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Anzen in California Raises $16M to Scale AI Platform for Insurance Distribution

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San Francisco, California-based Anzen announced a $16 million Series A funding round led by Madrona, with participation from Sandbox Industries, SNR, Andreessen Horowitz and other investors. The round brings Anzen’s total reported capital raised to $26 million. With this funding, Anzen says it will expand its Artificial intelligence-powered workflows, strengthen its carrier and AMS integration […]

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Waymo Launches Driverless Robotaxis on California, Arizona Freeways in First for US

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Waymo Launches Driverless Robotaxis on California, Arizona Freeways in First for US

Waymo will become the first robotaxi provider in the U.S. to offer driverless rides on highways, a milestone that positions it to better compete with ride-hailing companies and traditional taxi services. Beginning Wednesday, the Alphabet Inc. unit will begin offering some riders routes that include freeways in San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles, it said

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LA Wildfire Victims Ask California Governor to Call for Insurance Commissioner’s Resignation

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Volvo Launches Independent Agency; Arden’s Wildfire Program Backed by SiriusPoint

A few of the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to call for the resignation of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara over reforms Lara pushed that were designed to help ease the state’s homeowners insurance crisis. The calls for Lara’s resignation follow a New York Times article

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California Attorney General Charges Eight in Bay Area Auto-Theft Ring

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The California Attorney General filed felony charges against eight people in connection with the theft of 19 vehicles throughout the U.S. with a combined value of more than $800,000. The complaint, filed in Alameda County Superior Court by Attorney General Rob Bonta, alleges 40 felony charges including conspiracy, auto-theft, possession of stolen property and selling

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Medical Costs Double in California Comp Claims Associated With Functional Restoration Programs

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Claims associated with functional restoration programs in California’s workers’ compensation system averaged $234,003 total, 59% higher than matched non-FRP claims, a new study shows. A study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute out this week examines FRPs, multidisciplinary treatments aimed at injured workers with chronic pain who have not improved with conventional therapies. The study

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California Commissioner Pushes for Wildfire Recovery Bill, Other Legislation

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Volvo Launches Independent Agency; Arden’s Wildfire Program Backed by SiriusPoint

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign several wildfire and health-related bills that have passed the Legislature and are now awaiting the governor’s approval. “They reflect our collective responsibility to help individuals, communities, and businesses recover from disasters on their own terms. Signing these bills will strengthen California’s leadership in

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California Extending Cap-And-Trade Program Aimed at Advancing State Climate Goals

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California will extend a key climate program under a bill state lawmakers passed Saturday, sending the measure to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has championed it as a crucial tool to respond to the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks. The Democrat-dominated Legislature voted to reauthorize the state’s cap-and-trade program, which is set to expire after 2030. Then-Gov.

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California Roofing Contractor Must Pay $2M in Unpaid Wages, Damages

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A federal court ordered a Northern California-based roofing contractor to pay $1.9 million in back wages and damages to 158 workers after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation reportedly found the employer failed to pay required overtime rates to workers. The action by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San

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This California Town Was Ravaged by A Wildfire. Seven Years Later, Schools Are Still Recovering

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Volvo Launches Independent Agency; Arden’s Wildfire Program Backed by SiriusPoint

Nearly seven years after Paradise was ravaged by wildfire, the foothill town smells like pine trees again. New homes are sprouting up on once-scorched lots. Construction trucks rumble through neighborhoods. An ice cream shop recently opened around the corner from the newly rebuilt high school. But in the town’s classrooms, recovery has been more complicated

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California AG’s Brief Urges Court to Side With Employee in Discrimination Suit

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Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in support urging the court to affirm an employee’s right to sue Liberty University for sex-based discrimination. The brief, filed as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, says a lower court’s ruling protects states’

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