West News for June 2021
- Most COVID-19 Restrictions Lifted in Washington
- Pitcher’s Family Sues Angels, 2 Employees for Negligence
- 3.9M Earthquake Confirmed in San Francisco Bay Area
- Northern California Wildfire Forces Evacuation Orders
- Consumer Report Claims Insurers Overcharged California Motorists $5.5B During First Year of Pandemic
- Wildfire Risk Creeping Higher in Montana Parks
- California Workers’ Comp Insurer Losses and Expenses $12B for 2020
- Wildfire Resilience Efforts Are Improving: Triple-I Panelists
- Washington Dry-Cleaner Owner Accused of Faking Injury in Workers’ Comp Case
- Hawaii Boosting Peer-to-Peer Car Rental Oversight
- California Doctors’ Lobby Scores ‘Major Victory’ on Bill to Hold Physicians Accountable
- Severe Drought in Western U.S. Raises July 4 Fireworks Fears
- San Francisco to Require Covid-19 Vaccinations for City Employees
- Uber to Pay $3.4M to Drivers in Seattle Gig Worker Leave Law Settlement
- Insuring Properties a Struggle for Many in California’s Risky Fire Areas
- California Health and Safety Rules for Oil, Gas Drilling Delayed Again
- People Moves: Liberty Company Names Taylor VP in California; LP Adds Schroeder to Commercial Team
- Speeding in Wyoming Was Down, Excessive Speed Was Up
- U.S. Supreme Court Backs Businesses Challenging California Labor Law
- Kobe Bryant’s Widow Agrees to Settle Lawsuit over Deadly Crash
- Drought Indicators in Western States Flash Warnings of the ‘Big One’
- Seahawks Allowing Full Crowds at Lumen Field Next Season
- Alaska One of Few States to Allow Cannabis Lounges, but Pandemic Paused Plans
- California Wildfires Burning in Coastal And Sierra Wilderness
- Lawsuit Claims Man Struck Dozens of Times in Face by Shots in California
- $1M Settlement Reached in Washington Dairy Worker Overtime Suit
- Ex-Principal Suing Oregon School District for Discrimination
- Labor Crisis Shocking California Restaurants
- People Moves: Island Insurance Promotes Tonaki to VP in Claims; PCF in Utah Names Stradling VP of Finance
- Regulator Objects But Court Clears Bid for $200M From Liquidated Insurer’s Owners
- City in New Mexico Suing Companies Over Lighting on Problem-Plagued Bus Route
- Firefighters in California Working to Contain Large Wildfire
- Vaccination Rate for Public Safety Workers in L.A. Below Average
- Arizona Governor Signs $100M Wildfire Funding Bill
- Newspaper Carrier Confronted by Washington Sheriff Seeks $5M in Damages
- Takeaways from Auditable Policies and Cannabis Conversation
- Grim California Wildfire Outlook Has Insurers Forking Over Big Bucks for Modeling
- New Mexico Public Defender Agency Settles Gender Pay-Gap Suit
- Waymo in California Getting $2.5B to Fuel Self-Driving Ambitions
- Bamboo Insurance Acquires First American P/C Agency to Expand Nationally
- People Moves: Lockton Names Harrison Market Leader in California, Hanleigh Names Haley Sales Director
- Cannabis Wholesaler Cannasure Now Operating in California
- Fire Danger Rises as Heat Grips Parts of Montana, Wyoming
- Judge OKs $15M Settlement in Arizona Over Rape of Incapacitated Woman
- California Farmers Being Told Drought Could Cut Off Their Water
- Cornerstone Acquires Cannabis Specialist CLIC in California
- California OKs Farmers and Zesty.ai Wildfire Risk Assessments, Will Bring 30K New Homeowners Policies
- Arizona Legislature Holding Special Wildfire Funding Session
- Utah Traffic Deaths Involving Alcohol Doubled During Pandemic
- Arizona Settlement Reached with Parents Whose Son Was Killed by Officer
- New Mexico AG Opposes California’s Blocking of California Insurance Company’s Redomestication
- Washington City Paying $333K to Family of Man Shot in 2016
- Widow of New Mexico Police Officer Files Wrongful Death Suit
- $15M Award for Embryos Ruined at California Fertility Clinic
- Californians Warned to Prepare for Brutal Heatwave, Fire Risk
- California Encourages Rebuilding in Fire-Prone Areas, Report Says
- JBS Swift to Pay Up to $5.5M to Settle Race, Religious Discrimination Claim at Colorado Plant
- OLI Insurance Services Acquires Valley General in California
- Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hawaii Reopening Following Renovations
- People Moves: CSAA Names Brown EVP of Commercial, Woodruff Sawyer Names Fuhrman Southern California Practice Leader
- Controversial California Workplace Mask Rule Withdrawn
- Large Part of Resort in Southern Oregon Destroyed in Fire
- Road Work Started Wildfire in Arizona Mining Town, Sheriff Says
- Settlement in Longtime Contamination Suit Reached Between Montana Residents, ARCO
- Crest Acquires SJS Insurance in Arizona
- Crews Battle Arizona Wildfire Threatening Communities
- Charles Taylor Creates Environmental Services Group in California
- Washington Officials Allow Cannabis Dispensaries to Offer Joints for Jabs
- People Moves: Allied American Adds Manioukov as Producer in California, PCF Names Smith President
- Water Polo Players Get $14M in California Sex Abuse Settlement
- Colorado Tornado Damaged Home, Downed Power Lines
- Embroker, with Plan to Become Full-Stack Insurance Carrier, Raises $100M
- Washington, California Urge Insurers to Adopt Task Force Climate Reporting Guidelines
- $3.25M in Medical Malpractice Death of Washington Prisoner
- Arson Suspected in Idaho Theme Park Fire
- Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based EnterMedicare Inc.
- People Moves: ICW in California Names Rathsam CFO, Liberty Mutual Names Mitchell Pacific Field Executive
- Central Oregon Farmers Struggling in Drought
- Magnitude 3.9 Earthquake Struck Communities in Oregon
- Close Calls in Colorado Spark Push for Wildfire Mitigation
- Magnitude 5.3 Confirmed in Southern California
- Takeaways from Talk About Regulators and Cannabis Insurance
- Vaccinated California Workers May Have to Keep Masks on
- Judge Dismissed Utah Jazz Fan’s Suit Over Taunting Incident
- Washington Organization Investigating Sexual Misconduct Complaints
- Idaho Family Pondering Suit over Teacher Having Students Push Girl Down Stairs
- California City Paying $900K to Elderly Woman in Crash with Fire Engine
- Hawaii Eying Evacuation Plan for Mauna Loa Volcano
- People Moves: Lockton Pacific Adds Shak in California, CAC Names Bonfiglio Senior Vice President
- Montana Judge Rules Polluter Law Can Be Used Against Mining Company
- Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Confirmed in Alaska
- Former Pension Boss in New Mexico Sues for Pay Discrimination
- People Moves: CompWest Names Mohammed Regional Manager, Monarch in California Adds Newsome
- Californians Hit Beaches, Traveled Ahead of Virus Rules Easing
- Shallow Quake Confirmed Beneath Lake Tahoe
- U.S. Western States Preparing for Summer Wildfire Season
- Montana Man Must Pay Restitution to Insurer for Arson
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