All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 26 2014 // California’s high court has ruled that hosts who charge admission to parties may be held legally responsible if a drunken underage guest is hurt or injures someone else.The state Supreme Court said in the unanimous...
Feb 26 2014 // State officials say California’s latest carbon-permit auction has raised nearly $330 million.The Sacramento Bee reported industrial firms and others bought emissions allowances that can be used this year and in 2017....
Feb 25 2014 // Paige Levy and Joyce Cram were appointed to serve as members of California’s Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee.The appointments were made by Division of Workers’ Compensation Acting...
Feb 25 2014 // State Sen. Ron Calderon pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges that he accepted $100,000 in bribes in return for pushing legislation, charges that could send him to federal prison for years.Calderon, a member of a...
Feb 24 2014 // With California’s agricultural heartland entrenched in drought, almond farmers are letting orchards dry up and in some cases making the tough call to have their trees torn out of the ground, leaving behind empty...
Feb 24 2014 // The Surplus Line Association of California has elected Ian Fitt, CEO and chairman of Western Re/Managers Insurance Services Inc., chair of the SLA Executive Committee, the organization’s board of...
Feb 24 2014 // Kemper Corp.Kemper Corp. is realigning its property/casualty business. This realignment will result in one property/casualty segment for financial reporting purposes, beginning with the first quarter 2014. The new Kemper...
Feb 24 2014 // Crop insurance and farm bill debates have dominated the news headlines and led to uncertainty and frustration for many farm and ranchers, but insurance experts in the agribusiness industry say the property/casualty segment...
Feb 24 2014 // Data thefts at U.S. retailers have rekindled enthusiasm in Congress for a single federal law on how customers should be notified about such breaches, but those efforts face the same roadblock as in the past: dozens of...
Feb 24 2014 // Southern California’s construction sector continues to gain momentum, making good on positive outlooks issued late last year, and agents and brokers who deal in this segment can’t be any happier – especially...
Feb 24 2014 // There are a number of bills currently under consideration by California Legislature that may be of interest to agents, brokers and insurance professionals in general.Bills under consideration include everything from...
Feb 24 2014 // Arizona workers’ compensation insurance provider CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. named Rick Jones executive vice president and chief operating officer.CopperPoint is formerly SCF Arizona. Jones will be responsible...
Feb 21 2014 // The Los Angeles Times is reporting that state Sen. Ron Calderon has been indicted in a corruption case and accused of taking about $100,000 in bribes from a hospital executive in Southern California who ran an alleged...
Feb 21 2014 // A former top executive at California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has admitted to charges of a conflict of interest in awarding contacts to a software firm while he was at State Fund, it was made public on...
Feb 21 2014 // A California Legislator on Friday introduced a bill that would prevent construction on seismic fissures.Senate Bill 1155 would mandate that developers and city officials treat an unzoned earthquake fault line just like a...
Feb 21 2014 // Two women are suing Southern California Edison, claiming their electricity was cut off for refusing to pay a nearly $140,000 bill racked up by a marijuana grower.City News Service says the suit, filed Wednesday in Los...
Feb 21 2014 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the parents of an Orange County software developer who was killed in a crosswalk last year after being struck by a vehicle fleeing police.The Orange County Register reported the...
Feb 20 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association of Los Angeles recently installed new officers and directors for 2014. The new IIABA-LA lineup for officers: Ryan Wunderlich, Hub International Insurance –...
Feb 20 2014 // Supporters of raising California’s award limit for medical malpractice suits hope to put the issue before voters and are gathering signatures to do so.The Los Angeles Times reported lawyers and consumer groups are...
Feb 18 2014 // The overturning of Virginia’s gay marriage ban places the legal fight over same-sex unions increasingly in the hands of federal appeals courts shaped by President Barack Obama’s two election...