Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today he has approved the first Cannabis Business Owners Policy (CannaBOP) in the State of California. The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) designed the new CannaBOP program for cannabis dispensaries, storage facilities, processors, manufacturers, distributors, and other cannabis-related businesses operating in the state.

Already at the mercy of mounting legal bills, embattled former film producer Harvey Weinstein also has to contend with his insurers - which have not only denied him coverage for legal costs, but have also launched lawsuits of their own against him.

Tyler Chen, 46, and his wife, Kim, 45, were arraigned in court yesterday in the Santa Clara County Superior Court following their arrest on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and arson for their role in allegedly setting fires in a fraud scheme scamming five insurance companies out of $4 million.

Police are looking for at least a dozen thieves who drove up to a pricey storefront in Beverly Hills, California, and bashed in the windows before making off with armfuls of designer clothes.

The state Senate on Tuesday passed legislation giving fire victims who lost their homes in October more flexibility under their insurance policies to rebuild, though a related measure remains stymied by industry opposition in the chamber.

LOS ANGELES — The latest crash involving a Tesla in Autopilot mode didn’t turn tragic, as some past ones have, but certainly was embarrassing.
A Tesla Model S veered into a parked police cruiser Tuesday, severely damaging both vehicles in Laguna Beach, Calif., a coastal community south of Los Angeles.

For the first time, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending all new school buses be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts, after the agency released findings from a special investigation report prompted by two deadly 2016 crashes.

At its core, the industry is plagued by an inherent conflict of interest. Our customers don’t have an industry expert advocating solely on their behalf; the experts have financial incentives coming from the insurance industry.

Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said on Wednesday.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a study on the number of animal-related insurance losses for the years 2014—2017. The data is gleaned from insurance claims for losses that occurred in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.

At least one person is dead after a Tesla Model S was found in a pond at a property in unincorporated Alameda County on Sunday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) 2017 watercraft theft report shows a 5 percent decrease and resumes the downward trend in thefts that was broken by 2016’s slight increase.

A woman was killed in an explosion that rocked an Aliso Viejo medical office building Tuesday afternoon. Authorities called the explosion suspicious but did not reveal many further details.

Joanna Tucker, 29, from Livingston, was described by Merced County District Attorney’s (DA) office investigator Sheri Carpenter as the "ringleader" of the scam and directly involved in 19 of the 20 claims.

A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.