West News for June 2016
- NFP Acquires Utah’s First West Brokerage Services
- Trial over Spinal Bone Cement Death Begins in Washington
- San Francisco Sued Over New Short-Term Rentals Rules
- Deadly Colorado Railroad Crossing Was in Need of Safety Improvements
- Citing Health Risks, Oakland City Council Bans Coal Shipments
- Central California Blaze Considered Most Destructive in County History
- Stone Creek Names Gracey Personal Lines Account Manager in California
- Nevada Law Requires Nevada Motorists to Replace Plates Every 8 Years
- Colorado City Settles Discrimination Claim from Former Employee
- Hawaii Governor Signs Smartphone Proof of Insurance Bill
- Firefighters Advance on California Blaze That’s Destroyed 200 Homes
- Mother of Oregon Child Strangled by Window Blinds Sues Apartment for $4M
- Judge Dismisses Group of Lawsuits against Colorado Theater
- Judge in California Approves Lyft’s $27M Driver Settlement Deal
- CSAA Insurance Group Financial Leader in California Named to COIN Board
- Allianz Names Walter West Zone Farm And Ranch Team Lead
- Lockton Names Michon Executive Vice President in Northern California
- More California Drivers Spotted Using Cellphones, Traffic Report Shows
- Unlicensed Agent Nabbed for Stealing More Than $140K in Premiums
- California’s Last Nuke Plant Would Be Closed by 2025 Under Deal
- Oregon Teen Disfigured During School Trip to Costa Rica Sues For $20M
- California Commissioner Asks National Regulators to Block Aetna-Humana Deal
- Judge Allows Bulk of Starbucks Suit in California over Lattes to Proceed
- Abuse Survivors in New Mexico Approve Diocese Settlement
- New Twist in Colorado Marijuana Debate: Why Not Allow Pot Clubs?
- Worker Dies in Catwalk Fall at Amazon’s Arizona Facility
- Day and Mann Named to Board of Topa in California
- Foo Fighters Suing Lloyd’s in California over Concert Canceled after Paris Attacks
- Following Two Days of Broken Western Heat Records Comes a Respite
- Souissi Joins Alliant Brokerage Team in Bay Area
- Aetna-Humana Deal Approved in California, with Conditions
- Applied Underwriters’ Workers’ Comp Business Faulted by California Regulator
- USI Appoints Escobedo Senior Sales Executive in Salt Lake City
- PEMCO Poll: Nearly Half of Northwest Drivers Use Phones Behind the Wheel
- Prosecutor: In Cost Cutting, Pacific Gas Ignored Safety Regulations
- Wildfire in Southern Arizona Grows
- San Francisco Fire Burns 6 Buildings, Displaces 40 People
- Blue Moon ‘Craft Beer’ Suit in California against MillerCoors Tossed
- California’s Commissioner is Asking U.S. to Stop Anthem-Cigna Deal
- Pacific Gas in California Set to Face Jury over Pipeline Blast
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival Insurer Breached Contract: Judge
- 52 Workers at Washington Nuke Facility Checked for Vapor Exposure
- Oregon Glass Company Sued by Woman with Lung Cancer
- California Wildfire Grows, Fires Threaten Communities around West
- Weather Service Puts Montana Tornado at EF-3 Level
- Colorado Scientists Detail Results of Fracking Air Pollution Study
- Former New Mexico County Manager Files Suit after Being Axed for 3rd DWI
- New Mexico Governor Declares Emergency Amid Growing Wildfire
- Washington Doctor Charged with Stealing $359K In Disability, Unemployment Funds
- Small Businesses Ask California Legislature to Reauthorize, Amend COIN
- Montana Court Orders Man to Pay Restitution, Even for Insured Loss
- Allstate Returns to California Homeowners Market With 12.6 Percent Reduction
- Eastern Montana Tornado Confirmed, Several Injuries Reported
- New Mexico’s Budding Medical Marijuana Industry
- Other Calderon Pleads Guilty to Bribery as Part of Workers’ Comp Scheme
- Oregon Homeonwers of Lot with Falling Tree Sued by Husband of Dead Woman
- Nevada Chosen as Test Site for Passenger-Carrying Drones
- Cher Sues Financial Firm in California for $800k in Losses
- Integro Taps Quintana to Lead San Francisco Operations
- What Do You Get When You Combine Drones and Self-Driving Cars?
- California State Fund Files for Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease
- Washington-based Zillow to Settle Trade Secret Suit by Move Inc. for $130M
- Traffic Deaths Down in Hawaii Since 2012 DUI Towing Law Enacted
- Ratings Downgrades for Members of California-based CSAA: A.M. Best
- Oregon Woman Settles Suit over Abuse by Insurance Agent Father
- Detectives Probe Arson Attempt at Kardashian Boutique in Southern California
- Confie Acquires Auto Dealer POS Provider ExpressLink in California
- Greenpath Insurance in California Rebrands as Aspire
- Former California Lawmaker Pleas Guilty in Money Laundering Case Involving Workers’ Comp
- Woodruff-Sawyer in California Adds Huskins and Kakel to Board
- Alliant Acquires Western Carwash Insurance Program
- Insurance Startup in California Eyeing Gig Economy Opens $2M Seed Round
- Authorities Cancel Evacuations for Southern California Brush Fire
- Oregon Jury Awards $8.75M in Asbestos Lawsuit
- Colorado Governor Again Vetoes Bill to Ban Red-Light Traffic Cameras
- EPIC Names Leventhal Vice President in Employee Benefits in California
- Judge Questions Lyft’s Revised Pay Deal with California Drivers
- Risk Strategies Acquires OakBridge Advisors in California
- Honda Self-Driving Cars on Display at New Testing Facility in California
- Ski Resorts Not Liable for Avalanches, Colorado Court Says
- Idaho Potato Processor Fined $273K for Workplace Hazards after Gas Release
- New Mexico Immigrant Driver’s Licenses Jump Before Law Change
- California Agent Pleads Guilty to Selling Bogus Bonds and Premium Theft
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