Newport Beach law firm Allen, Flatt, Ballidis & Leslie announced today that an Orange County jury has found GEICO Indemnity Insurance Co. (GEICO) guilty of operating in bad faith and using organization-wide stalling tactics to drag out an auto insurance policy settlement with a disabled Irvine businessman for almost six years.

Monday marked six months since the first full day of the firestorm that destroyed entire neighborhoods in Napa and Sonoma counties. But half a year later, some families say they are still unable to move on, and they blame roadblocks from their insurance company.

A cannabis insurance payout has recently broken prior records in California. The Thomas Fire burned through a legal marijuana business at the close of last year (and the start of this one). The payout for the insurance claim was $1 million — higher than any previous payout in this category.

Southern California was rattled Thursday by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake that struck near the Channel Islands.

As controversy swirls around the death of a Model X driver last month, the head of Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit is drawing distinctions between his company’s technology and Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot.

A Winnetka man who owned a dental office building in Corona that was ravaged by a 2014 fire has pleaded not guilty to several insurance fraud charges plus grand theft, after an investigation outlined a series of suspicious claims for the building.

A series of deadly mudslides along Southern California’s coast in January caused more than $421 million insured losses, the state’s insurance commissioner said on Monday.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday it was “unhappy” that electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) made public information about the crash of its Model X vehicle on Autopilot that killed the driver last month.

An Orange County public adjuster was sentenced to 10 years in state prison today for pocketing more than $1.2 million from fire victims’ insurance payouts, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Evacuations are underway for thousands of California residents this week as the biggest storm of the season is expected to drop significant rainfall. Authorities have warned it could bring more havoc to areas that have been recently impacted by the state’s largest ever wildfire.

A Roseville homeowner is sounding the alarm after a malfunctioning fire sprinkler destroyed her house. Durlye Warren’s home is now gutted, the carpets ripped up, and the frame of her house exposed.

Manufacturing has changed monumentally with the introduction of new technologies and automated capabilities. Workers are now empowered and assisted by machines and digital automation of commercial organizations is something the insurance industry has had to keep a close eye on.

A former Ventura hospital worker was ordered Thursday to pay more than $26,000 in restitution and sentenced to 60 days in jail for workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

The threat of deadly mudslides from an impending Pacific storm prompted authorities on Thursday to order mandatory evacuations for some 30,000 people living adjacent to fire-scarred foothills and mountain slopes along California’s Santa Barbara coast.

Authorities are urging people to flee areas devastated by a deadly California mudslide because of a coming storm. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office says a recommended evacuation warning goes into effect at 8 a.m. Wednesday for Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria.