All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2014 // Nearly 2,000 firefighters are getting the upper hand on a wildfire in rugged and steep terrain in rural Northern California. Fire officials say the Monticello Fire near Lake Berryessa in Yolo County was 55 percent as of...
Jul 7 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37. 5...
Jul 7 2014 // The earth’s surface consists of 25 interlocking plates. —National Aeronautics and Space Administration The earth’s plates move at a rate of roughly 2 centimeters per year. —National Aeronautics and Space...
Jul 7 2014 // Citing incidents like the 2013 limousine fire that killed five women on the San Mateo Bridge, California’s state auditor has said that the commission responsible for overseeing passenger carriers has failed to ensure...
Jul 7 2014 // John Monreal, 45, of Santa Clarita, Calif. was arrested on May 30 by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies on 11 felony counts of embezzlement and insurance code violations after he allegedly duped...
Jul 7 2014 // In November, California voters will decide whether to implement state government price controls on health insurance.Insurance agents and brokers are certain to be asked by their clients whether this ballot measure merits...
Jul 7 2014 // Southern California’s Rady Children’s Hospital says the private health data of more than 20,000 young patients was mistakenly shared with a handful of job applicants.In one breach in June a Rady employee...
Jul 3 2014 // HomeServe USA‘s subsidiary Home Emergency Insurance Solutions (HEIS), is relaunching its optional Water Service Line Insurance plans as home protection plans to more than 425,000 households across the state of...
Jul 3 2014 // A wildfire in rural Northern California’s Napa County damaged two homes and forced the evacuation of 200 others, although the blaze has yet to threaten the area’s famed vineyards.The fire in Pope Valley grew to...
Jul 3 2014 // Wildfires blamed in part on climate change are consuming timber in the U.S. West at such a furious pace that half the Forest Service’s budget is now spent fighting them — up from 21 percent in 2000.Add in the...
Jul 3 2014 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Alabama State University against the auditing firm that’s reviewing the school’s finances.An attorney for Forensic Strategic Solutions said that Los Angeles...
Jul 2 2014 // Rite Aid will pay nearly a half-million dollars to settle California claims that it didn’t follow consumer protection rules.The settlement, approved Friday in San Diego, also calls for the drugstore chain to comply...
Jul 2 2014 // Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker has approved the implementation of the 2014/15 Alternative Security Program, which DIR says frees $7.54 billion in working capital and provides self-insured...
Jul 1 2014 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services announced the appointment of three key managers and executives across the company.Chris Reese has been promoted to director of underwriting. In her newly expanded role, Reese...
Jul 1 2014 // AmWINS Group Inc. has acquired Cabrillo Pacific Insurance Services, a non-standard auto insurance managing general agent, and Tidewater Pacific Adjusters, the administrator that manages claims and appraisal functions for...
Jul 1 2014 // Cindy Belcher has been promoted to chief operating officer of Los Angeles, Calif.-based Cooperative of American Physicians Inc. Her promotion coincides with the announcement by CEO James L. Weidner that he will retire...
Jun 30 2014 // Danielle Julien has been hired by wholesaler All Risks Ltd. as a workers’ compensation brokerage underwriter located in San Diego, Calif. Julien will write workers’ compensation business with retail agents in...
Jun 30 2014 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group named Anthony Manzitto executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. Manzitto will be accountable for profit and growth goals, reinsurance, marketing, product...
Jun 30 2014 // Hub International Insurance Services Inc. named Jay Corbett as a senior vice president of the commercial division based in Folsom, Calif.In addition to his commercial brokerage production role, Corbett will serve as the...
Jun 27 2014 // The share-and-share-alike attitude considered a virtue by some has the potential to create a rift between between ridesharing companies and insurance companies.“We try not to make it a battle,” said Robert...