All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2022 // Powerful Santa Ana winds lashed Southern California on Wednesday, toppling big rigs on highways and spreading a small fire that destroyed two structures.High wind warnings stretched across a wide swath of the region, and...
Nov 17 2022 // California’s State Average Weekly Wage rose by more than 5% in the year ending March 31, 2022, which will result in an increase in California workers’ compensation temporary total disability and permanent total...
Nov 16 2022 // Recent action by California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be of real interest to insurance agents and brokers doing business in the Golden State.With a swipe of his pen, Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1242, written by the...
Nov 15 2022 // The families of nine people killed last year by a co-worker at a California rail yard will receive $8 million to settle damage claims filed last November, officials said.The agreement was reached with the families of eight...
Nov 15 2022 // Delos Insurance Solutions launched a program to expand homeowners insurance options for Californians facing wildfire risks and provide full home insurance policies to homeowners currently on the California Fair Access to...
Nov 14 2022 // A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms that have over decades found...
Nov 14 2022 // A dive boat captain pleaded not guilty in federal court for a second time to manslaughter in the fiery deaths of 34 people trapped below deck on his burning vessel three years ago off Southern California.A federal grand...
Nov 14 2022 // New data from the California Department of Insurance suggests some progress in the department’s push for California’s $409 billion insurance industry to partner more with the diverse small businesses.The latest...
Nov 10 2022 // A new report shows California utilities have noticeably reduced their liability following catastrophic wildfires in the past that have been blamed on the utilities and have driven several massive lawsuits and financial...
Nov 10 2022 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its 2022 WCIRB Geo Study, which underscores regional differences in claim characteristics across California.Key findings include: Even after...
Nov 9 2022 // In California’s election races, incumbent Democrat Ricardo Lara defeated Republican challenger Robert Howell, a small business owner, in the race for insurance commissioner.Lara won with 58% of the vote and 94.9% of...
Nov 9 2022 // California settled a lawsuit against a German company stemming from the emissions scandal that tarred Volkswagen in 2015 and Fiat Chrysler two years later.German auto supplier Bosch will pay $25 million to settle...
Nov 8 2022 // Formerly licensed insurance agent Vincent Allen LaGrange, 66, of Seal Beach, California, was sentenced in San Bernardino County Superior Court on one misdemeanor count of grand theft from an elder after an investigation by...
Nov 7 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 Thursday.The convertible Mercedes was discovered last month by landscapers in...
Nov 7 2022 // A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs.The state Department of Fair Housing and Employment had sued...
Nov 7 2022 // A pipeline operator has agreed to pay $50 million to thousands of Southern California fishermen, tourism companies and property owners who sued after an offshore oil spill last year near Huntington Beach.A proposed...
Nov 7 2022 // A jury ordered Southern California’s Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District to pay $45 million to the family of autistic twins who were physically abused and restrained by an aide at their elementary school.The...
Nov 7 2022 // Three decades after a car was reported stolen in Northern California, police are digging the missing convertible out of the yard of a $15 million mansion built by a man with a history of arrests for murder, attempted...
Nov 4 2022 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. acquired Contractor Managing General Insurance Agency Inc. in California. CMGIA will offer surety bonds to small to mid-size contractors across 50 states. The company is led by Stephanie...
Nov 3 2022 // A California judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the Los Angeles Angels over the drug-related death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.Orange County Superior Court Judge Glenn Salter on Monday rejected the team’s...