All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 15 2014 // A federal judge said LinkedIn Corp. must face a lawsuit by customers who claimed it violated their privacy by accessing their external email accounts, downloading their contacts’ email addresses and soliciting...
Jun 13 2014 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Christian Caravia in its Orange County branch as assistant vice president. Caravia will focus on building the nonprofit, hospitality and transportation niches for Heffernan in Southern...
Jun 13 2014 // A multi-agency task force consisting of more than 100 detectives and investigators focused on curbing California’s underground economy conducted a sweep across major metropolitan areas statewide issuing more than 60...
Jun 12 2014 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday gave a thumbs up to regulations proposed by California Public Utility Commission President Michael Peevey, which seeks broader commercial insurance coverage for...
Jun 12 2014 // Integro Insurance Brokers has acquired the assets of Newport Beach, Calif.-based employee benefits specialist Lugo & Associates Insurance Services Inc., it was announced on Thursday. The acquisition was for an...
Jun 12 2014 // Fresno, Calif.’s fire chief says investigators believe serial arsonists are behind a series of blazes across the city over the past month. Chief Kerri Donis said Tuesday that fire and police investigators are...
Jun 11 2014 // The California Public Utilities Commission wants the insurance industry to get off its duff and start creating some products to offer to ridesharing drivers.A proposal issued by CPUC on Tuesday further defines ridesharing...
Jun 9 2014 // Worldwide Facilities Inc. named Jeremy Huang to its Irvine, Calif. team. Huang specializes in financial services products. He will be available to WWFI agents for assistance with directors and officers, employment...
Jun 9 2014 // USG Insurance Services Inc. has added to its Irvine, Calif. office Dennis Coleman and Jessica Haller as producer/brokers, and Jodi Parker as a senior production assistant. Coleman most recently was an underwriter/producer...
Jun 6 2014 // A California wealth adviser must pay two ex-employees almost $3.7 million for allegedly defaming them, a securities arbitration panel found.The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel ruled in favor of...
Jun 5 2014 // Leroy Barnes, 27, of Los Angeles, known as one of the dancing hamsters in Kia car commercials, was arrested on insurance fraud charges related to his alleged fraudulent collection of state disability insurance...
Jun 5 2014 // The mother of a Central California teenager who committed suicide after years of anti-gay bullying has reached a $750,000 settlement with her son’s school district. Wendy Walsh, whose 13-year-old son, Seth, hanged...
Jun 4 2014 // It looks like incumbent Dave Jones will face off against Republican opponent Ted Gaines in the race for insurance commissioner, according to results from Tuesday’s primary election.Jones, a heavily favored Democrat,...
Jun 3 2014 // The recent plague of wildfires in Southern California and in neighboring states seems to have more people checking on their homeowners policies – and more people concerned about the threat of wildfires may be taking some...
Jun 3 2014 // A hash oil operation is suspected in an explosion that burned a man and several units of a Redding, Calif. apartment complex during the weekend. The Record Searchlight newspaper reported the 9:30 a.m. Sunday blast and...
Jun 3 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has added Greg Dobson as a principal in its employee benefits division.Dobson will be based in the company’s San Ramon office. His responsibilities will include the acquisition of...
Jun 3 2014 // Scott Ferguson and Norma Cervantes have joined the Leavitt Group’s San Diego, Calif. office.Ferguson is a senior vice president and practice leader on risk management accounts specializing in construction,...
Jun 2 2014 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has promoted Tammy Magliola to vice president of business development.Magliola will direct sales initiatives for expanding affiliate membership and increasing member...
Jun 2 2014 // A Central California chicken-processing plant has filed a lawsuit against a pest-control company over a cockroach infestation that caused the plant to close for two weeks.The Modesto Bee reported that Foster Farms in...
Jun 2 2014 // A California construction worker died from a fall after a railroad bridge he was cutting collapsed and pulled him down to a freeway, authorities said.Okesene Faasalele, 59, of Long Beach, was attached to the bridge over...