All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 3 2023 // Thousands of hotel workers in Southern California walked off the job on Sunday, demanding higher pay and better benefits in what the union is calling the largest strike in its history.Cooks, room attendants, dishwashers,...
Jul 3 2023 // BindDesk Insurance Services, headquartered in San Diego, Calif., named Robert Young president. Young has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. Young led the startups of two wholesale operations,...
Jul 3 2023 // Extremely hot, dry conditions forecast across much of the West through the Fourth of July are heightening concerns about wildfires and the dangers of fireworks, including in Salt Lake City where officials are replacing...
Jul 3 2023 // Roughly 13% of COVID-19 claims with medical payments received treatments for long COVID symptoms in the workers’ compensation system, a new report shows.The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of...
Jul 3 2023 // After learning about green buildings, after examining their structural characteristics that may not be covered by traditional insurance policies, and after studying green rating guides and the commissioning process,...
Jul 3 2023 // Insurers have come a long way on climate change, but they have a long way to get where they need to be to deal with a more hazardous planet.That was the assessment from Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, a...
Jul 3 2023 // Just as some California insurance agents are expressing grave concerns about the future of that state’s insurance market, a number of Florida agents feel like they’ve turned something of a corner.“Things...
Jun 30 2023 // The Regents of the University of California sued Lloyd’s of London, arguing the company refused to reimburse the university system for the costs of data breaches covered in a cyber insurance policy.The dispute is...
Jun 30 2023 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara awarded $50,545,239 in grants to 34 district attorney offices representing 44 counties in the state to combat insurance fraud.The grants, funded through annual employer...
Jun 30 2023 // Kyle Gerdts has joined Pinnacle Claims Management, Inc., headquartered in Irvine, Calif., as vice president, sales and account management. Gerdts joins from HealthComp, where he was director of sales with responsibilities...
Jun 29 2023 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its report on workers’ compensation losses and expenses for 2022. Key findings in the report include: Medical losses paid in 2022 were...
Jun 28 2023 // NFP acquired Presidio Financial Services Corp. in Westlake Village, California. Presidio is an independent insurance brokerage that provides products tailored for physicians, doctors, healthcare facilities and healthcare...
Jun 28 2023 // Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees...
Jun 28 2023 // California ranked first in strengthening policies to enable widespread use of electric cars, trucks, and buses, according to a national scorecard out on Wednesday that gives most states poor grades.The 2023 State...
Jun 28 2023 // A trio of property/casualty carrier executives voluntarily offered their views on a growing insurance availability crisis in a state like California at an industry conference last week, pointing to regulatory disconnects...
Jun 28 2023 // Individuals from two construction companies in California’s Bay Area were arraigned on charges of conspiring to misclassify workers to avoid paying workers’ compensation insurance, payroll taxes and insurance...
Jun 27 2023 // Insurers have come a long way on climate change, but they have a long way to get where we need to be to deal with a more hazardous planet.That was the assessment from Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, a...
Jun 26 2023 // Police in California are not immune from civil lawsuits for misconduct that happens while they investigate crimes, the state Supreme Court ruled, overruling a precedent made by lower courts that had helped protect law...
Jun 26 2023 // The Pacific Interstate Insurance Brokers board has appointed Ashley Bernardi as vice president and chief operation officer. Bernardi has more than 14 years of experience, beginning her career at PIIB as a part-time...
Jun 23 2023 // California pension officials say personal information of about 769,000 retired state employees and other beneficiaries – including Social Security numbers – was among data stolen by Russian cybercriminals in...