All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 8 2021 // A Los Angeles utility worker was electrocuted while working in an electrical vault, authorities said.The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday on Terminal Island in Los Angeles harbor. “While working as...
Nov 8 2021 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Coalition named Dovid Tkatch head of insurance infrastructure and actuarial science, a newly created position.Tkatch will manage pricing, reserving, capital requirements, regulatory compliance,...
Nov 5 2021 // Pacific Gas & Electric has reached a $125 million settlement agreement with California regulators over the destructive Kincade fire, which was ignited in 2019 by the utility’s equipment in a remote area of Sonoma...
Nov 4 2021 // AgentSync has acquired Finvera, a cloud identity passport for licensed brokers in San Francisco, Calif.Cameron Nordholm, founder of Finvera, joins the AgentSync team as head of product. Terms of the deal were not...
Nov 2 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara cannot force insurers to repay consumers when they charge excessive rates, the California Court of Appeal in San Diego has ruled.The court held that State Farm will not have...
Nov 2 2021 // A company that made and operated casino-style games used for illegal gambling will pay $3.5 million and permanently stop its California operations under a court settlement.Pong Game Studios Corp. agreed to settle a lawsuit...
Nov 1 2021 // The labor shortage in California has hit the agriculture industry particularly hard, creating a tougher environment all around – including for insurance professionals who deal in that sector.The lack of labor in the...
Oct 29 2021 // The latest update to California Workers’ Compensation Institute research on California workers’ compensation inpatient hospital stays shows the number of injured worker hospitalizations fell 17.2% in 2020,...
Oct 29 2021 // Alera Group acquired Blue Communications in Hollywood, Calif.Blue Communications is a human resources consulting and communications agency specializing in internal communications, well-being program development, diversity,...
Oct 29 2021 // A federal jury has awarded $17 million to the parents of a mentally ill man who was shot in a Costco store by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer.The panel in Riverside ruled in a lawsuit filed against the city of LA...
Oct 29 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced several new appointments.The appointments include three new members to the California Department of Insurance Curriculum Board, one member to the California...
Oct 28 2021 // The deluge California received from a powerful atmospheric river made streams and waterfalls come alive while coating mountains with snow, but as the storm headed east to the Plains on Tuesday it left the Golden State...
Oct 28 2021 // Unlicensed insurance agent Karyl Lynn Reed, 57, formerly of Cosa Mesa, Calif., was arraigned this week on multiple felony counts of grand theft, forgery, embezzlement, and aggravated white-collar crime after allegedly...
Oct 27 2021 // The California Labor Commissioner’s office cited NGC Construction Inc. $7.2 million for wage theft violations affecting 724 workers.An investigation reportedly showed that the Visalia-based drywall company paid...
Oct 27 2021 // California’s Earthquake Brace + Bolt grant program is expanding, and it now includes 395 ZIP Codes where qualifying homeowners can get up to $3,000 to offset the cost of completing a seismic retrofit, the California...
Oct 27 2021 // A pair of earthquakes rattled California’s central coast late Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. A magnitude 4.7 quake hit at 4:42 p.m., centered about 11 miles northwest of San Simeon, according...
Oct 26 2021 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Bodega Latina (dba El Super grocery stores) in Southern California $1,164,500 for failing to provide or delaying supplemental paid sick leave or other benefits to 240...
Oct 26 2021 // A small earthquake near downtown Los Angeles on Sunday morning was felt widely across Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The magnitude 3.6 quake hit just after 7 a.m. and was centered about a mile...
Oct 26 2021 // This article originally appeared in Carrier Management.Digital home insurer Hippo hired a former Hiscox executive to be its first chief claims officer, with a mission to expand claims operations for the now publicly-traded...
Oct 26 2021 // A Southern California city will pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit by a woman arrested for driving under the influence when she was actually having a stroke.The settlement ends a long legal battle over the arrest of Robin...