West News for October 2021
- California Workers’ Comp Hospital Stays Decline as COVID Affects Quantity and Types of Admissions
- Utah Insurance Department Distributes $25M to Arches Claimants
- Alera Group Acquired Blue Communications in California
- $17M Jury Award in Deadly Shooting by Off-Duty Officer in California
- Inside the New Mexico Movie Set Where Baldwin’s Gun Fired
- California Insurance Commissioner Makes Numerous Appointments to Boards
- California Still in Deep Drought Despite Big Storm
- Unlicensed California Insurance Agent Arraigned in $1.4M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
- California Labor Commissioner Cites Drywall Company $7.2M for Wage Theft
- $5M in Grants Released to Help California Homeowners Prep for Quakes
- Big Tech Data Centers Generate Concern Over Scarce Western Water
- Pair of Earthquakes Confirmed on California’s Central Coast
- Takeaways from Our Conversation on Federal Legalization
- California Labor Commissioner Cites Grocer $1.1M for COVID Sick Leave Practices
- Small Earthquake Confirmed in Southern California
- Hippo in California Hires Hiscox’s Hanson to Expand Claims Operations
- California City Pays $500K to Stroke Victim Arrested for DUI
- IMA Acquires Parker, Smith & Feek in Washington
- California Announces Workers’ Comp Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2022
- Grocer Sues Oregon Beef Producer for $2.7M Over Outbreak
- NTSB Issues 1st Report on Fatal Midair Arizona Collision
- ‘Rust’ Film Crew Protested Conditions Before Fatal Movie Set Shooting by Baldwin
- Oregon Agency Inadvertently Releases Employees Vaccine Status
- Arizona Restaurateur Whose Business Was Raided by Sheriff Gets $5M
- Parents of Unrestrained Girl Killed on Ride Sue Colorado Theme Park
- Climate Change Makes Drought Recovery Tougher in Western U.S.
- The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Forms MGA Aura Risk in California
- California Insurance Commissioner Lays Out Priorities for CPCU Crowd
- 1,887 Washington Workers Fired, Leave Jobs Due to Vaccine Mandate
- People Moves: Marcello Joins Lockton as COO of Mountain West; Alliant Adds Hill in California
- Oli Insurance Services Acquires Rose City Associates in Oregon
- $8.5M in Citations Issued to Owner of 6 California Residential Care Facilities Upheld
- Seattle Reports 99% Compliance with Employee Vaccine Mandate
- Man Who Fell From Sports Skybox in New Mexico, Son Get Payouts
- California Labor Commissioner Cites Contractor $1.7M for Wage Theft Violations
- Washington Insurance Commissioner Pursues January Date for Rule to Ban Use of Credit Scores
- People Moves: Crest in Arizona Names Pallesen Vice President; Bender in California Adds Pazar
- Pandemic Underscores Need to Diversify Tahoe’s Tourist Economy
- Feds Release Report Aimed at Alaska Aviation Safety
- Southern California Wildfire Almost Fully Contained, Residents Go Home
- County in Washington Settles Shooting Lawsuit for $3.5M
- People Moves: LP Adds DeHart, Pino and Warner in Nevada; Powers-Leavitt Names Woodruff Managing Partner
- ‘Lost’ Rolex Watch Turns Up at Washington Jeweler, Owner Faces Fraud Charge
- California City Paying $11M to Settle Fatal Crosswalk Crash
- Washington City Paying $515K Settlement in Police Shooting
- Wildfire Destroys School in Small Eastern Washington Town
- California Highway Reopens, Wildfire Still Threatens Homes
- California FAIR Plan to Appeal of Court’s Ruling on Expanded Coverage
- People Moves: CSAA Promotions Launch Enterprise Strategic Initiatives Office in California
- Mercury Insurance Reports a 40% Spike in California Comprehensive Car Claims
- California Insurance Commissioner Touts Bills Signed by Governor
- Idaho’s Workers’ Comp Rates Decreasing 7% for 2022
- Oregon Doughnuts Workers Fired in Heat Wave Getting Jobs Back
- Legal Fights over California Oil Spill Likely to Last Years
- Surging California Winds Spark New Wildfires, Power Outages
- Strong Earthquakes Confirmed off Coast of Hawaii
- Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Struck off Coast of Alaska
- Popular California Beach City Reopens After Massive Oil Spill
- Hub Acquires Assets of Baird in California
- Washington Judge Shoots Down Insurance Commissioner’s Credit Scoring Ban
- Colorado Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Seafood Sickens 82
- California Spill Not the Environmental Disaster First Feared
- Takeaways from Our Conversation on Cannabis and Surplus Lines
- Liberty Company Acquires Rubicon M&A Insurance Services in California
- California Encourages Prescribed Burns to Counter Wildfires
- Investigators Board Ship That Was Anchored Near California Oil Pipeline
- Hub Acquires Assets of Verity and Bellehaven in California
- Los Angeles Implementing One of Strictest Vaccination Mandates in Nation
- California Governor Signs Hemp Bill Setting up Regulatory Framework
- Amazon Sued by Colorado Warehouse Workers Over COVID-19 Screening Pay
- California City Paying Black Worker Who Claimed Discrimination
- California Pharmacy Owner Gets 5 Years for $13M Scheme Involving Insurance Fraud
- California FAIR Plan Files to Offer Property Coverage to Farms
- People Moves: Pinnacol CEO Kalin Retiring; CopperPoint Names Jaffray CFO
- California Orders 3 Insurers to Give Refunds for Those Who Drove Less During Pandemic
- Slow Response to Report of California Oil Spill, Records Show
- California Jury Awards $6.3M to Actress in State Farm Fire Suit
- Inszone Acquires Yuma Foothills Insurance in Arizona
- DOXA Insurance Holdings Acquires AGIA in California
- People Moves: IMA Adds MacConnell; Lockton Names Wong Vice President in California
- Officials: No Foul Play in Fatal Wyoming Fire
- Washington Man Sues Claiming Officers Raided Wrong Address
- Officials Probe If Ship Anchor Caused California Oil Spill as Cleanup Continues
- Goats Being Brought in to Help Slow Colorado Wildfires
- Colorado Dairy Fined over Worker’s Death in Manure Pit
- Outdoorsy’s MGA Roamly Selling RV Rental Insurance Through Spinnaker in 3 States
- California Oil Spill Called ‘Environmental Catastrophe’
- People Moves: Risk Strategies Names Schmidt West Commercial Lines Leader; Lockton Names McGrath VP in California
- Lawsuit: Oregon Software Company Refused to Hire Man Who is Deaf
- Judge Questions California Counties’ Opioid Case Against Drugmakers
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