West News for July 2019
- WSS Acquires Klein & Costa Insurance Services in California
- Report: Written Worker’s Comp Premium in California to Fall by $1B in 2019
- Experts Say Organizers Should Check Emergency Plans After California Festival Shooting
- Los Angeles Jury to Decide Damages Owed by Katy Perry for ‘Dark Horse’
- California Self-Insurers Board Greenlights Workers’ Comp Alternative Security Program
- Alliant Names Droz Vice President in Employee Benefits in California
- Trial in Deadly Northern California Warehouse Fire Wraps up
- The Buckner Co. in Utah Names Kupfer Chief Sales Officer of Employee Benefits
- Fortuna General Acquires Appleby and Sterling in Southern California
- CSAA in California Names Jones Chief Human Resources Officer
- EPA Official: Montana Site Suited for Superfund Status
- Oregon Lagging on Disaster Preparedness, Scientists Warn
- CopperPoint in Arizona Names Boca-Bommarito Assistant Vice President
- Gaspar Insurance Acquires Elden Insurance in Southern California
- Utilities Want in on California Wildfire Insurance Fund, But Others Will Decide
- Union Not Siding with Rideshare Operators on California Labor Law
- Droz Joins Alliant Insurance Services in San Francisco
- Colorado Company to Pay $82.5K to Settle Federal Discrimination, Retaliation Lawsuit
- Crews Aided by Light Rain in Battle Against Arizona Wildfire
- Insurers Owed $20 Billion Offer Own Rescue Plan for PG&E in Bankruptcy Court
- Pets Account for Nearly 400 Workers’ Comp Claims A Year in Oregon
- Washington Commissioner Fined Carriers, Producers and Others $724K in June
- Wildfire Prompted Evacuations from Idaho Nuclear Energy Lab
- Police Looking into if Tesla Was Self-Driving During California Crash
- Modeler Estimates Insured Losses from California Quakes Less Than $40M
- California Financial Advisor Sentenced to 10 Years for Embezzling $1M
- California Commissioner and U.N. to Develop Sustainable Insurance Roadmap
- Big Cannabis Bills That Await California Lawmakers Include Banking and Hemp Products
- Washington Woman Charged with Running Construction Business While on Disability
- Clearing Large Swaths of Land Part of Plan to Slow Western Wildfires
- Report Shows California Workers’ Compensation Premiums Falling
- Coface Names Chun to Lead Western Regional Office
- California Earthquake Authority Board Expands Policyholder Eligibility for Retrofit Grants
- Town Leveled by California Wildfire Reopens Its Public Pool
- Utah Medical Marijuana Program Getting on Track, 8 Growers Picked
- Utility Customers Sue Over California Wildfire Law
- California Safety Board Oks Regulation to Protect Workers from Wildfire Smoke
- Arizona Suit Names Former Opioid Manufacturer Executives
- Nevada Wants Feds to Restudy Seismic Risk at Nuke Dump Site
- Report: California Private Self-Insured Employers Comp Claim Frequency Rose Last Year
- Consumer Group Gives California Insurance Commissioner to Month’s End for Contributions Records
- United Valley Adds Financial Management Network in Southern California
- Wyoming Refinery Sued over Environmental Violations
- Deaths from Nevada Car Crashes Down in June from 2018 Rates
- California Cannabis Seller Wants Court to Void County Delivery Ban
- California Settles 19-Year Old Public Nuisance Claim Against Lead Paint Makers
- Judge Recommends $14M Award to Montana Neo-Nazi Trolling Victim
- Minor Injuries When Roof Collapses at California Casino
- Jury Says Toyota Must Pay $16M to Southern California Dealer in Lawsuit
- EPIC in Phoenix Adds Aschermann, Brehm, Lopes in Arizona
- Premera Blue Cross in Northwest to Pay States $10M in Data Breach
- California Regulators Say Chevron Not Doing Enough to Stop Oil Spill
- State Farm Cuts Auto Insurance Rates in Hawaii
- Integrated Specialty Acquires Safebuilt in California and Its Affiliates
- 4.6, 3.5 Magnitude Earthquakes Rattle Greater Seattle Area
- Nevada Officials Expect Interest in Quake Coverage to Rise
- Risk Strategies Acquires California’s Winter Group
- Western Growers in California Names Martin Director of Employee Benefits Account Management
- California Legislators Approve $21 Billion Liability Fund for Utilities
- PG&E Pushes for Tax-Exempt Bond Bill for Fire Claims
- California Regulators Seek to Curb Misinformation About Earthquake Insurance
- AssuredPartners Acquires RIS Insurance Services
- Brit Global Specialty USA Adds Swiss Re’s Zillgitt, Redstone’s Magee
- Copperpoint Names Mooney Vice President and Underwriting Head in California
- Expert: Sophisticated Cannabis Operations Want Higher Limits, Customizations
- NTSB: 2 Skydivers Joined Doomed Hawaii Flight at Last Minute
- CSAA in California Names Goldstein Executive Vice President
- Judge Wants PG&E to Respond to Report It Knew Faulty Lines Could Cause Wildfires
- Fournier Group in Oregon Names Conlon Vice President
- Building Soundness Investigated After Nevada University Dorm Blast
- Southern California Quakes Raise Interest in West Coast Warning System
- California Wildfire ‘Bailout’ for PG&E, Edison Clears Hurdle
- FTP Inc. Names Glaser to Launch FTP of California LLC
- Southern California Quakes Push Interest in Coverage
- Alert Level Raised for Large Hawaii Volcano
- Employees in Arizona City to Use Self-Driving Cars for Work Rides
- Earthquakes Alert Californians to Be Ready for ‘Big One’
- Roads, Utilities Require Repair After California Quakes
- California’s Governor: Earthquakes Are A ‘Wake-Up Call’
- Alliant Acquires Degginger McIntosh & Associates in Washington
- Wildfire Help for PG&E, Edison May Not Be Ready When California Lawmakers Adjourn July 12
- Southern California Begins Assessing Damage From Largest Earthquake in 20 Years
- Oregon Agency Charged with Earthquake Study and Preparation Could Be Abolished
- Officials Say 4 Wildfires in North-Central Nevada Were All Human Caused
- Phoenix Buildings Continue to be Without Power After Fatal Fire
- California Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in $250K Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Hawaii Including Gender X on State Driver’s Licenses
- $6M Death Claim Filed in Arizona Police Shooting
- Hot Weather May Fuel South-Central Alaska Wildfire, Some Residents Evacuate
- HP Enterprise Gender Pay Gap Lawsuit in California Making Headway
- Sale of Applied Underwriters Still Under Review; Cayman Islands Insurer Likely Involved
- Proposed California Wildfire Board Could Operate Partly in Secret
- PG&E in California Wants to Securitize Some Profits to Cover Wildfire Costs
- Anxiety, Policy Limits Rising Ahead of California’s Sweeping Data Privacy Law
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