West News for June 2018
- Brightway Insurance Opens Office in California
- Nevada-based Insurtech Talage Offering Workers’ Comp, Liability, Property Online
- Trump Administration Approves Disaster Assistance for Hawaii After Floods
- Jury Awards $383M in Wrongful Death Suits Against Colorado Dialysis Provider
- $47.5M Settlement for Boy Who Lost Leg During California Camping Trip
- Fury of Hailstorms Battered Colorado, Insured Losses ‘Skyrocketing’
- California Commissioner Angry at Insurers for Altering Wildfire Bills
- Jury Awards Woman $31M in California Age Discrimination Lawsuit
- California Marijuana Retailers Cut Prices Ahead of New Testing Rules
- Another Building in San Francisco Appears to Be Sinking
- XL Catlin, Bamboo Insurance to Provide Property Coverage In California
- Washington State University Football Player’s Brain was Damaged at Suicide
- Nevada Pot Regulators Get More Money to Deal With Rampant Demand
- Families of Pilots File Wrongful Death Suit in 2016 Arizona Helicopter Crash
- California Workers’ Comp Division Says Temporary Total Disability Rates to Increase for 2019
- Washington County Settles Sexual Harassment Suit for $350K
- Northern California Wildfires Flare up in Heat, High Winds
- Court Nixes Cities’ Climate Change Public Nuisance Lawsuit Against Oil Firms
- Alera Group Acquires Menath Insurance in Nevada
- Several Lawsuits Allege Racial Profiling in Oregon Businesses
- Honolulu Bills Aimed at Taxi, Ridesharing Companies
- California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Exploring Blockchain, Behavioral Science
- Colorado Hailstorm Carries $169M Insurance Price Tag
- Alaska Marijuana Regulators to Discuss Onsite Use
- Motorcyclist Hit by Police SUV in California to Get $12M
- Police Say Uber Driver Was Streaming Hulu Before Self-Driving Car Crash in Arizona
- New Liability Coverage Minimums in Nevada Go into Effective in July
- Beverly Hills Doctor Sentenced to 10 Years in Workers’ Comp Scam
- Report: California Self-Insured Workers’ Comp Claims Rose Only Slightly Last Year
- Zenefits in California Names Vaughn as Senior Vice President of Business Operations
- PEMCO in Washington Adds Farmer, Jameson
- Nuclear Contamination Found on Worker at New Mexico Weapons Lab
- University of Washington to Pay $123K to Settle Free-Speech Lawsuit
- Wife Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Colorado Rafting Company
- Court Rules Failed California Workers’ Comp Insurer Can’t Use Special Funds for Administrative Expenses
- Alera Group Acquires Kaercher Insurance in Nevada
- Self-Driving Waymo Part of 5-Vehicle Crash in Arizona
- EPIC Adds Crystal & Co.’s Chu as Vice President in Southern California
- Safety Agency to Watch Tesla Car Fire Exam Following California Incident
- Risk Strategies Acquires Craford Benefit Consultants in California
- Maggie Bender-Johnson Named President of Warren G. Bender in California
- Oregon Marijuana Growers Turning to Hemp as CBD Extract Explodes
- 12,000-Plus Claims Filed for Hail Damage in Colorado
- Coffee Doesn’t Need a Cancer Warning, California Agency Says
- WCIRB: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium to be Down Again This Year
- 2014 Napa Quake Could be Linked to Groundwater Changes, Study Shows
- PEMCO Insurance in Washington Adds Karumuri and Abu-Emarah
- California Wildfire Survivor Bills Pass Senate Committee
- EEOC Sues Tapioca Express in California for Sexual Harassment
- New Wildfire Erupts Near Ski Resorts, Houses in Colorado
- Hailstorm Pounds Parts of Colorado Damaging Homes, Cars and Businesses
- California Doctor Indicted in $700K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
- Farmers in California Names Howard as Chief Claims Officer
- EPIC Adds McNulty as Wine & Beverage Practice Leader in California
- ‘Stable’ Flow Lets Some Hawaii Lava Evacuees Return to Homes
- Arizona Launches Driver Safety Campaign for Monsoon Season
- Oregon Earthquake Simulation Reveals Dangers
- Charity First in California Names Dyson Area Executive Vice President
- More Small Blasts from Hawaii Volcano
- Insurer Planning to Wed Couple Inside Driverless Vehicle in Vegas
- Weather Services Confirms Wyoming Tornado
- Venbrook Insurance Services in California Names Costello VP of Construction
- OSHA Seeking $65K in Penalties in Colorado Envirotech Worker Death
- Small Earthquake Triggered by Minor KIlauea Explosion
- Downed Power Lines Sparked Deadly California Fires, Investigation Shows
- California State Fund Says It Reduced Opioid Prescriptions by 60%
- New Mexico County Suing over Opioid Crisis
- Everest Insurance Adds Biermann in California to Environmental Team
- Tesla Seeks to Quell Doubts About Factory Workers’ Safety
- Westlake Launches Spot Insurance for Auto Dealers in California
- Driver Had Hands off Wheel in Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash in California
- Opioid Maker Wants Alaska Lawsuit Dismissed
- Lawsuit Filed Against Hawaiian Restaurant Chain After Data Breach
- Statefund First in California Names Bro Program Manager
- Hawaii Insurance Agent Busy Sorting out Coverage Mess from Lava Flows
- Hawaii Volcano Lava Destroys 117 Homes on Big Island
- California’s First Cannabis Business Owners Policy Approved
- Poizner, Lara Advance in California Insurance Commissioner Race
- SAIF in Oregon Names Former Commissioner Robison Chief Actuarial Officer
- United Valley Adds New Member Smith-Kandal in Southern California
- Scooters Take Hiatus From San Francisco’s Busy Streets
- Monarch E&S in California Names Bertram Manager of Commercial Lines
- Bernal to Lead Alliant’s SIU Division in California
- Brown & Brown Acquires Servco Pacific Insurance in Hawaii
- Former Pitcher Sambito Sues Agency He Worked for in Calfornia
- Nevada Motorists Face July 1 Auto Insurance Rate Increase
- Specialty Program Acquires Assets of PPIB in California
- California Legislators Said to Consider Wildfire Relief Fund to Help Utilities
- GM Settles Suit with Motorcyclist Hit By Autonomous Vehicle in California
- Report: California Workers’ Comp Direct Written Premiums Fell
- City Sues Oregon Company for Cutting Down Christmas Tree
- EPIC Insurance Adds Nordbrock, Breskin, Barros and Fuentes in California
- California Family Arson Ring Arraigned in $4M Insurance Fraud Case
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