All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 8 2023 // The additional state rounds out offering led by program manager Jill Bay June 8, 2023, Scottsdale, AZ – Moxie Underwriters (‘Moxie’), an established program administrator led by managing underwriter Jill Bay,...
Jun 8 2023 // Bail agent Fausto Atilano, 60, of Temecula, California, was arrested this week on multiple felony counts of falsifying judicial records, perjury, and preparing false evidence, after a California Department of Insurance...
Jun 7 2023 // California regulations restrict insurers from using sophisticated computer models to consider the rapidly growing wildfire risks from climate change — and that limitation is a factor pushing US insurers out of the...
Jun 7 2023 // Award to be presented June 14 at IICF Inclusion in Insurance Global Conference in New YorkLos Angeles, May 30, 2023 – The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a unique nonprofit organization dedicated to...
Jun 6 2023 // A Black former assembly line staffer at Tesla Inc. is moving to add hundreds of other workers to his 2017 lawsuit in which he called the electric-car maker’s production floor a “hotbed for racist...
Jun 6 2023 // Friends, family and insurance colleagues of Paul Hammack gathered in Sacramento, California, in May to honor the life of the 30-year industry veteran, who was tragically killed in a car accident on Dec. 14, 2022.Nearly 500...
Jun 6 2023 // Sacramento and the city’s school district will pay more than $52 million to settle lawsuits alleging negligence by officials after an aide pleaded guilty to sexually abusing at least eight elementary school students...
Jun 6 2023 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants named Kevin Daley president, Western Region private client leader. Daley has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, most recently as president of field...
Jun 5 2023 // San Diego, CA., June 05, 2023 —First Cap Property Insurance Solutions, a San Diego, CA based MGU recently announced a new homeowner’s program for California. The program offers HO3, DP3, HO6, HO4 and...
Jun 5 2023 // G&G Independent Insurance, Robbins Insurance GroupG&G Independent Insurance has acquired Branson, Missouri-based Robbins Insurance Group. G&G has been serving the insurance needs of clients in Missouri and...
Jun 5 2023 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California issued its Quarterly Experience Report, an update on California statewide insurer experience valued as of Dec. 31, 2022.Highlights of the report...
Jun 5 2023 // John Philip Ryan, 64, of Yucca Valley, California, was sentenced and ordered to pay more than $220,000 in restitution to victims after pleading guilty to two felony counts of financial elder abuse and grand theft of...
Jun 2 2023 // The regulation of property/casualty insurance in California has been an epic failure—look no further than the state of the market for personal automobile and homeowners insurance.California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo...
Jun 2 2023 // A California judge dismissed all charges against Pacific Gas & Electric in connection to a 2020 fatal wildfire sparked by its equipment that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed four people, including an...
Jun 2 2023 // The California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research announced $8 million in project awards through Round I of the Adaptation Planning Grant.The grant, funded through Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2021-2022 climate...
Jun 1 2023 // Several reasons were given within State Farm’s announcement last week the carrier was no longer writing new personal or business property/casualty policies in California – including a challenging reinsurance...
May 31 2023 // State Farm’s announcement last week that the carrier was no longer writing new personal or business property/casualty policies in California “reflects the poor underwriting experience for California...
May 31 2023 // It’s been 35 years since Californians voted by a narrow majority to pass Proposition 103, completely overhauling how the nation’s largest state regulates the business of insurance.That’s an awfully long...
May 31 2023 // Hundreds of goats munch on long blades of yellow grass on a hillside next to a sprawling townhouse complex. They were hired to clear vegetation that could fuel wildfires as temperatures rise this summer.These voracious...
May 31 2023 // Delta Air Lines is facing a proposed class action lawsuit over advertising touting the U.S. carrier as carbon-neutral, according to a complaint filed on Tuesday in California federal court.The complaint, filed on behalf of...