West News for June 2017
- Arizona Residents Evacuated as Wildfires Sweep Western U.S.
- Workers’ Comp Insurer Cancels Policies for Hawaii Pot Firms
- Zurich’s Fergot Heads to CNA as Vice President of Underwriting in California
- BCU Risk Advisors Adds Marsh’s Shapiro in Nevada
- EPS Settlements Group Rebrands as Arcadia
- California Wildfire Destroys Ranch Home of ‘Big Bang Theory’ Star
- California Broker Launches National Expansion into Captive Insurance Market
- JLT Specialty Names Aon’s Schaeffer Senior Vice President in California
- Rand Report Recommends Analytics for Fraud Prevention in Workers’ Comp
- Nearly 60% of Payments in California Comp in 2016 Were for Medical Services
- Alliant Names Laing a Producer in Oregon
- NFP Acquires International Insurance Group in Arizona
- DTRIC in Hawaii Becomes Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Aioi Nissay
- California Continues to Move Toward Letting Customers Sue Banks
- Alaska Marijuana Board to Revisit On-Site Consumption
- 2 Fires at California Rehab Center Being Looked into by Arson Investigators
- Snowmelt-driven River Swelling Forces Evacuation of 90 California Homes
- Utah Blaze Now Nation’s Largest Active Wildfire
- Utah Tattoo Parlor Settles with Man Who Has HIV
- $300K Settlement in 2012 Utah Fire to be Paid by Insurer
- California Assembly Speaker Sidelines Single Payer Bill until 2018
- California Chamber and 2 Workers’ Comp Groups File Brief in Utilization Review Case
- Zenefits to Pay $3.4M for Fair Labor Act Violations in California and Arizona
- California Judge Will Let San Francisco Subpoena Uber for Driver Information
- United Valley Adds 2 Members in Southern California
- Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI
- Insurtech Startup Buys MGA in California with Product for Agents in Mind
- Report Details Death, Panic in Deadly Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire
- Dalia Named Chief Financial Officer at California-based Alliant
- Chubb’s Crooks Named XL Catlin’s Inland Marine Director in California
- Confie Acquires Valetta and EZ in Arizona
- Regulator Fines Contractor Following Oregon Bridge Incident
- California Commissioner ‘Undeterred’ by Challenges to Climate Disclosure Initiative
- California Surplus Lines Don’t Want to be Left out of State’s Marijuana Regs
- California Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2018 to Increase
- Lending Club’s Dolan Joins Metromile in California as Chief Financial Officer
- Arrowhead in California Launches Hard-to-Place Workers’ Comp Subsidiary
- Utah Drivers Lie About Medical Conditions to Keep Motoring, Officials Say
- Nevada’s Recreational Marijuana Sales Launch Hinges on Court Decision
- Seeman Holtz Acquires Direct Choice in California
- Biglari Holdings Inc. to Acquire Pacific Specialty Insurance Co. in California
- Arrowhead Acquires TriCoast Insurance Services in California
- Moody in Colorado Joins Board of RiskProNet International
- California Judge Says TV Network Owes $2M in Sex Abuse Cover-Up Lawsuit
- Alaska Governor Signs Bill Paving Way for Uber, Lyft in the Frontier State
- 3.6M Temblor Shakes Washington Area Northwest of Seattle
- Northwest Wyoming Hit by Earthquake Swarm
- California Man Bit by Dog While Rescuing Cat Awarded $1M
- Nevada Family of Abused Autistic Son Awarded Nearly $1M
- UPS Gunman in San Francisco Who Killed 3 Had Filed Grievance
- Harbor Gets California Department of Workers’ Comp OK for Telemedicine
- San Francisco Approves Requirement for Clean Breastfeeding Space for Workers
- California-based Uber Loses Officials, Faces Major Changes
- UPS Worker in Northern California Kills 3, Turns Gun on Self
- Report: California Wage Increase Will Require Hike in 2018 Comp Benefits
- Idaho Woman Wants Compensation from Insurer for Leveled Home
- Southern California to See Spike in Temperatures, Fire Risk
- Heffernan Adds Owen as Advisor in California
- GuideOne’s Joos Joins CopperPoint in Arizona as Chief Financial Officer
- Uber, Lyft coming to Alaska, but Not State’s Most Popular Tourist Spot
- Judge Tosses Fines Against Tesoro in Deadly Washington Refinery Blast
- Wilson Elser Names Calle of Counsel in California
- Knight in California Names Ownbey Managing Director
- Lawyer Argues Deadly Oakland Fire Wrongly Blamed on Client
- Washington County Insurer to Pay $2.25M Wrongful Conviction Settlement
- 3 Injured from Giant Chemical Fire Burning for Hours in Southern California
- Hawaii’s Big Island Hit by M5.3 Earthquake
- Court Rules Neighbors Can Sue Colorado Pot Grower over Stink
- Downtown Los Angeles High Rise Developer to Pay $400K for Blaze
- Families of Victims Pack Court to See Man Charged in Deadly Oakland Warehouse Fire
- Former Washington Insurance Agent Charged in Theft of Clients’ Money
- Topa Names Chang Assistant Vice President in California
- Worldwide Facilities Opens New Office in Utah, Domire to Lead
- Stone Creek in California Names Van Horn Marketing Manager
- InterWest in California Names Hoffman Marketing and Promotions Agent
- California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends Psychiatrist for Fraud
- $2M Award by California Jury to Young Relative of Trinity Network Founders
- Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based The Ponce De Leon Insurance Group
- NFP’s Ryan Joins Cal Insurance as Director in Employee Benefits
- Employers in Nevada Brings on West Bend’s Grinna as Vice President
- 10 Lawyers, 6 Others Charged in Alleged California Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Lack of Insurance Halts Gunfighters Show in Wyoming
- CDI’s Finston Becomes Partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath in California
- Energi’s Strange Heads to RIC as Business Development Manager in West
- Are Uber, Lyft Public Nuisances? San Francisco Wants to Know
- Arizona City Receives $1M for Flood Control Project
- Topa’s Manzitto Joins JLT Re as Executive Vice President in California
- WIAA in California Promotes Brockhouse, Pettersen to Vice President
- Specialty Program Group Acquires Paul Hanson Partners in California
- Doughnut Delivery Drone Takes Flight in Colorado
- California Governor Looking Around World for Climate Changes Allies
- California Business Owner Nabbed in $32M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
- California Department of Insurance and FAIR Plan Square off in Public Statements
- Google’s Paid Carpooling Service Being Expanded Across California
- California Lawmakers May Allow Consumers to Sue Banks Instead of Arbitration
- EPIC’s Dutra Heads to Stone Creek in California
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