West News for August 2017
- 4,500 Evacuated as Oregon Wildfires Burn
- Man Arrested, Suspected of Igniting Fire Near Hard-Hit California Town
- PEMCO Insurance Launching Rideshare Driver Endorsement in Oregon
- Small Earthquake Hits Near Subdivision on Hawaii’s Big Island
- Montana Town Threatened by Wildfire; Hundreds Evacuate
- Husband’s Death Spurs Widow’s $10M Suit Against Oregon Hospital, Doctors
- Integro Names McCarroll from Willis Senior Vice President in California
- Oregon Wildfires Have Cost Taxpayers More Than $100M in 2017
- Colorado Police Officer Arrested for Alleged Fraudulent Insurance Claims
- Study Keys on Opioids in California Comp Claims Involving Mental Health
- California DOI Hearing Date Set for Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rate Filing
- Zalewski Named Chair of California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
- Colorado Tells Sessions That Pot Industry Is Working And Can Be Better
- HUB California Adds Brown & Brown’s Caster as Account Executive
- California Bill Targets Sexual Harassment by Venture Capitalists
- Nevada Gambling Regulators Don’t Want Marijuana in Casinos
- Judge Won’t Allow Challenge to Seattle’s Rideshare Driver Union Law
- Insurance Pros Make Case for Diversity at IICF Conference in California
- Official Blames Humans for Utah’s Wildfire Cost Doubling
- Woman Suing Oregon Cremation Company for $2.5M over Ashes in Father’s Urn
- California Workers’ Comp Medical Payments Per Claim Fell in 2016, Report Shows
- Judge Approves $1M Loan so Alaska Newspaper Can Pay Workers’ Comp, Employees
- California Hospital Workers’ Comp Survey Shows Moderating Losses, Higher Adjustment Expenses
- Appeals Court Rules L.A. Lakers Not Entitled to Coverage in TCPA Suit
- Denver Soon to Open Legal Marijuana Clubs
- Idaho City Tells Insurer to Pay For Children’s Chemical Burns
- Los Angeles Jury Hands Down $417M Award Baby Powder Lawsuit
- Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Names Mann in California Head of E&O
- Scientists: Sea Level Rise Will Pose Threat to Hawaii By 2100
- Small Quake Confirmed Near Alaska’s Largest City
- Wildfire in Yosemite National Park Grows, Evacuations Remain in California Town
- Greenberg Traurig Adds Michelman & Robinson’s Sebastinelli in California
- Evacuations Ordered for Hundreds of Residents in California, Oregon
- USGS Confirms Small Quake Hit Hawaii’s East Coast
- Increase in California Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Sent to Department of Insurance
- Los Angeles Makes Packer Cannabis Czar over Legal Pot Industry
- Judge Sends Suit for California Man’s Helicopter Crash Death to Workers’ Comp
- Boseman Named Chief Operating Officer at Brown & Riding in California
- Middle Market Growth Spells Opportunity for California’s Insurance Community
- Report: Written Premiums for California Comp Insurers to be Flat Through 2017
- Sweltering Las Vegas Heat Continues Delaying, Canceling Flights
- Idaho Taps Utah Company to Deploy App for Eclipse Traffic
- Suretywave Acquires Insure Vision Technologies in California
- USGS Awards $4.9M to Boost Warnings for West Coast Quakes
- Millions of Dollars in Damage During Wyoming Flooding This Year
- JLT Re Names Ferrier to Lead Western Region
- California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 5 Medical Providers for Fraud
- Small Quake Hits Alaska’s Aleutian Island Chain
- RightSure Insurance Acquires Arizona Economy Insurance
- USG Names Roy Producer in Southern California
- California Department of Workers’ Comp Dismissing 292K-Plus Unresolved Liens
- 9 People Sentenced in $500K California Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
- Nevada Issuing Marijuana Distribution Licenses to Non-Liquor Wholesalers
- Lawyer Says Blown Tire Caused Livestreamed, Deadly Crash in California
- The Schinnerer Group Acquires Colorado’s ICAT
- California Supreme Court Affirms Homeowner Reimbursement Protections
- California Ski Resort Where Patroller Died Fined for Workplace Safety Violations
- General Motors’ Maven Gig Has Expanded to Los Angeles
- Brightway Insurance Opening Agencies in Washington and Colorado
- Is Colorado’s Pet Sitting Law Another Insurance Quagmire Waiting to Unfold?
- GoodWorks Opens California Office, Names Russo Regional President
- Hub Acquires Assets of Oregon-Based Coordinated Resources Group
- California Workers’ Comp Committee Votes for Higher Pure Premium Filing
- California-Based Farmers Names Mcelvany Head of Reinsurance
- Scientists Use Tsunami Research to Help Alaska Communities Prepare
- Swing Voters in California Climate Deal Among Top Oil Money Recipients
- California Woman Who Sued Plastic Surgeon Awarded for Leaked Photo of Breasts
- California Commissioner Launches Investigation into Wells Fargo
- New Regulations to Improve Safety at California Oil Refineries Finalized
- California Chemical Plant Fire Results in $2M in Damage
- HUB Adds Martinez and Conlon in California
- Colorado Worker’s Body Found Under 2-Ton Container at Coal Processing Plant
- Oregon’s Cannabis Coast Becoming Home for Legal Pot Dealers
- Investigators Say Gunfire Caused Wildfire Near California’s Yosemite
- Hub Acquires Assets of New Mexico-Based Bianchi
- Arizona Launches Campaign on Flooding Danger
- Challenge to Seattle’s Ridesharing-Union Law Dismissed
- Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based East West Insurance Services
- Workers’ Comp Lien Proceedings in California Scheduled for Drobots
- New Mexico Doctors Challenge Insurance Superintendent on Malpractice Fund
- Montana’s Ablaze And The Firefighting Money Is Running out
- Hub International Acquires Assets of Montana-Based Steve Mariani Insurance
- BD Capital Partners LLC Acquires benefitRFP in California
- Volkswagen Wants Judge to Reject Wyoming Lawsuit
- Washington School District’s Insurer to Pay $18M in Shooting Settlement
- California Gas Facility Resumes Operations Nearly 2 Years After Incident
- California Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary Would Reduce Costs, Study Shows
- Alliant Taps VanderYacht from Roanoke as Vice President in California
- Tesla Workers in California Seek Safety Plan, Clarity on Pay
- Heffernan’s Davis Joins Brown & Brown Insurance in California
- EagleView in Washington Names Cook Senior Vice President
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