All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2024 // Executives at Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated against women, joked about sexual harassment and fired workers for raising concerns, seven former employees allege in California civil rights complaints viewed by...
Feb 6 2024 // A new report warns insurance companies could face billions of dollars in losses if they stay on the current course of investments that contribute to climate change, at “a scale exceeding some of the worst wildfires...
Feb 6 2024 // Executives at Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated against women, joked about sexual harassment and fired workers for raising concerns, seven former employees allege in California civil rights complaints viewed by...
Feb 6 2024 // Venbrook Group, LLC, based in Woodland Hills, Calif., named Brooke Norton Lais chief marketing officer. Lais will define the strategic direction and development of the company’s marketing, planning, and communication...
Feb 5 2024 // The preliminary total damage and economic loss from the intense storms and record rainfall in California this week will be between $9 billion and $11 billion, according to AccuWeather estimates released on Monday.The...
Feb 5 2024 // Completely driverless vehicles traveled nearly 3.3 million miles in California last year, over five times the previous year’s total, even as concerns rose in the wake of a Cruise robotaxi accident, state data on...
Feb 5 2024 // HUB International launched a new program to address the need for enhanced wildfire coverage of high value homes that will be offered exclusively by HUB Private Client to address the insurance and risk management needs of...
Feb 5 2024 // “We continue to witness an increase in the severity and high-impact frequency of natural catastrophe events. These effects bring multifaceted and complex challenges to the re/insurance industry, as the importance of...
Feb 5 2024 // If the old adage “As California goes, so goes the nation” is true, then 2024 will be another year of industry retooling as insurers and regulators set a path for the future of the U.S. P/C property insurance...
Feb 5 2024 // The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence.Smart, then 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic...
Feb 5 2024 // The California Department of Insurance is urging business owners to verify the insurance coverage for any subcontractor or vendor they do business with after trucking company owner and operator Raymond Youash, 37, of...
Feb 5 2024 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $1 million settlement against the Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. and two janitorial contractors for reportedly underpaying 589 janitorial workers.The...
Feb 5 2024 // No one can predict the future, but insurance professionals are likely the best qualified when it comes to predicting risk. For this special report, Insurance Journal asked industry thought leaders their predictions for the...
Feb 5 2024 // The excess and surplus lines homeowners insurance market in California has undergone significant changes in recent years.The number of policies has changed substantially in over the last decade — first increasing,...
Feb 2 2024 // The Southern California regions of Los Angeles and Orange County are again the top spots for catalytic converter theft claims.The regions topped the list for the eighth consecutive quarter in a new report of markets for...
Feb 2 2024 // Shannon Ninio, 60, of North Hills was arraigned for insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found she and her husband, Moshe Ninio, allegedly stole customers’ personal information and...
Feb 1 2024 // Last year proved to be a banner year for new car registrations in California, reaching the highest numbers since the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report out this week shows.The California New Car Dealers Association’s...
Feb 1 2024 // The number of inpatient hospitalizations in the California workers’ compensation system declined 51.1% between 2012 and 2022, a new report shows.The trend was driven by declining claim volume, technological advances...
Feb 1 2024 // Woodruff Sawyer named Alex Pazooki the firm’s regional growth leader for Northern California. Previously, Alex served as western zone leader, business development for Coalition and as technology sales executive,...
Jan 31 2024 // California small business owners in are decidedly against three proposals or potential ballot initiatives they believe could impact their operations.A poll from the National Federation of Independent Business asked...