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Recent news and bulletins for California from the Western Alliance.
California Department of Insurance Targets State Farm
Read more »California’s Billionaire Tax — Looks Like it Will Make the November Ballot
Read more »Travelers Expanding Homeowners Insurance in California
Read more »Wildfires & Power Bills — California Consumers Suffer
Read more »California’s Push to Speed Up Wildfire & Other Disaster Claims
Read more »California Department of Insurance-NAIC Study on Wildfire Insurability
Read more »Taxing Millionaires & Billionaires — Washington State, California and Congress
Read more »Millionaires as a Tax Target — Washington & California
Read more »Thank you to our Associate Members who support the independent agency system in California
Industry News — California
Aggregated headlines from across the web, curated for California agents.
Governor Newsom announces appointments 5.29.2026
... California Department of General Services. Pease has been Assistant General Counsel and Director in the Office of Legal Affairs at Covered California ...
The Next California Insurance Commissioner Must Fully Restore The Consumer Intervenor Program
... Department of Insurance was a recipe for regulatory capture and rate inflation. They chose to lower insurance costs and improve transparency and ...
Should California insurance commissioner be an elected position?
The only other candidate who's spent time in elected office is Jane Kim, a progressive former San Francisco supervisor who supports continuing to ...
Medi-Cal to drop routine dental coverage for undocumented adults
California's Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will eliminate routine dental coverage for approximately 2 million undocumented adult Medi ...
California Drivers Arraigned for Insurance Fraud in Staged Crash Scheme
... California Department of Insurance , California Highway Patrol, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office, and the Riverside County ...
Four People in Southern Californias Charged in Alleged Staged Crash Scheme
“ Insurance fraud costs all of us money in higher premiums, and staged collisions put innocent people at risk of physical and financial harm.
4 Southern California drivers accused in staged crash scheme targeting innocent motorists
The defendants were identified by the California Department of Insurance as Jhoiner Rodriguez Celis, 31, of Anaheim; Melissa Cervantes De La Torre, 30 ...
Four California Drivers Accused of Staging Crashes for Insurance Money, Investigators Say ...
Detectives reviewed body-worn camera footage from responding Upland Police Department officers. According to the Department of Insurance , Sampayo and ...
California Insurance Commissioner Candidates Debate Wildfire Recovery at Santa Monica Forum
Four California Insurance Commissioner candidates discussed rebuilding, affordability and consumer protection at Jonathan Beach Club in Santa ...
4 suspects arrested, accused of staging IE crashes in alleged insurance fraud scheme
Four drivers were arrested and are accused of staging crashes as part of an alleged coordinated insurance fraud scheme that endangered an innocent ...
California's crippling home insurance market faces massive shake up as savior emerges
In a normal year, David Acuña, a battalion chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), said firefighters would ...
4 Southern California drivers accused in staged crash scheme targeting innocent motorists
... insurance claims worth tens of thousands of dollars. The defendants were identified by the California Department of Insurance as Jhoiner Rodriguez ...