Laurence Darmiento covers finance, insurance, aerospace and dealmakers in Southern California for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the paper in 2015 as an assistant business editor and has overseen finance, real estate and Washington business coverage. Previously he had been the managing editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal and was a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News and other outlets. A New York native, he is an alumnus of Cornell University.
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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has approved regulations that next year will let insurers use complex computer programs that predict future risk in setting rates.
California’s Department of Insurance released rules meant to encourage insurers to write more policies in high-fire-risk areas by using computer modeling.
Farmers Insurance is upping the number of home policies it writes each month and resuming coverage for condos, renters and other dwellings, saying the California insurance market has improved.
Shares of ServiceTitan, a Glendale business management software firm, rose 42% in the company’s initial public offering Thursday on the Nasdaq.
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ServiceTitan, a Glendale tech firm that makes business management software for plumbers, painters and other contractors, announced Tuesday that it wants to raise up to $502 million in its initial public offering on the Nasdaq.
ServiceTitan, a Glendale tech company that makes software for plumbers, painters and other tradespeople, has filed for an initial public offering but has not disclosed how much money it plans to raise.