West News for July 2025
- California Commissioner Takes Action Against FAIR Plan for Smoke Damage Claims
- No Mention of Robotaxi as Tesla Launches Ride-Hailing in San Francisco
- Newsom Seeks $18B for Utilities’ Wildfire Fund as California Faces Future Blazes
- Risk Strategies Acquires Assets of 3 New Mexico Firms
- California City Suing Former Officer Who Skied, Went to Festival on Workers’ Comp
- Most Affordable Sedans And Subcompacts to Insure This Year: Mercury Insurance
- Inszone Acquires Beasy Insurance Services in California
- UCLA to Pay Over $6 Million to Settle Lawsuit on Antisemitism
- All 3 Aboard Small Plane That Crashed in Ocean off California Died, Officials Say
- PG&E in California Reaches Accidental Release Rule Settlement
- Panel Passes Bill to Curb Vacation Rentals, Boost Housing Supply After Lahaina Wildfire
- Southwest Crew Members Injured After Jet Makes Evasive Move Over California
- California FAIR Plan Rolls Out Commercial High Value Policy
- Man Who Killed Idaho Firefighters Was Turned Away by Fire Department
- Tesla to Launch Robotaxi Service in San Francisco This Weekend
- Poll: Pacific Northwest People Are Seeing An Increase in Roadway Rudeness
- California Department of Insurance Completes Final Review of Wildfire Model
- Edison Sets Up Compensation Program for Eaton Fire Victims
- Tanker Truck Crashes and Spills Fuel Into a Creek on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
- Tesla Sales Fall Again in California, Dragging on ZEV Market
- General Motors Insurance Expands to 3 New States, Including Louisiana
- People Moves: Wolfenberger Joins Alliant as VP in California
- Heffernan Insurance Brokers Acquires Pac Global Insurance Brokerage
- Homes Charred to Rubble in LA Fires Are Given New Life Through Recycling
- Arizona Governor Tours Wildfire Destruction Along Grand Canyon’s North Rim
- Alaska Air Resumes Flights After IT Outage Led to Grounding
- Tesla to Fight California’s Claim It Overhypes Autopilot
- People Moves: Oldenburg Joins Alliant as SVP in Oregon; IMA Names Branch Oregon Market President
- Uber Alleges Inflated Injury Bills in Los Angeles Insurance Fraud Lawsuit
- Car Strikes Crowd Outside Los Angeles Venue, Injuring 30
- People Moves: Wehmann Joins Alliant as SVP in Northern California
- LA County Supervisors Consider Ordinance to Make Landlords Help Keep Rentals Cool
- Los Angeles Sues Airbnb for Alleged Price Gouging Following Wildfires
- Alaska Tsunami Warning Had Residents Scrambling for High Ground After M7.3 Quake
- Billionaire-Backed California City Pitches Plans for Factory Hub
- California Labor Commissioner Cites Ritz-Carlton and Subcontractors $2M
- FAA Updates Altitudes, Changeover Points for Safe Airspace Navigation in Alaska
- Trucordia Acquires Vegas Valley Benefit Plans in Nevada
- People Moves: Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Launch Liberty Naranjo; King Joins Alliant’s Employee Benefits Team in Utah
- Venbrook Launches Habitational Product for California Condos, Townhomes
- High Temperatures, Wildfire Smoke May Trigger Protections for Washington Workers
- California Surplus Lines Take-Up Soars as Brokers Work to Find Coverage for Clients
- California Insurance Commissioner OKs Higher Workers’ Pure Premium Filing
- California Farmworker Who Fell From Greenhouse Roof During Chaotic ICE Raid Dies
- Trucordia Acquires Fuhriman Insurance
- Wildfire Destroyed Historic Grand Canyon Lodge After Being Allowed to Burn
- People Moves: Victor Names Damico President of Torrent; Alliant Hires Blake as Employee Benefits SVP
- California Schools Facing Billion-Dollar Sex Abuse Payouts ‘Untenable’
- Tesla Plans Robotaxi Expansion to California and Arizona
- New Mexico Village Rebuilds All Over Again After Record-Breaking Flash Flood
- People Moves: Gaines Named Acting Commissioner at Nevada Division of Insurance
- EPA Orders Cleanup Following Battery Fire at California Energy Storage Facility
- Workers Reach Safety After Collapse Inside LA Industrial Tunnel
- Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for $3.7M Fine Art Policy Scam
- Washington Insurance Commissioner Recovered $100M for Consumers Over 2 Years
- House Swept Away as Flash Flooding Hits Mountain Village in New Mexico
- California Fails to Stop 23andMe Founder From Re-Acquiring Company
- People Moves: LP Insurance Services Names Rossi Executive Chairman, Cushard CEO and President
- Containment Increases on California Wildfire That Forced Evacuations
- The Venetian in Las Vegas Settles Religious Discrimination and Retaliation Suit
- Viewpoint: State Farm’s Wildfire Claims Response Is a Test of Trust and Preparedness
- ICE Raids Derail Los Angeles Economy as Workers Go Into Hiding
- California Wildfire Grows to Nearly 80,000 Acres, Forcing Evacuations
- Study Examined Liability Insurance for Adult Family Homes in Washington
- People Moves: WCIRB Names Sanders Chief Customer Operations Officer
- Claim Counts Down, Losses up for California Workers’ Comp Private Self-Insureds
- California Appoints Members to New Smoke Claims and Remediation Task Force
- Washington Commissioner Convenes Advisory Board to Eye Insurer AI Use
- Expansion of Washington Workers Equal Pay Law Starts Today
- Explosion at California Fireworks Warehouse Sets Off Fires, Forces Evacuations
- Washington Insurance Commissioner Issued $838K in Fines
- Newsom Signs Bill Overhauling California’s Landmark Environmental Law
- Man Accused of Killing Idaho Firefighters Had Once Aspired to Be One
- WCIRB: 2024 Losses, Expenses in California Workers’ Comp 108% of Earned Premium
- Cal/OSHA Regulations Extended to Domestic Workers Starting July 1
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