
Attorneys General Request Hyundai, Kia Recalls Due To Prevalent Thefts
Seventeen state attorneys general have called on the federal government to recall millions of Kia and Hyundai cars due to their susceptibility to theft, which has been amplified by a viral social media challenge.
April 21, 2023
Auto
Subrogation
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois

Earthquake Damage Estimates Doubled: $14.7B In Annualized Losses
Earthquakes cause $14.7 billion in damages and related losses on an annualized basis in the U.S., according to an updated estimate from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
April 21, 2023
Catastrophe
Property
California
Oregon
Washington
Facebook Users Can Submit Claims On Meta’s $725M Settlement
Some money may be coming your way if you used Facebook sometime between May 2007 and December 2022.
April 19, 2023
Liability
Litigation
California
California Carrier To Refund Homeowners For Overpriced Wildfire Insurance
California Commissioner Ricardo Lara has announced that Kemper Independent Insurance Company overcharged its policyholders for their wildfire insurance coverage. As a result, that insurer has issued $1.5 million in refunds to thousands of homeowners.
April 5, 2023
Legislation & Regulation
Property
California

San Francisco’s Self-Driving Cars Have A Hit-And-Run Problem
Around 1 a.m. on March 6, a driverless car from the tech startup Cruise was trying to make a left turn when it encountered something its algorithms probably couldn’t predict: An Infiniti Q50 performing ‘donuts,’ a popular and unlawful pastime for some of the city’s night owls, in the middle of the intersection.
March 30, 2023
Auto
Liability
California

Truckers, Insurance Industry, Frustrated Over New California Employment Law
A new employment law in California has trucking companies, independent trucking contractors, and insurance companies, scrambling to comply at a time of great stress in the industry.
March 28, 2023
Legislation & Regulation
California

Couple Arrested For Insurance Scam After Posting Crash Videos To YouTube
Investigators didn’t have to look far to find evidence allegedly showing a Yucaipa couple intentionally causing dozens of car crashes to fraudulently collect insurance money.
March 27, 2023
Auto
Fraud
California

California Faces Billions In Storm Damage To Crops, Homes And Roads
The costs of California’s relentless winter storms keep rising. And outside of the human toll -- with at least 28 people killed since January -- the price will be measured in billions.
March 24, 2023
Property
California

CWCI Study: More Mental Health Services, But Decline In Comp Surgeries
Since 2014, the percentage of indemnity claims involving a major surgery in the first two years has declined one percentage point per year, falling from 28% of the 2014 claims to 23% of the 2019 claims, according to a study released Monday by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute.
March 23, 2023
Workers' Compensation
California

San Clemente Apartments May Collapse Following Landslide
Apartment buildings were evacuated Wednesday after a landslide in San Clemente that left the rear of the buildings on the verge of collapsing down a steep hillside.
March 16, 2023
Property
California

Homeowners Insurance Crisis: Will California Follow Florida And Louisiana?
Louisiana and Florida area already scrambling to keep their industries alive, but is California next? As premiums have been rapidly climbing in various parts of the industry in California, experts are starting to wonder if it will be the next state facing a homeowners insurance crisis.
March 8, 2023
Property
California

Insurer Loses Bid To Dismiss COVID Business Interruption Case
A federal district court has refused to dismiss COVID-19-related business interruption coverage litigation filed by a shopping mall owner against an American International Group Inc. unit, concluding that its policy’s pollution and contamination exclusion is ambiguous.
March 8, 2023
Litigation
Property
California

San Diego Roman Catholic Diocese Sued By Its Insurer
The insurance carrier for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed a lawsuit Friday contending that because the diocese violated the terms of its insurance policies, the company should not have to pay out any money to settle claims from hundreds of people alleging they were victims of sexual abuse by clergy over the past several decades.
March 7, 2023
Litigation
California

Deceitful Claims: Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Tesla, Musk
Looks like some of Tesla’s shareholders are feeling betrayed by Elon Musk and his merry band of executives. Investors have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of exaggerating the capabilities of its self-driving tech and putting people’s lives at risk.
March 2, 2023
Auto
Litigation
California

Tesla Remains In NHTSA’s Focus After Another Deadly Crash
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requested additional information from Tesla following a California crash on Saturday in which one of its vehicles collided with a fire truck parked at an accident scene.
February 21, 2023
Auto
Technology
California



