All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2014 // Ex-National Collegiate Athletic Association players suing to gain a share of the $800 million of annual broadcast revenue reaped by the organization said they won’t seek damages for past use of their images, instead...
May 19 2014 // The Western Insurance Agents Association is throwing up some objections to a California Department of Insurance proposal that would enable the department’s hearing bureau to adjudicate agent/broker and carrier...
May 19 2014 // Call it a little luck or a good timing – maybe a bit of both – but an insurer focused on high net worth individuals has added California to the list of states in which it does business at a time when the number of...
May 19 2014 // There’s a lot riding on a California law to grant driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, and supporters are already preparing prospective drivers in the most populous U.S. state to pass the...
May 19 2014 // With summer approaching state water managers say California’s snowpack is at 18 percent of average for the date.The Department of Water Resources at the end of April said the season’s final survey of the Sierra...
May 19 2014 // The California Earthquake Authority reported it has paid numerous claims for damage to homes that sustained “relatively minor damage” from the magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck La Habra on March 28.Most CEA...
May 19 2014 // With California in a drought, the coastal city of Santa Barbara is thinking about firing up a desalination plant that has been in storage for more than two decades.The city built the plant in the 1990s during the last...
May 16 2014 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group named John Donahue president and chief executive officer.Donahue will provide leadership to all business endeavors of the organization. Donahue has 20 years of experience....
May 16 2014 // Spot electricity in Southern California surged as Sempra Energy’s San Diego Gas & Electric Co. utility worked to restore service following a fire that disrupted high-voltage transmissions.On-peak, spot...
May 16 2014 // An Orange County high school student has filed a lawsuit accusing his history teacher of breaking the boy’s arm after challenging him to an arm-wrestling contest in class.The Orange County Register reported the suit...
May 16 2014 // Several ongoing fires around San Diego, Calif. that started early in the week have destroyed at least eight homes, an 18-unit condominium complex and two businesses.The fires have burned more than 10,000 acres, and are...
May 15 2014 // Capital Insurance Group named Bruce Ostrem the regional field executive for Southern California. CIG recently created the new Southern California region, consisting of Ventura, Anaheim and San Diego territoriesfield. CIG...
May 13 2014 // When Thomas Jeffery visits states like California, he likes to take some time out to drive around and take a hard look at the conditions and the landscape.As a scientist, Jeffery feels this helps put first-person...
May 13 2014 // U.S. states plagued by historic drought are bracing for an early wildfire season with a cost that may rise as high as $1.8 billion, or almost $500,000 more than what’s available to control the blazes.Oklahomans...
May 12 2014 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers named Jani De La Rosa as director of employee benefits and senior vice president. De La Rosa will be responsible for managing benefit program designs, benefit...
May 12 2014 // A San Francisco firefighter accused of accidentally running over a passenger thrown from the wreckage of an Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport is suing the San Francisco Fire...
May 12 2014 // A study issued by the Workers Compensation Research Institute shows medical costs for injured workers in California moderated before sweeping reforms were implemented.WCRI looked at the potential impact of recent reform...
May 12 2014 // The bankrupt city of Stockton, California, will face off against a holdout creditor this week in a closely watched municipal bankruptcy case pitting the rights of impaired bondholders against retirees and other...
May 9 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Sunderland Insurance Services Inc. in Walnut Creek, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sunderland is a managing general underwriter that provides excess and surplus hired...
May 8 2014 // Hull & Company Inc. has hired Rob Flynn as a property/casualty broker in its Irvine, Calif. office. Flynn will focus his efforts in the commercial lines marketplace, concentrating on contractors, manufacturers and...