All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 17 2023 // Towerstone acquired Fortuna General Insurance in Simi Valley, California.The partnership allows the company to take advantage of Fortuna’s wide array of carrier and broker relationships and its expertise in the...
Aug 15 2023 // The fast-moving fire that ripped through Maui’s historic town of Lahaina killed more than 90 people, making it the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation,...
Aug 15 2023 // CIBA, headquartered in Glendale, Calif., named Andrew Aldorisio head of product development and a member of the executive management team. Aldorisio has more than 15 years of insurance experience, most recently as chief...
Aug 14 2023 // Woodruff Sawyer, based in San Francisco, Calif., named two new vice presidents.Owen Igbinosun joined the firm as vice president, management liability, focused on private equity and real estate in the upper middle markets....
Aug 10 2023 // Surplus lines premium reached nearly $36 billion through the first six months of 2023, according to the 2023 Midyear Report of the U.S. Surplus Lines Service and Stamping Offices.Premium increased about 16% overall...
Aug 9 2023 // There were 582 supply chain events reported across the United States and Canada in the second quarter of 2023, a 57% increase when compared to the second quarter of 2022, according to the latest CargoNet report.Ongoing...
Aug 8 2023 // Three people were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided in Southern California while fighting a blaze in Riverside County, emergency officials said.One of the helicopters landed safely. ” Unfortunately,...
Aug 8 2023 // A U.S. judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their internet use.U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday said she...
Aug 8 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Costa Mesa, California-based Wigmore Insurance Agency Inc. Tim Wigmore and his team will remain in their current location under the direction of Scott Firestone, head of...
Aug 8 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvDispensary entrepreneur Adam Fong got tired of having his San Rafael, California operation being broken into. The business suffered five break-ins starting in 2019, with the biggest loss...
Aug 7 2023 // Two women were killed and another woman and two men were hospitalized with burns after a weekend fire on a pleasure boat in Long Beach, California, authorities said.The blaze was reported around 5:15 p.m. Saturday on a...
Aug 7 2023 // World Insurance Associates, Schlegel & Schlegel Insurance Brokers, Shield Insurance ServicesInsurance broker World Insurance Associates has acquired the business of Schlegel & Schlegel Insurance Brokers Inc. of...
Aug 7 2023 // Frank Romeo joined Axis Capital Holdings Limited to lead the company’s entry into the U.S. marine cargo insurance market.Based in New York, Romeo is responsible for building the program and identifying growth...
Aug 7 2023 // A flawed policy at California State University, the largest higher education system in the country, contributed to the closure of nearly a dozen sexual harassment cases without thorough explanation, according to a state...
Aug 4 2023 // Lizzo said that she`s “not the villain” that three of her former backup dancers falsely accuse her of being in a sexual harassment lawsuit.The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court claims...
Aug 4 2023 // A California company will pay $1 million for violating federal environmental laws by making and selling devices that defeated smog controls on diesel trucks, prosecutors announced.Sinister Manufacturing Co., Inc. of...
Aug 3 2023 // Smart-car app maker Jerry received an additional $110 million in equity and debt financing to add its services designed to enable vehicle owners “manage all things car.” The Palo Alto, California-based company...
Aug 3 2023 // A recently brewing and critical California issue is the conflict between industry’s desire to file catastrophe rating models to inform California property rates and California’s laws allowing a public...
Aug 2 2023 // Lizzo has been sued by three former dancers who accuse the Grammy winner of sexual harassment and allege the singer and her production company created a hostile work environment.The civil lawsuit filed this Tuesday in Los...
Aug 1 2023 // Containment on an 80,000-plus-acre wildfire in Southern California grew to 23% on Tuesday, as firefighters made some progress against the state’s most massive ongoing blaze. It was listed as being at 0% containment a...