All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2024 // An investigation began after an employee was found dead in a company owned semi-truck led to the arraignment of a California man on three felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud.Heigo Kubar, 84, of Fresno, was...
May 16 2024 // XavierMontes BenefitMall appointed Xavier Montes to its individual and senior division (ISD) as the new broker sales executive for California. Montes is based in Whittier, California. Montes has over 25 years of experience...
May 15 2024 // In the fight to ratchet down climate emissions and soothe the most dangerous effects of an overheating planet, one of the most withering setbacks in recent memory wasn’t delivered by the oil industry or coal...
May 14 2024 // Farmers Insurance said it will resume accepting new business commercial multi-peril applications for auto service & repair, habitational, manufacturing, real estate and wholesale distribution policies in California.The...
May 14 2024 // Tesla has settled a lawsuit by a former factory employee who says she was fired for complaining about severe sexual harassment, as the electric carmaker faces a series of sex and race discrimination lawsuits.U.S. District...
May 14 2024 // California Senate Bill 553 is groundbreaking legislation that aims to prevent workplace violence and enhance employee safety and security in California. The law elevates California’s commitment to protecting workers,...
May 14 2024 // More than a dozen Southern California residents are reported to have conspired to create fraudulent insurance claims to illegally collect more than $350,000.They were arrested last week after an investigation reportedly...
May 10 2024 // Insurers are applauding a move by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to try and expedite the insurance rate filing process.Newsom made the proposal while discussing the state’s budget. It was mentioned in a press...
May 10 2024 // Cal/OSHA cited D’Arcy & Harty Construction Inc. $371,100 for failing to protect employees working in a trench excavation at a construction site in San Francisco.On Sept. 28, 2023, an employee was replacing sewer...
May 10 2024 // Mercury Insurance on Thursday announced a plan that the Los Angeles-based carrier says will help maintain insurance availability and provide coverage for thousands of California consumers as two insurers exit the...
May 9 2024 // Written premium in calendar year 2023 was 2% higher than the prior year, driven by continued economic expansion, but partially offset by continued rate decreases, a new report shows.The Workers’ Compensation...
May 9 2024 // Roberts Joins LP Insurance Services Employee Benefits Brokerage TeamLynn Roberts joined the employee benefits group in the Gold River, California, office of LP Insurance Services LLC. Roberts has over 30 years of industry...
May 8 2024 // Robert Kirby Wells, 64, of Woodland, California, was sentenced this week to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft.Court documents show Wells was an insurance broker for a company in Denver, Colorado, that owned...
May 8 2024 // Wildfire Defense Insurance Services is offering a $20 million excess and surplus commercial property coverage for E&S risks in wildfire prone areas of California.The coverage is for total insured value up to $20...
May 6 2024 // Delos Insurance Solutions plans to offer wildfire insurance to more California policyholders with vacant properties. Delos is expanding coverage availability through a partnership with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s...
May 6 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services Inc. Merriwether & Williams has locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, The firm provides contractor development abd bonding...
May 6 2024 // The first quarter of the year saw the sixth straight quarterly increase (.7%) in overall registrations in California in the first quarter from the same period last year, while the state’s love affair with...
May 6 2024 // Strategic Risk Solutions, Garnet Captive Insurance ServicesStrategic Risk Solutions (SRS) reported it has agreed to acquire Garnet Captive Insurance Services, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, firm that partners with select...
May 6 2024 // Lloyd’s appointed Dawn Miller chief commercial officer and CEO of Lloyd’s Americas. Miller, who joined Lloyd’s in 2022 and oversees its global network as commercial director, will assume her expanded role...
May 6 2024 // New legislation aimed at reducing workplace violence in California vastly increases employers’ responsibilities and hands workers’ compensation insurers an unprecedented oversight role that is likely to trigger...