All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 13 2013 // When it comes to mixing insurance and politics Congressman John Garamendi, D-California, can be considered an authority on the topic.While Garamendi never served professionally in the insurance industry, after the...
Sep 13 2013 // Fire officials say crews assessing the damage from a Northern California wildfire have determined 68 homes were destroyed.That’s up from the earlier tally of 37. State fire information officer Roy Del Carlo said...
Sep 12 2013 // Although California Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, married into the insurance business, it seems to run in her blood, because it’s her blood that boils when she feels small businesses are being attacked by...
Sep 12 2013 // Limousines that operate in California would be required to have emergency exits under legislation approved by the state Assembly in the wake of several limousine fire deaths. Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of San Leandro...
Sep 11 2013 // USI Insurance Services has hired Sean Reardon as a property/casualty broker. Reardon will be working out of USI’s office in Woodland Hills, Calif. He has 10 years of experience of commercial underwriting experience...
Sep 11 2013 // Risk Strategies Co., a national insurance and benefits brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, launched a new professional practices group concentrated in California. The group specializes in providing...
Sep 11 2013 // When it comes to mixing insurance and politics, the two might as well be one in the same for California Assemblyman Ken Cooley.Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, started his career in the 1970s working on earthquake issues with a...
Sep 10 2013 // Michael P. Golden has joined Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund as a strategic relationship manager.Golden will be responsible for building and strengthening our relationships and results with global brokers. Most...
Sep 10 2013 // PG&E Corp., owner of California’s largest utility, said it will settle “substantially all” remaining personal injury and property damage claims from a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion that killed...
Sep 10 2013 // From agent to politician, state Sen. Ted Gaines wants back in the insurance business – this time as the state’s top regulator of the industry.Gaines, R-Roseville, recently announced he’s running for...
Sep 9 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Matthew Slotkin vice president of new business development in the Woodland Hills, Calif. office. Slotkin has several years of executive recruitment experience and has...
Sep 9 2013 // The state Senate has approved a bill to prevent professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states from filing workers’ compensation claims in California.AB1309, by Democratic...
Sep 9 2013 // Rosa Maria Barajas, 68, of Huntington Park, Calif. was arrested for allegedly receiving workers’ compensation benefits of her dead husband.The arrest was made by California Department of Insurance detectives with...
Sep 9 2013 // Bliss & Glennon Inc., a leading national managing general agent and surplus lines broker, a division of Fortegra Financial, has purchased the assets of IIW Insurance Services of California Inc. in Dublin Calif. The...
Sep 9 2013 // NFP Property & Casualty Services Inc. has acquired Insurance West Corporation, an independent insurance agency in Simi Valley, Calif. specializing in property/casualty for the entertainment industry. The deal closed on...
Sep 9 2013 // Demotech’s review of second quarter 2013 data, as recently reported by insurers to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), shows three straight years of growth in workers’ compensation...
Sep 9 2013 // The massive wildfire in Yosemite is seen by some as a harbinger of what could be a “worst case scenario” when California enters its typical wildfire season in October — continued drought, lots of unburned...
Sep 9 2013 // The California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Zhang v. Superior Court, a case examining the scope of the California Unfair Competition Law (UCL, California Business and Professions Code §§ 17200 et...
Sep 5 2013 // There was no evidence of an illegal marijuana grow near the spot where a raging wildfire started near Yosemite National Park, a federal forestry official said Wednesday.Investigators have ruled out the illicit activity as...
Sep 5 2013 // A workers’ compensation rate hike looks to be in the works for California.The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Actuarial Committee met Wednesday and reviewed the June 30 experience, which showed...