West News for October 2017
- Farmers Files Trade Secrets Suit in California Against Auto Club Michigan, Former Employees
- Insured Losses from California Wildfires Now at $3.3 Billion
- Text and Crossing a Street in Honolulu Can Bring a Fine
- GM Settles Alleged Defects Concealment Suit with California County
- California Workers’ Comp Report Shows Prevalence of Opioids in Set-Asides
- Oregon Cop Says New Phone Law Makes Smartphones Like ‘Hot Lava’
- Workers at Los Alamos Lab in New Mexico Contaminated by Radioactive Material
- California Wildfires: May Take Years for Full Recovery
- Insured Loss Estimates from California Wildfires Now up to $8 Billion
- California Workers’ Comp Division Holding Regulations Hearing on Medical Provider Suspension
- M3.9 Quake Jolts Southeastern Alaska
- Emergency Response to Vegas Shooting Projected at $4M
- California Commissioner Adopts $1.94 Workers’ Comp Pure Premium
- Study Links Colorado, New Mexico Quakes to Oil and Gas Fluid Injections
- San Francisco Airport Experiences Another Air Canada Jet Safety Issue
- Oregon Woman in $1.8M Suit: Was Misled into Mastectomy, Hysterectomy
- $65M of Unpaid Taxes by New Mexico Insurance Companies, Audit Shows
- Site of Largest Building Fire in Honolulu’s History Open For Plaintiffs, Defendants
- Holmes Murphy Names Holder Vice President in Colorado
- Woodruff-Sawyer Adds Blasher in Southern California
- Starbucks in Legal Battle over California’s Cancer Warning Law
- Suit Filed in California Against Weinstein Co. for Failing to Control Harvey
- 2017 California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Geo Study Released
- Founders Professional Adds Kodikian to New San Francisco Office
- Flash-Flood Watch Issued for Parts of Hawaiian Islands
- Idaho Governor Urges End to Sexual Harassment Amid Lawsuits
- Difficulty of Messaging After Tragedy Shows up in Vegas Rebranding
- Searing Heat Brings Fire Warnings to Southern California
- Judge Wants Evidence in Las Vegas Massacre Secured for Lawsuit
- Costs to Repair California’s Damaged Oroville Dam to Top $500M
- California’s Wine Industry Taking Stock of Losses After Wildfires
- Admitted Carriers, CanaBOP Coming to California’s Cannabis Industry
- Northern California Wildfires: Insurance Industry Ready to Assist With ‘Massive’ Recovery
- Parisotto Named Administrative Director of California Worker’s Comp Division
- Early Data Shows Insured Losses from California Wildfires Already at $1B and Growing
- ICW Group in California Names Guy Carpenter’s Novak Chief Operating and Strategic Execution Officer
- California Workers’ Comp Institute Recaps Year in Legislation
- Fire at Large California Oil Refinery Doused
- New Rules for Oil-Gas Lines Proposed Following Colorado Blast
- California’s Chief Utility Regulator Says We May Never Know If PG&E Caused Fires
- Woodruff-Sawyer in California Names Berry Leader of Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
- Former Patriots Players Speaking at Risk Conference Air Opinions on Kneeling
- Alliant in California Names Morana Senior Vice President in Pharmacy Practice
- PEMCO in Washington Names Vigil to Executive Team, Barry as Vice President of Claims
- Collaborative Project Saved Homes in Oregon from Fires. Can It Be Duplicated?
- Woodruff-Sawyer Names Greenfield Producer in San Francisco and Denver Offices
- Experts: Forget Government, Companies Must Step up to Combat Cyber Threats
- Tornado in Oregon Damages Small Planes
- All Wildfire Damage to California Wineries May Not be Covered by Insurance
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New Mexico’s Reynolds & Rodar Insurance Group
- Vegas Risk Management Summit Tackled Commercial Auto, Workers’ Comp And More
- California Wildfires Threaten Significant Losses for P/C Insurers, Moody’s Says
- PG&E’s Possible Liability in California Wildfires Targeted by Investigators
- California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 3 Medical Providers for Fraud
- Worldwide Facilities in California Names Kelly COO
- California Commissioner Asks Insurers to Expedite Claims to Aid Wildfire Victims
- Cyber Was Focus of California Symposium for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
- Los Angeles to Settle Suit over Man Injured in Crosswalk Accident for $15M
- Insurtech Mobile-Based Auto Insurer Root Expands into Utah
- Cars Without a Human Behind the Wheel Coming to California Soon
- Losses from California Wildfires Could Reach up to $6 Billion, Experts Say
- Drought-Ending Rain Built up Fuel to Feed Deadly California Fires
- California Fires Pose Grave Risk to Marijuana Growers
- California Transit Agency Fined $220K in Worker Deaths
- $8.75M Suit by Couple Against 2 Oregon Doctors Dismissed
- Cal Fire: California Wildfires Have Destroyed 3,500 Structures, Killed 17
- Leavitt Group Acquires Group Services Northwest in Washington
- Alaska Storm Causes Estimated $10M in Damage
- Venbrook in California Names Mercer’s Exton Managing Director
- California’s $58B Wine Industry Hit by Wildfires
- California Wildfires Are a ‘Larger Scale Disaster’
- Hub Acquires Assets of Alaska-Based Kenneth A. Murray Insurance
- Drug Pricing Transparency Law Signed by California Governor
- Wildfires Ravage California’s Iconic Wine Country Region
- IMA Names Terry Vice President and National Healthcare Practice Leader in Colorado
- Leavitt Group Names Gardner Chief Sales Officer in Idaho
- California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Surplus Lines Association Backed Bill
- Northern California Wildfires Burn Wine Country Homes, Force Evacuations
- City in Oregon Suing Over Restrictive Flood Map Recommendations
- A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Insurance Company of the West
- California Department of Insurance Names Yang Deputy Commissioner
- Oregon Scouts Sued for $21M in Sex Abuse Claim
- Los Angeles Will Pay $7.5M To Paralyzed Cyclist
- Worldwide Facilities in California Names Answer Financial’s Galaviz CFO
- EPIC Names House Broker/Producer in California
- Lockton Mountain West Names Rider to Property/Casualty Team
- California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 8 Medical Providers for Fraud
- Alera Group Acquires Employer Concept in California
- Voters in Alaska Reject Local Marijuana Ban Efforts
- Get Very Used to Drone Usage in the Insurance Industry
- USG Promotes O’Brien to Branch Manager in California
- The Doctors Co. in California Names Brown Head of Underwriting
- Driver Assist on Big Rigs Being Tested by Oregon Vehicle Manufacturer
- BYU in Hawaii Will Pay to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
- New Mexico Insurance Regulator Lowers Estimate for Missing Premium Taxes
- USI Names Swensen P/C Practice Leader in Utah
- Worker Safety, Regulation Overload Among Highlights of Drone Expo In California
- Self-Insurance Plan Could Save Idaho $13M, Consultant Says
- Washington and Seattle Become Latest Governments to Sue Opioid Makers
- Gas Line Explosion in California Desert Destroys Equipment
- Hub Acquires Shares of Rural Alaska Insurance Agency
- Idaho Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease for 2018
- Progress Made on California Central Coast Wildfires
- Cost of Fighting Montana Wildfires Approach $400M
- Family of Oregon Cyclist Sues Garbage Truck Company for Death
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