West News for May 2021
- AM Best Withdraws Credit Ratings of First American Property & Casualty and First American Specialty
- CWCI: California Workers’ Comp Direct Written Premium Fell 11.4% in 2020
- Lawsuit Accuses Washington Pizza Chain of Underpaying Delivery Drivers
- PG&E to Pay $150M for Botched Outages, California Wildfires
- PG&E to Pay $43.4M in 3 California Counties Burned by Fraying Grid
- AM Best Revises Outlooks to Positive for Anchor General in California
- Residents Debate Reopening of Car-Free San Francisco Streets
- Ag Groups Upset with Washington Governor for Farm Worker Rules
- People Moves: Island Insurance Names Kuioka COO, The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Newman in California
- The Liberty Company Acquires Assets of Gray-Stone & Co. in California
- Ex-UCLA Doctor Indicted on 21 Sexual Abuse Counts
- Technology Upgrades Follow Cyberattack on Alaska Courts
- California Seeing More Wildfires as Drought Intensifies
- Western U.S. Wildfires Have Made Insurance for Contractors a Tough Buy
- California Aiming to Ease Virus Rules for Workers in Mid-June
- Earthquake Hits Beneath South Flank of Hawaii Volcano
- Former Washington Logger Charged in Nearly $300K Workers’ Comp Scam
- Cal/OSHA Cites Foster Farms, Staffing Agencies for COVID-19 Violations
- California’s Harsh EPLI Landscape Made Worse by COVID
- Oregon Among Blue States Slow to Lift Virus Restrictions
- Family Sues After Police in Hawaii over Fatal Shooting of 16-Year-Old
- 15 Military Families in Washington Sue Private Company Over Housing Conditions
- Two Takeaways from Delta-8 Conversation
- Washington Issues New Workplace Masking Guidelines
- Hawaii Can Expect 2 to 5 Storms During Hurricane Season
- Alaska Health Website Targeted in Malware Attack
- Washington Creates New Farmworker Safety Team
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Topa in California
- Study Shows How Recreational Cannabis Legalization May Change Illegal Drug Markets
- Former Oregon City Employee Files Termination Suit
- California Restaurants Expect Rebound That Will Take Years
- People Moves: CAC Specialty in Colorado Adds Lynch, Lockton Pacific Adds Lupe in California
- $4.8M Judgment in Labor Trafficking Case Against Maui Pineapple
- Alaska Governor Declares Disaster Following Flooding
- Severe Water Crisis on Oregon-California Border to Impact Agriculture
- Crews Make Progress Against Los Angeles Wildfire
- Newfront Acquires Aviation Marine Insurance in California
- Southern California City Agrees to Settle Suit Against Bloggers for $350K
- California Regulator Reviewing Tesla’s Self-Driving Claims
- People Moves: Midwestern Insurance Alliance Adds Young in California, Crest Adds Holt in Colorado
- InterWest Opens New Nevada Office, Acquires Aegis in California
- 1K Los Angeles Residents Ordered to Evacuate in Wildfire
- California Crash Victim Posted Videos Riding in Tesla on Autopilot
- Oregon Landowner Suit Seeks $103M from Public Utilities for Wildfire
- Private Firefighting Firms Add to Tension While Saving Vineyards, Mansions From Wildfires
- California Flooring Business Owners Charged for $3.8M Workers’ Comp Fraud
- People Moves: Lockton Pacific Adds Burbach and Szot in San Francisco, Denham in L.A.
- California Crash, Arrest Draw More Scrutiny of Tesla Autopilot
- Report: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Down in 2020
- California Commissioner Calls on Insurers to Do More to Boost Wildfire Prep
- Oregon Grass Seed Dealer Paying $300K Settlement over Mislabeling
- Nevada Police Officer Suspended for Tweets Seeks $1M
- Washington Commissioner’s Captive Insurer Bill Signed into Law
- Oregon Ice Storm Repair Will Cost $4M-Plus
- People Moves: Outsource Insurance Professionals Adds Bentley in California, Resilience Adds Reed
- California Balcony Collapse Injuring 9 Prompts Rental Code Probe
- California Drought Emergency Expanded to Large Swath Of State
- Self-Driving Car Firms Seek to Charge for Rides in San Francisco: Reuters
- Former Amazon Employee Files Colorado Whistleblower Complaint
- Former California Agent Convicted for Embezzling Insurance Payments
- California Wildfire Victims See Little Payout from PG&E Settlement
- Sheriff’s Employee Awarded $60K in Settlement in California Sex Harassment Suit
- Man Faces Arson Charges After $1M in Damage to Oregon Storage Units
- Former California Agent Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing Insurance Payments
- Flooding from Fire-Charred Area Threatens Arizona City
- M4.7 Quake Confirmed in California-Nevada Border Area
- Alaska Court System Went Offline in Cybersecurity Incident
- People Moves: Hippo in California Adds Numerous Technology Leaders
- 50-Plus Insurers Met Deadline to Comply With Washington’s Credit Rule
- Businesses Challenge Virus Restrictions in Suit Against Oregon Governor
- Fire Damages 40 Units at Southern California Apartment Building
- Family Seeks $1M After Man Died in Custody in Washington
- California Contractor Arrested in Nearly $1M Workers’ Comp Scheme
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Koff & Associates in California
- Judge Weighs Whether PG&E Violated Probation With 2019 California Fire
- U.S. Legal Cannabis Sales Hit Record $17.5B as Legislation Transforms Insurance Outlook
- $6M Settlement for Men Abused at Washington Boys Home Being Paid by Insurers
- Group Says Its Analysis Shows Proposed California Law Will Harm Music Creators
- Bill in Colorado Would Prohibit Insurer Use of ‘Discriminatory’ Data
- Hub Acquires Assets of Conover Insurance Services in Washington
- Cyber Threat Forced Alaska Court System Offline
- People Moves: EPIC Adds Shepard in California, M.J. Hall Adds Baker in Alaska
- ShakeAlert Earthquake Warning System Goes Live in Washington
- Phone Scammers Using Wyoming Information Breach as Advantage
- Driver in California Crash That Killed 9 Was Drunk, Report Shows
- Amwins Acquires Equine, Canine Specialist Broker Equisure
- Alera Group Acquires California’s Adamson & McGoldrick Insurance
- 9th Circuit Lifts Stay on Labor Law Classifying Truck Drivers as Employees
- Nevada Lawmakers Weigh Fire-Fighting Liability, Coordination
- Washington Deputy Allowed Homicide by Not Arresting Armed Man, Lawsuit Charges
- $1M Settlement in California Suit Over Alleged Assault by Foster Child
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