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#1 Man Banned From California’s Workers’ Comp System Charged for Billing Nearly $100M

Nov 4 2024 // A man banned for life from the California workers’ compensation system after being twice convicted of fraud was charged with billing nearly $100 million as part of an extensive workers’ comp fraud scheme.David...

#2 Atmospheric River to Slam the Pacific Northwest and California

Nov 18 2024 // Meteorologists are forecasting a stormy pattern that could impact millions of people across U.S. this week with the threat of flooding, travel disruptions and the potential for the first accumulating snowfall of the season...

#3 Suspects Arrested After Videos Show Fake Bear Attacks in California for Insurance

Nov 14 2024 // Four Los Angeles area residents were arrested after a California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly found the suspects allegedly committed insurance fraud by claiming a bear had caused damage to their...

#4 Survey Shows California’s Insurance Crisis Is Impacting Home Sales

Oct 30 2024 // Realtors in California are reporting more difficulty selling homes because of the insurance crisis, according to a survey from the California Association of Realtors.The group surveyed its members and found 13% reported a...

#5 California Wildfire Destroys 243 Structures, Cancellation Moratorium Issued

Nov 18 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 200,000 policyholders affected by the Mountain Fire,...

#6 California Department of Insurance Moves Modeling Regulation Proposal Forward

Nov 19 2024 // The California Department of Insurance has submitted its final wildfire catastrophe modeling regulation to the Office of Administrative Law for approval.Th regulation is intended to strengthen the state’s insurance...

#7 InterWest Acquires McDermott-Costa Insurance Brokers in California

Oct 31 2024 // InterWest Insurance Services acquired McDermott-Costa Insurance Brokers in San Leandro, California. John Johnson and Mike McDermott will remain in leadership roles. InterWest is headquartered in Sacramento. McDermott-Costa...

#8 Hub International Acquires Western Growers Insurance Services in California

Nov 5 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the retail insurance brokerage business of Western Growers Insurance Services in a move aimed at expanding Hub’s services in the agribusiness industry.WGIS has 10 offices located in...

#9 California Commissioner: 1-Year Moratorium on Cancellations for Wildfire Victims

Nov 12 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 11,000 policyholders affected by the Shelly Fire located...

#10 Delos in California Secures Another $9M Funding

Nov 1 2024 // Property insurance managing general agent Delos Insurance Solutions said it has raised $9 million through a Series A funding round led by HSBC Asset Management and includes IA Capital Group, Blue Bear Capital and...

#11 Wind-Driven Southern California Blaze Has Destroyed at Least 132 Structures

Nov 8 2024 // A Southern California wildfire that was driven by high winds has destroyed at least 132 structures and forced more than 10,000 people to evacuate.The fire in Ventura County has burned 20,596 acres and is 7% contained. The...

#12 California Pledges EV Buyer Rebate If Trump Kills $7,500 Credit

Nov 25 2024 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom is promising to step in with a state electric-car tax credit if US President-elect Donald Trump repeals a federal subsidy after he takes office next year.Newsom, a prominent Democrat and...

#13 Listeria Outbreak Tied to Yu Shang Food Leaves California Infant Dead, 10 People Sick

Nov 26 2024 // A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck, beef shank and...

#14 $1M Settlement for Woman After Police Dog in California Bit into Her Scalp

Nov 20 2024 // A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging police used excessive force after a K-9 dog bit into a woman’s scalp during her arrest, requiring her to get more than 200...

#15 California Labor Commissioner Recovers Nearly $1M in for Bakery Workers

Nov 14 2024 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $942,604 settlement in a case involving a wholesale bakery in Vista that closed its doors without paying 187 workers.Baked in the Sun shut down without paying its...

#16 California Plans to Rev up Sales of Electric Motorcycles

Oct 31 2024 // At New Century Motorcycles in Alhambra, a handful of electric motorcycles are relegated to the back of the store, tucked behind the dirt bikes. The store sells one a month, at most, a salesperson said.Motorcyclists have...

#17 Report: California Auto Sales Leveling off, Tesla Sales Slip

Oct 28 2024 // New vehicle registrations in California seem to be leveling off, while consumer tastes for Telsas cooled slightly.California’s new light vehicle registrations fell by 1.7% from a year earlier, totaling 1,320,708...

#18 High Winds in Southern California Drive Two Blazes

Nov 6 2024 // A wildfire sparked in California’s upscale Malibu beach community on Wednesday was driven by powerful winds sweeping apart the state’s southern region.The Broad Fire in Los Angeles County, which had shut down...

#19 California Phlebotomy Lab and Owners to Pay $135K Over FCA Claims

Oct 28 2024 // A mobile phlebotomy lab and its owners have agreed to pay at least $135,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they submitted false claims for services and associated travel mileage and paid kickbacks to a...

#20 California Labor Commissioner Fines Hotel $10M for Worker Recall Law Violations

Nov 20 2024 // The Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina was fined $9.4 million by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for violating the state’s worker recall law.The penalty is for the hotel’s reported failure to...