Mercury Insurance Ends Fight With California For Record $41 Milion
Mercury Insurance Co. is ending its two-decade battle with California regulators over extra fees charged to customers by agreeing to pay the state more than $41 million, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said Wednesday.
October 3, 2019
Legislation & Regulation
Litigation
California
Flames Rip Through Four Encinitas Businesses Housed In Iconic Building
A two-alarm fire ripped through Mozy Cafe and three other businesses early Monday, gutting the colorful iconic Leucadia building along North Coast Highway 101, and arson investigators are trying to determine what ignited the blaze.
October 1, 2019
Property
California
Car Slides Into Sinkhole On Street Flooded By Water Main Break
A 4-foot-deep sinkhole that formed after a water main ruptured in an Escondido neighborhood Tuesday morning swallowed a car parked along the street, filling the car with muddy water that could be seen pouring from its windows.
Water flooded the streets, surrounding parked cars and even seeping into at least two homes, the city confirmed.
September 27, 2019
Auto
Property
Subrogation
California
Water flooded the streets, surrounding parked cars and even seeping into at least two homes, the city confirmed.
Over 1.2 Million Nissan, Infiniti Models Recalled Over Backup Camera Issue
Once a luxury, backup cameras are now a federally mandated piece of technology in all new cars. As such, any quirks with the systems can lead to recall headaches, as Nissan and its luxury division Infiniti are now experiencing.
September 24, 2019
Auto
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
PG&E Confirms $11B Settlement With California Wildfire Re/Insurers
PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has confirmed an $11 billion agreement to resolve all insurance subrogation claims arising from the 2017 Northern California wildfires and the 2018 Camp Fire.
September 23, 2019
Catastrophe
Liability
Property
Subrogation
California
Singer Josh Turners Crew Involved In Fatal Tour Bus Crash In California
CHP says a man is dead following a tour bus crash near Shandon Wednesday night. CHP has ruled out drugs or alcohol being a cause of the crash.
September 19, 2019
Auto
Liability
California
San Francisco Bay Area Homeowners Losing Coverage Regardless Of Fire Mitigation Efforts
Frances Mann-Craik loves living amid the trees along Highway 35. But her quiet life in the mountains above Silicon Valley is about to get a lot more expensive.
September 16, 2019
Property
California
Report: California Has Most Homes At Extreme Risk Of Wildfire Damage This Season
Nearly 776,000 homes are at extreme risk of wildfire damage across the U.S. with a potential reconstruction cost value of over $220 billion, according to a report released Thursday by the Irvine-based property data company CoreLogic.
September 13, 2019
Property
California
GM Recalls 3.8 Million Vehicles In North America Due To Braking Issue
General Motors Co said Wednesday it was recalling 3.46 million U.S. pickup trucks and SUVs to address a vacuum pump issue that could make braking more difficult and that has been linked to 113 accidents and 13 injuries.
September 11, 2019
Auto
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
City, Developer And Contractor Agree To $2.25M Personal Injury Settlement
A 2015 incident in which a car and its driver dropped into a ditch in the roadway and flipped over has led Redlands, a developer and a contractor to recently OK a $2.25 million settlement to be paid by insurance companies.
September 11, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
California
Judge Calls Out Facebook In Privacy Class Action Suit
A federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook Inc (FB.O) to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties such as Cambridge Analytica access users private data, calling the social media companys views on privacy "so wrong."
September 10, 2019
Liability
Litigation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Chrysler Expands Faulty Tailgate Recall For Ram Trucks
A Ram power tailgate recall has been issued for the third time since 2018 because the tailgates can suddenly fall open while driving or while the trucks are stationary.
September 10, 2019
Auto
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
PG&E Proposes Reorganization Plan With $17.9 Billion For Wildfire Claims
California power provider PG&E Corp on Monday unveiled the outlines of a reorganization plan that will pay $17.9 billion for claims stemming from the wildfires that pushed it to seek bankruptcy protection.
September 10, 2019
Liability
Property
Subrogation
California
Boat Owners Seek To Head Off Lawsuits After 34 Die In Fire
The owners of the dive boat where 34 people perished in a fire off Southern California filed a lawsuit Thursday to head off potentially costly litigation, a move condemned by some observers as disrespectful to the families of the dead.
September 6, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
California
Tesla Autopilot Engaged In 2018 California Crash; Drivers Hands Off Wheel: NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday that a Tesla Model S was in Autopilot mode and the drivers hands were off the wheel when it struck a fire truck in Culver City, California, one of a series of crashes the board is investigating involving Teslas driver assistance system.
September 4, 2019
Auto
Technology
California



