All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 1 2013 // A Plumas County judge has dismissed a state lawsuit against California’s largest timber company for a 2007 wildfire that destroyed more than 100 square miles of forest in Northern California.State and federal...
Jul 30 2013 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services named Bill Thomas as its newest vice president. Thomas will focus on business development in the agricultural, winery and transportation logistics markets as well as...
Jul 29 2013 // The Leavitt Group named Renee Bosley as vice president in the employee benefits division in its Sacramento, Calif. office. Bosley specializes in Health Care Reform compliance, cost containment, negotiations, wellness...
Jul 26 2013 // Under a measure being pursued for next year’s ballot by Consumer Watchdog California voters will have the opportunity to boost the cap on medical negligence lawsuits, but opponents of the measure on Friday said doing...
Jul 24 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Charles M. Cushner as a principal and property/casualty insurance producer. Cushners’ responsibilities with EPIC will include the acquisition of new clients. He will also...
Jul 23 2013 // Dartmouth College and the University of Southern California are under investigation by the U.S. Education Department for their responses to campus sexual harassment and misconduct.The department’s Office for Civil...
Jul 23 2013 // Folsom, CA, 07/23/13 – In an effort to gain valuable insight about their company and vendor members, CIWA has elected to revise their bylaws and allow for more associate members. “CIWA is adapting to the...
Jul 22 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Chris Warren in the firm’s West Los Angeles office as vice president of its construction practice. Warren more than 10 years of experience providing insurance and...
Jul 22 2013 // There is a wide array of state, federal, and international laws requiring individuals and entities that gather, use and secure “personal” or “protected” information to report, and/or...
Jul 22 2013 // Data breaches put the personal information of 2.5 million people in the California at risk, according to a report released earlier this month.State Attorney General Kamala Harris released the report showing 131 breaches of...
Jul 22 2013 // Insurance is a business based on relationships. Because the profits for an insurance brokerage are driven by the producers’ relationships, brokerages often seek to keep their producers from taking those relationships...
Jul 22 2013 // La Crescenta, Calif.-based Monarch E & S Insurance named Stefanie McLeod assistant vice president of personal lines heading up the personal liability division.McLeod has been with Monarch for nearly 11 years. Before...
Jul 22 2013 // A 43-year-old house painter so badly brain damaged that he cannot speak has been awarded $58 million for a beating in a bar that left him with half his skull permanently bashed in.Antonio Lopez Chaj (CHAI) appeared at a...
Jul 19 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...
Jul 18 2013 // Minnesota has joined California, New York, Connecticut and Washington state in requiring insurers to respond to the Climate Risk Survey adopted in 2009 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Jul 18 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...
Jul 17 2013 // Independent wholesaler All Risks Ltd. named Rick McDonough and his West Coast production team to All Risks’ San Francisco location. In addition to McDonough, the brokerage team leader, joining the office are brokers...
Jul 17 2013 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi today announced that Connecticut-based insurance companies will now be required to complete the annual Climate Risk Survey that was initially adopted in 2009 as a...
Jul 17 2013 // Ten California cities and counties are suing leading paint manufacturers, seeking to force them to remove lead paint from millions of homes at a cost of $1 billion. The San Jose Mercury News reported that the trial...
Jul 16 2013 // Newly-formed Ink Underwriting in Kennesaw, Georgia, said it has acquired Pioneer Programs Insurance Solutions, a Pasadena, California-based niche insurance program administrator for the construction and long term care...