All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 12 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Bolds Risk & Insurance Services in Larkspur, California. Ron Bolds, president of Bolds Risk, and the Bolds Risk team will join Hub Central and Northern California in the...
Mar 11 2024 // Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to the Golden State. No more.Texas officials on Thursday blamed the state’s...
Mar 11 2024 // A California court’s tentative decision in a dispute between the California Department of Insurance and the California Insurance Company “failed to undo the unprecedented use of the CDI’s conservation...
Mar 11 2024 // No recoverable oil remains in the water after a sheen was reported off the Southern California coast, but the cause remains unclear, officials said.Authorities detected the 2.5-mile long oil sheen Friday morning. Crews...
Mar 11 2024 // While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life — screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in...
Mar 8 2024 // Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to the Golden State. No more.Texas officials on Thursday blamed the state’s...
Mar 7 2024 // A new report shows global legal cannabis spending grew to $36 billion in 2023, and more importantly, that languishing sales in longer-legal states may soon start to swing back up – two big, encouraging signs for insuring...
Mar 7 2024 // Formerly licensed insurance agent Marcia Wable, 66, of Clovis, California, was arraigned on eight felony counts of embezzlement, forgery, and false impersonation after a California Department of Insurance investigation...
Mar 6 2024 // San Francisco, California-based Resilience launched a Technology Errors & Omissions coverage for U.S. organizations with $300 million to $10 billion in revenue. With $10M in limits available for both primary and excess...
Mar 6 2024 // Bayer on Tuesday said it won a trial in a lawsuit brought by a retired postal service worker in Pennsylvania who alleged he developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma from using the company’s Roundup weedkiller.In addition to...
Mar 6 2024 // California’s high rainfall in 2023 is continuing into 2024 but has yet to have a material effect on credit quality for cities and counties rated by S&P Global Ratings, however the longer-term effects on issuers...
Mar 5 2024 // Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities.For seven years now, the city of nearly...
Mar 5 2024 // AccuWeather meteorologists say California will be free of widespread drought through the end of 2025 on the heels of a blizzard that dumped more than 80 inches of snow on the mountains of northern and central...
Mar 4 2024 // When Limba Contreras moved to the desert community of Oasis, California, about 50 years ago, her family relied on a water cooler to keep temperatures inside their home comfortable. Other times, they sprayed each other with...
Mar 4 2024 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows nearly half of all litigated claims in the Los Angeles Basin are cumulative trauma claims that involve physical or mental injuries from repetitive stress,...
Mar 4 2024 // The excess and surplus lines market continued to grow in 2023, with premium reaching nearly $73 billion according to data from 15 state surplus lines offices released by the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association...
Mar 4 2024 // Xceedance, headquartered in Boston, appointed Peter Flynn as senior vice president, personal lines, Americas.Flynn brings 25 years of insurance experience, having spent the first 15 years of his career various roles with...
Mar 4 2024 // Los Angeles and Orange County are number one of the top 20 list for a second consecutive quarter for 2023 and stay at the top in theft claims handled by population. Wheelnet, a provider for wheel and tire replacement for...
Mar 4 2024 // Symphony Grow is launching a bespoke captive insurance program for large and sophisticated cannabis businesses called “Symphony Grow Captive.” The “Symphony Grow Captive” risk financing tool...
Mar 4 2024 // San Francisco, California-based insurtech Shepherd announced it raised a $13.5 million Series A funding round led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Intact Ventures, Era Ventures, Greenlight Re and Spark...