West News for August 2024
- California Legislature Passes Bill to Support Insurance Fraud Detectives
- California Advances Landmark Legislation to Regulate Large AI Models
- Vocational School Owner Arraigned in $1M Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
- LTC Global Acquires Michael L. Fitzgerald Insurance Services in California
- Southern California Edison Seeks to Recover $1.6B of Wildfire-Related Losses
- Cal/OSHA Cites Nine Employers for Silica Safety Violations
- Crest Insurance Group Acquires Winren in Arizona
- Man Accused of Starting California Wildfire by Throwing Firework out Car Window
- Robots Are Starting (Good) Fires in California
- Highstreet Acquires Wingert Insurance Agency in Washington
- Unusually Cold Storm That Frosted West Coast Peaks Provides Hint of Winter in August
- Tropical Storm Hone Sweeps Past Hawaii; Rain Amounts Ease Wildfire Fears
- Fanatics Refiles Suit Against Cardinals’ Marvin Harrison Jr., Adds Father
- Wildfire Risk Harms California Home Values, San Francisco Fed Study Finds
- Hawaiian Electric Raises Going Concern Doubts on Uncertainties Over Wildfire Settlement Financing
- Crest Insurance Acquires Benefits Specialist DWA in Arizona
- Texas and Southwest Face Scorching Heat Wave
- Uber to Begin Offering Self-Driving Cruise Cars, Shares Fall
- Montana Asbestos Clinic Seeks to Reverse Court Finding That It Submitted Hundreds of False Claims
- Western Alaska Yup’ik Village Floods as River Rises From a Series of Storms
- U.S. Transport Safety Board Opens Investigation Into Tesla Crash in California
- Big Tech Wants AI to Be Regulated. Why Do They Oppose a California AI Bill?
- People Moves: California Commissioner Makes Appointments to Insurance Boards and WCIRB Governing Committee
- Washington State Meter Reader Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Scam
- Alphabet’s Waymo Robotaxi Unit Doubles Its Paid Rides In Three Months
- The Next Challenge for the US Charging Network: Congestion
- California Pot Farmers Feel the Heat from Low Pricing, Wildfires
- People Moves: Buckner in Utah Appoints Peterson Director of Partnerships
- California Commissioner Invites Input on Final Phase of Wildfire Modeling Regulation
- Freeway Drives Six New Franchises in Southeast, California
- People Moves: The Liberty Company Names Gaston Managing Director, Entertainment and Johnson Vice President, Producer
- Wildfires Are Growing Under Climate Change, and Their Smoke Threatens Farmworkers
- Chevron to Pay $550 Million Settlement to Richmond, California
- Oregon Roofing Materials Supplier Fined $92K for Repeated Fall Hazard Exposure
- Hundreds Able to Return Home After Fleeing Wildfire Along California-Nevada Line
- Judge Bars Insurers From Going After Defendants Who Agreed to $4B Maui Wildfire Settlement
- Californians Facing Higher Rent Because of Rising Insurance Rates
- An Estimated 290 Residences Damaged by Flooding From Lake Dammed by Alaska Glacier
- ALKEME Acquires Dunhill Marketing and Insurance Services in California
- Record-Breaking Wildfires Scorched 1.4M Acres in Oregon, Authorities Say
- M4.4 Earthquake Near Pasadena Felt out to California’s High Desert
- Report: 10 of Top U.S. Metros at Moderate to Very High Risk of Wildfire Are in California
- People Moves: Embroker Appoints Lea Chief Insurance Officer, Malm to COO; Ryan Specialty Promotes Lentz to President of RT Specialty High Net Worth
- Residents in Alaska Capital Clean up Swamped Homes After Ice Dam Burst and Unleashed a Flood
- Hawaiian Electric Pegs Loss at $1.7 Billion From Maui Fire
- Colorado Wildfire That Destroyed 27 Homes Was Human-Caused, Officials Say
- PCF Insurance Services Acquires DLD Insurance Brokers in California
- California Commissioner Moves to Implement Insurance Rate Review Reforms
- People Moves: Davis Joins Alliant Insurance Services Team as SVP in Oregon
- Hub International Acquires Southern Colorado Insurance
- California Commissioner Orders Insurance Cancelation Moratorium for 185K Residents
- New Mexico Nursing Home Inspections Find at Least 1 Violation in 88% of Facilities
- Families of Loved Ones Left Decaying in Colorado Funeral Home Owed $950M
- Fast-Moving Southern California Wildfire Torched Hillside Homes, Forcing Evacuations
- ‘We’re Going to Survive and It’s Going to Come Back’: A Year After Maui Wildfire, Survivors Press on
- Crest Insurance Group Acquires Provost Associates in Arizona
- Environmental Groups Sue Suncor for Colorado Refinery Pollution
- California’s Park Fire Continues to Slowly Grow to 647 Square Miles
- 3 Plead Guilty to Insurance Fraud After Washington Insurance Commissioner Investigations
- People Moves: BenefitMall Names Bishop Sales Executive in California; Woodruff Sawyer Adds Modesto Team; Davis Joins Alliant as SVP
- Containment Increased on Massive Wildfire, 640 Structures Destroyed
- Legislation Will Provide $100M in Aid to Victims of Wildfires and Flooding in New Mexico
- Hawaiian Electric Settles Fire Claims as Part of $4 Billion Deal
- California Wildfire Now State’s Fourth Largest on Record, Containment Increased
- Captain in California Scuba Boat Fire Must Pay $32K to Families of 3 of 34 People Killed
- OSHA Cites Construction Company in Deadly Idaho Airport Hangar Collapse
- Colorado Man Sentenced for Role in $268K Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Toilet Paper and Flat Tires: The Strange Ways Californians Ignite Wildfires
- Claim on Seized Hemp Shipment Barred, Showing Trickiness of Coverage
- Are Captives the Answer for Uninsured HOAs? Utah Opens Door
- People Moves: WCF Insurance Promotes Houting to SVP of Middle Market; Ushur Names Price CRO
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