All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 14 2013 // Exactly 10 years ago, at 15:05 Eastern Time on August 14, 2003, an overhead power line came into contact with an overgrown tree near Cleveland, Ohio.What happened next is a frightening case study of how vulnerable modern...
Aug 13 2013 // Stephen Merrill was finishing his freshman year of college two years ago when he and a group of friends went to an indoor trampoline park in Utah for a day of flipping, jumping and bouncing.At one point, Merrill leaped...
Aug 12 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has added Dawn Jeffery as a property/casualty insurance producer in its Inland Empire division in Southern California.Her responsibilities will include the acquisition of new clients as...
Aug 12 2013 // California truly is the Golden State this summer – golden brown – and that has fire officials worried heading into the peak of the wildfire season.It’s still weeks before the fire-fanning Santa Ana winds usually...
Aug 9 2013 // A California wildfire that doubled in size overnight torched 15 buildings east of Los Angeles, injured at least five people and forced the evacuation of 500 homes in about half a dozen small communities, authorities said...
Aug 9 2013 // Coastal waters off California are getting more acidic. Fall-run chinook salmon populations to the Sacramento River are on the decline. Conifer forests on the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada have moved to higher...
Aug 9 2013 // A transgendered style correspondent who says BET made him tone down his feminine look on the network’s pre-awards show last month has filed a lawsuit against the network’s parent company for discrimination,...
Aug 9 2013 // The parents of a camp counselor crushed to death by a falling tree near Yosemite National Park are suing Pacific Gas & Electric and the camp’s arborist.The San Francisco Chronicle reported the family of...
Aug 9 2013 // Hub International Insurance Services Inc. named Andrew J. Cohen senior vice president of sales for its employee benefits division in San Francisco. Prior to Hub, Cohen was affiliated with the Arthur J. Gallagher Brokerage...
Aug 8 2013 // The recognition of obesity as a disease may have a significant impact on workers’ compensation claims in California, a group said in a report on Thursday.The group issued the report following a decision in June by...
Aug 7 2013 // A survey of supplier diversity in the insurance industry for California’s largest 206 insurance companies was issued on Wednesday.The results, which are posted on the California Department of Insurance website, shows...
Aug 6 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance named Alan Boring senior vice president and managing director for its Sherman Oaks, Calif. office.Boring will lead the office’s business development, client service and sales, and cross-sell...
Aug 6 2013 // Richmond is suing Chevron for damages from a massive fire that shut down the energy giant’s refinery at the San Francisco Bay area city last year.A lawsuit filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court alleges the...
Aug 6 2013 // A Southern California mall is being sued by a man who claims security officers racially profiled him and other black men. The Torrance Daily Breeze reported Cortes Rex claims that guards at the South Bay Galleria in...
Aug 6 2013 // Women workers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in California suing for gender discrimination can’t pursue their claims against the retailer as a group because the evidence didn’t show they had enough in common, a judge...
Aug 5 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named John Bessenbacher vice president of new business development in its Sacramento, Calif. office. Bessenbacher will play a role in the development of marketing strategies and...
Aug 5 2013 // The California Wholesalers Association is adding four associate members to its ranks.CIWA elected to revise its bylaws and allow for more associate members. The new associate members are: Arthur Davis; Beth Hannon; Colby...
Aug 5 2013 // In case there was any doubt that regulators are focused on data security and privacy, California’s Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has issued a formal report on the topic. “Data Breach Report 2012”...
Aug 5 2013 // Southern California Edison says it is seeking to hold Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems liable for defective steam generators that forced the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power...
Aug 1 2013 // XL Group named Mark McConico as vice president and underwriting manager for XL’s U.S. risk management group in Los Angeles. XL Group also promoted Theresa Schlageter to senior vice president and regional manager of...