California Department Of Insurance Issues Cease And Desist Order To NRA
The California Department of Insurance has issued a cease and desist order to the National Rifle Association, alleging that the NRA marketed an insurance product in California without a license.
September 14, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Wildfire Shuts California Freeway, Burns Abandoned Rigs
An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people.
September 6, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Deadly Head-on Boat Collision In Colorado River
One of four people missing since two boats packed with people collided on Saturday night on the Colorado River in California was recovered Monday morning, officials said. Officials said two recreational boats, one carrying 10 people and the other with six, collided head-on.
September 4, 2018
Liability
California
Second Quarter 2018 Cargo Theft Trends Analysis
In the second quarter of 2018, CargoNet® recorded 328 supply chain risk intelligence events in the United States and Canada. Sixty-four percent of incidents involved a stolen vehicle, and 48% involved stolen cargo among several other kinds of events, such as identity theft, missing drivers, and police intelligence.
August 31, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Florida
Nationwide Requiring Customers To Mitigate Wildfire Risk Or Lose Coverage
As massive wildfires wreak havoc again in California, Nationwide is trying to limit the damage both to homeowners and to its bottom line.The Columbus-based insurer does business in California and so far has received more than 300 claims from the latest round of wildfires.
August 22, 2018
Property
Risk Management
California
The Utilities Liability For Californias Wildfire Woes
When all the options are bad, choosing the least-bad option wont make anybody happy. Thats whats likely to happen with a stack of proposed legislation to deal with liability for the catastrophic wildfires that have scorched hundreds of thousands of acres across California.
August 20, 2018
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
California
State Farm Has Received Nearly 800 Claims From Carr Fire
State Farm has taken hundreds of insurance claims related to the latest round of California wildfires, but a lot more work is still to come.
August 15, 2018
Property
California
Drone Photos: Aftermath Of A Fire Tornado That Was Strong As An EF-3
Nothing was typical about the way the Carr Fire tore into the city of Redding, California on July 27. Photos released by the city late last week show an aerial perspective of the devastation caused when it launched its deadly assault on the community of about 100,000.
August 14, 2018
Catastrophe
Property
California
146 Homes Destroyed, Sixth Firefighter Killed By Largest Blaze In California History
A firefighter has been killed battling the largest wildfire in Californian history that has been stoked by prime fire weather conditions as it has destroyed dozens of homes.
August 14, 2018
Property
Workers' Compensation
California
Verdict For Plaintiff In First Roundup Cancer Trial: $289 Million
A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the companys glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay $289 million in damages.
August 13, 2018
Liability
Litigation
California
Chain-Reaction DUI Crash Causes Six-Car Pileup On California Highway
A six-car crash involving a big rig early Monday morning brought southbound traffic on Highway 99 to a total stop and resulted in one DUI arrest, the California Highway Patrol reported.
August 9, 2018
Auto
Liability
California
First Trial Alleging Monsantos Roundup Causes Cancer Goes To Jury
A trial in which a school groundskeeper alleged that his use of Monsantos Roundup weed killer caused his terminal cancer will go to a California jury after lawyers for both sides delivered their closing arguments on Tuesday.
August 8, 2018
Liability
Litigation
California
Mendocino Complex Fire Rages On, Surpassing State Record For Acres Consumed
Californias biggest wildfire on record raged on Tuesday as hot and windy conditions challenged thousands of fire crews battling eight major blazes burning out of control across the state.
August 7, 2018
Property
California
Californias Fires Are Creating Another Problem: Fleeing Insurers
Residents of U.S. towns damaged by wildfires may need to prepare for another repercussion: insurers that decide to cancel policies because of increased risks from more frequent fires.
August 7, 2018
Catastrophe
Property
California
Irate Claimant Sentenced To Ten Years For Threatening Liberty Mutual Employees
Placer County Sheriffs deputies arrested a Placerville man earlier this year for stalking and threatening three employees of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Last week, a judge sentenced 37-year-old Lloyd Dylan Jones to 10 years in state prison.
August 6, 2018
Weird
California



