All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 9 2022 // Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was sentenced this week after pleading no contest to 17 felony counts of identity theft and grand theft by false pretenses.A...
Dec 9 2022 // California’s public self-insured workforce rose less than 1% in the 12 months ending June 30, but the total number of public self-insured work injuries and illness claims reported to the state jumped 35%, as the...
Dec 8 2022 // A class action lawsuit against two California companies on Tuesday alleges they sold products in which the THC content was misrepresented as being higher than it actually is.Law firm Dovel & Luner announced it filed a...
Dec 7 2022 // Hub International Limited acquired the assets of Invensure Insurance Brokers Inc. in Irvine, California. Robert Parent, CEO, and Charlene Richards, Executive Vice President, and the Invensure team will join Hub Los...
Dec 5 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that Essilor Laboratories of America Inc. agreed to a $23.8 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleged the company violated the Insurance Frauds Prevention Act.The...
Dec 5 2022 // A Southern California trucking company owner who ordered the illegal repair of a tanker that led to a deadly explosion was sentenced last week to 10 years in federal prison.Carl Bradley Johansson, 64, of Newport Beach also...
Dec 2 2022 // California’s Department of Justice mistakenly posted the names, addresses and birthdays of nearly 200,000 gun owners on the internet because officials didn’t follow policies or understand how to operate their...
Dec 1 2022 // – A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic behavior and neurological damage to U.S. servicemembers, ruling that the case had no right to be filed in...
Dec 1 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s office cited Shine N Brite Car Wash $908,998 for wage theft violations affecting 15 workers.The Los Angeles-based employer was cited for minimum wage, overtime and rest break...
Nov 30 2022 // ALKEME acquired Dealer Insurance Services in Laguna Hills, California. Dealer Insurance Services will continue to operate under its current brand. Dealer Insurance Services specializes in benefits, with a focus on the auto...
Nov 30 2022 // It takes seven years to close the vast majority of workers’ compensation claims in California, more than double the time in the median state.The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California...
Nov 29 2022 // Associations representing insurers operating in California on Tuesday released an analysis from Milliman showing wildfire catastrophe models would improve homeowners’ access to insurance in the face of...
Nov 29 2022 // Millions of California insurance consumers are being adversely affected and incurring higher costs of insurance due to the malfunctioning insurance regulatory system in California. Moreover, the broken regulatory...
Nov 28 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Nov. 19 emergency declaration.The commissioner’s bulletin...
Nov 28 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Murrieta, California-based Bulen & Associates Insurance Services Inc. Lisa Mosby and her team will remain in their current location under the direction of Scott Firestone, head of...
Nov 22 2022 // Unlicensed bail agent Jimmy Mai, 35, of Irvine, and licensed bail agent Jonathan Lahmani, 42, of Orange, California, were each arraigned in Los Angeles Superior Court on one felony count of negotiating bail without a...
Nov 21 2022 // The mother of a 13-year-old girl who died from an asthma attack at a Southern California school will receive $15.75 million from the school district, their lawyers announced.The Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School...
Nov 21 2022 // A car was buried in the backyard of a Northern California mansion 30 years ago as part of a scheme to commit insurance fraud, authorities said.The convertible Mercedes was discovered last month by landscapers in the...
Nov 18 2022 // A Southern California water polo coach was convicted Wednesday of sexually assaulting teenage girls during underwater training sessions while he claimed to be preparing them for competition, prosecutors said.Jurors...
Nov 18 2022 // Paper manufacturers Packaging Corporation of America Central California Corrugated, LLC. (PCA) and Schwarz Partners LP will pay $385,000 and implement preventative measures to settle a racial harassment lawsuit seeking...