All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2022 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers named Kevin Honaker a senior vice president, producer. The firm also named Gordon Fraser a vice president.Both are located in the Inland Empire office in California. Honaker has more...
Jun 10 2022 // Pacific Gas & Electric this week pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges it faces after its equipment sparked a wildfire that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes in Northern...
Jun 10 2022 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s dismissal of federal actions in a lawsuit that Applied Underwriters and the California Insurance Co. filed against the California...
Jun 9 2022 // PCF Insurance Services acquired Mike Haffar Insurance Services Inc. located in West Covina, California. Mike Haffar is an insurance and risk advisor for physicians, medical clinics, medical groups, surgery centers and...
Jun 9 2022 // New data shows the types of drugs used to treat injured workers in California, and the distribution of payments for those medications, has shifted over the past decade, with opioids becoming far less prevalent and...
Jun 7 2022 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Physicians Risk Associates Insurance Agency LLC in Mission Viejo, California. Physicians Risk Associates Insurance Agency team will join Hub Los Angeles/Orange...
Jun 7 2022 // Formerly licensed insurance broker Robert Minero, 39, of Downey, California, was arraigned this week on five felony counts including insurance fraud and grand theft.The charges were filed after an investigation by the...
Jun 6 2022 // Two men who sued saying they were forced out of their jobs at a Southern California utility after complaining about sexual and racial harassment have been awarded $440 million in punitive damages, attorneys said.A Los...
Jun 6 2022 // California could hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under...
Jun 6 2022 // California written premium for 2021 was 2% below 2020 and 14% below 2019, a new report shows.The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California issued released its quarterly experience report, an update...
Jun 3 2022 // The California Highway Patrol has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle a lawsuit that said the agency was responsible for an officer who killed his estranged wife, wounded her lover and then killed himself in 2018.The...
Jun 3 2022 // General Motors Co.’s GM.N Cruise on Thursday became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco, after it overcame objections by city officials.Self-driving test cars...
Jun 2 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. workers seeking to recoup expenses they incurred while working from home during the pandemic moved a step closer to trial when a California judge threw out the e-commerce giant’s request to dismiss...
Jun 1 2022 // Evacuation orders were lifted for residents along a road in the Napa wine country as firefighters made progress against a wildfire.The Napa County Office of Emergency Services told residents around midnight Tuesday they...
Jun 1 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with industry...
May 31 2022 // Top officials from California and New Zealand signed a pledge Friday agreeing to help fight climate change by sharing ideas and best practices, including how to put millions more electric vehicles on the road.Gov. Gavin...
May 31 2022 // One year after a problem employee shot and killed nine coworkers in a rampage at a light rail yard, the family of one of the victims filed a lawsuit alleging negligence and wrongful death by the Northern California...
May 26 2022 // California written premium for 2021 was 2% below 2020 and 14% below 2019, a new report shows.The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California issued released its quarterly experience report, an update...
May 25 2022 // Spurred by Tuesday’s deadly elementary school shooting in Texas, California senators approved giving people the power to sue those who traffic in illegal firearms, mimicking a Texas law that is intended to deter...
May 25 2022 // California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation...