All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 31 2014 // During the 2014 legislative session California Gov. Jerry Brown signed nine bills sponsored by the California Department of Insurance and Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones.A bill that adds protections for small businesses...
Dec 30 2014 // While tens of thousands of immigrants living in the United States illegally are preparing to apply for a long-sought driver’s license in California starting Jan. 2, others are being urged to think twice.Immigrant...
Dec 29 2014 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Natural hazards continue to pose a significant risk to properties in the United States and abroad. As we near the close of 2014, it is important to take time to consider...
Dec 24 2014 // Independent insurance agents who serve the Hispanic community may be in store for a busy year.Immigration reform is on next year’s horizon, and in California a landmark law enabling undocumented individuals to obtain...
Dec 24 2014 // The family of a California woman whose death was linked to prepackaged caramel apples sued the Safeway grocery chain for selling her the product.The lawsuit filed on Monday in Santa Cruz County Superior Court alleges that...
Dec 24 2014 // Bolton & Co. has opened an office in Santa Clara, Calif. to serve its clients in Northern California. Bolton’s Santa Clara office will serve a diverse client base, ranging from nonprofit organizations, technology...
Dec 22 2014 // A former California Highway Patrol officer has been convicted in a case involving workers’ compensation insurance fraud.A Sacramento County jury on Thursday convicted Tony Yao on felony charges of failure to disclose...
Dec 22 2014 // California’s Department of Motor Vehicles will miss a year-end deadline to adopt new rules for cars of the future because regulators first have to figure out how they’ll know whether “driverless”...
Dec 19 2014 // A Los Angeles judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit by a teenager who was paralyzed while making a tackle during a Pop Warner football game.City News Service says the judge on Wednesday rejected a motion to dismiss the...
Dec 19 2014 // Uber argued Thursday that it should not have to turn over ride data in a California regulatory standoff that shows how the transportation service is falling afoul of officials who could threaten its expansion.The issue,...
Dec 18 2014 // A woman who claims she was served a pot-laced cookie at a Los Angeles hair salon has received a settlement of $25,000.Seventy-two-year-old Jo Ann Nickerson said she had never tried marijuana in her life before she partook...
Dec 17 2014 // The California Earthquake Authority has a heady legislative agenda on-tap for 2015, and Californians without earthquake insurance coverage could be made to foot the bill.The CEA’s CEO, Glenn Pomeroy, on Wednesday...
Dec 17 2014 // The Los Angeles Police Department and the National Insurance Crime Bureau are warning motorists of a growing problem with unauthorized tow truck operators in the L.A. area.These “bandit” tow truck operators...
Dec 16 2014 // Gorst & Compass has named Russ Johnston vice president of business development and marketing. Johnston is based in San Diego, Calif. and will be responsible for business development and marketing for the Western...
Dec 16 2014 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC has named Laura Jeppson vice president.Jeppson will report to Senior Vice President Brian Cushard and work out of the Woodland Hills, Calif. office. She will be responsible for...
Dec 16 2014 // California received funding to help begin an earthquake warning system across the state next year that would provide enough time for trains to brake, utilities to shut off gas lines and people to dive under a table until...
Dec 16 2014 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau today released a historic look at vehicle theft in California that shows thefts dropped from a peak year in 1992 more than a 48 percent to 2013.California has the distinction of being...
Dec 16 2014 // Hub International Insurance Services Inc. named James Gervang senior vice president and manager of the commercial risk division in Mountain View, Calif. In addition to his commercial risk division management role, Gervang...
Dec 15 2014 // The family of a California patient who went missing for more than two weeks before being found dead in a stairwell at a San Francisco hospital has settled a lawsuit for $3 million.The San Francisco Chronicle reported...
Dec 15 2014 // Insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. Even a casual observer of the U.S. economy since its collapse in 2008 is likely familiar with the terms “toxic debt” and...