All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 7 2015 // Greg O’Brien Insurance Services in Santa Barbara, Calif. has become Consolidated Agency Partners Inc.’s 200th agency member. Reno, Nev.-based CAP offers a range of commercial and personal carrier products. CAP...
Aug 7 2015 // A recent court decision may have the potential to change the practice of side agreements in workers’ compensation policies California, a practice that some say often goes on under the regulatory radar.Zurich American...
Aug 7 2015 // Six people involved in a mobile phone insurance scam in California have been sentenced on felony fraud charges after filing more than 1,300 claims for stolen and damaged phones totaling more than $500,000.The convicted...
Aug 7 2015 // Drivers suing Uber Technologies Inc. for better pay and benefits are proposing to pursue their group lawsuit in phases focused first on whether they qualify as employees.If they win that round, then the two sides can fight...
Aug 7 2015 // An Alameda County, Calif., jury has awarded Pennsylvania-based Victaulic Co., $55.3 in damages against three AIG companies.The trial in Victaulic Co. v. American Home Assurance Co. et al., in Alameda County Superior Court...
Aug 6 2015 // Plains All American Pipeline LP’s ruptured California oil pipeline may have spilled 41 percent more crude than currently estimated, the company said on Wednesday.In a presentation accompanying Plains’ quarterly...
Aug 5 2015 // Workers’ compensation premiums in California continue to grow at double-digit rates, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.The WCIRB recently released its “State of the California...
Aug 5 2015 // Firefighters are reporting some progress against a Northern California wildfire that has charred more than 100 square miles of terrain, destroying buildings, threatening many others and sending thousands of residents...
Aug 4 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services has named Patrick McIntyre the Alliant Americas division first vice president within the Sacramento, Calif. office.McIntyre will be responsible for the delivery of property/casualty and...
Aug 4 2015 // Cooler, wetter weather helped crews make inroads Monday against a massive Northern California wildfire that tore through two dozen homes, threatened thousands more and forced 12,000 people to flee the flames.The largest...
Aug 3 2015 // The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded $4 million to four universities in the Pacific Northwest and California to boost the development of earthquake early warning systems.The University of Washington, the University of...
Aug 3 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. is jostling with drivers suing for reimbursement of their expenses in advance of an important hearing next week in the fight over whether drivers are independent contractors or employees entitled to...
Aug 3 2015 // Firefighters aided by lower temperatures and higher humidity have made progress corralling a wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Northern California.California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Capt. Don...
Aug 3 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance has named Chris Calvert head of its newly established client experience team.Calvert will lead a team focused on strengthening customer service. She is based in Highlands Ranch, Colo., and she reports...
Aug 3 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in July paid homage to the insurance industry for “tens of millions” of charitable dollars that came from the insurance industry as part of the California Organized...
Aug 3 2015 // A California Fire captain and his insurance agent brother have been arrested for insurance fraud.Neal Moriarty, 38, a Cal Fire captain, and Ross Moriarty, 42, a licensed insurance agent, were arrested in late July on...
Aug 3 2015 // The family of a teenage boy who died at a Mission Viejo care facility has been awarded more than $10 million for damages relating to the boy’s death.Fifteen-year-old Kevin Barr died at a Lonika’s Home Inc. care...
Aug 3 2015 // The Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation have released a report on progress implementing California’s workers’ compensation reforms.The report details increased...
Jul 31 2015 // Hundreds of residents and businesses in Long Beach, Calif. will be without power until Friday evening, according to reports.Long Beach, a city of nearly half-a-million, was struck by a power outage on Thursday for the...
Jul 31 2015 // Edison International expects a hearing to be held next year on its $7.57 billion damage claim against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. over the shutdown of a Southern California nuclear power plant.A confidentiality order...