California, while some sections of the state saw sudden thunderstorms and flash floods.High temperatures were expected from Sacramento to San Bernardino,...
Sep 9 2015 // California lawmakers negotiated frantically behind the scenes on Tuesday over the fate of several proposals to dramatically reduce the state’s use of fossil fuels and slash the amount of greenhouse gases that legally...
Sep 9 2015 // Rancho Cucamonga, CA, September 9, 2015 – The BIG Independent Group (www.biginsusa.com), an association of independent insurance agents and brokers, announced the winners of its “BIGGIE Awards” at the groups...
Sep 7 2015 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. has named Robin Heller its chief technology and operating officer in Denver, Colo.In the newly created role, Heller will oversee strategic technology development. Prior to IMA Heller was...
Sep 7 2015 // An Imperial Beach, Calif., man who was injured when he tripped and fell on trolley tracks is receiving a $21.5 million insurance settlement. Fifty-seven-year-old David Long was injured in May 2013 when he stepped off the...
Sep 7 2015 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has submitted its Jan. 1, 2016, pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance proposing advisory pure premium rates that average $2.45 per $100...
Sep 7 2015 // Geico has agreed to pay $6 million dollars and implement several changes to their business practices as part of a settlement with the California Department of Insurance, CDI announced late last month.The settlement stems...
Sep 7 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones praised a recent unanimous California Supreme Court decision that he said ensures policyholders are protected from insurers refusing to cover third-party liability claims when...
Sep 7 2015 // A study says two California coastal cities are at greater risk from tsunamis than previously thought.The study released in August by the American Geophysical Union examined the flooding risk if earthquake faults in the...