West News for August 2025
- Wildfire Burning in Central California Forest Area Is Latest Blaze of Concern
- Viewpoint: Earthquake Insurance and Surplus Lines: Clarifying A Legal Grey Zone
- Most Losses in Destructive Eaton Fire Tied to Conflagration Hazard, Report Shows
- Wealthspire Acquires California-Based Marin Financial Advisors
- Grange Insurance Association Seeks to Form Mutual Holding Company in Washington
- 3 Hyundai and 2 GM Products on Mercury’s Most Affordable New EVs to Insure List
- Trump Threatens Trucking Safety Funds for California, New Mexico and Washington
- Containment Increases on California Wine Country Wildfire
- California’s Long-Delayed Bullet Train Slated to Run in Central Valley by 2032
- California Labor Commissioner Cites LA Developers $2.3M
- Washington Staffing Company Paying $217K in Religious Discrimination Suit
- California Bill Would Require Restaurants to Disclose Food Allergens on Menus
- Owner of Water Machine Manufacturer Charged in $275 Million Fraud Scheme
- Heat Draws Visitors to Death Valley, Where It’s Tough to Communicate Risk
- Rural California Wine Country Fire Burning Out of Control
- Oregon Division of Financial Regulation Earns NAIC Accreditation
- Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins
- People Moves: Montoya Joins Liberty Naranjo as VP, Producer; Alliant Human Capital Names Chalmers SVP
- Green Shield Risk Solutions Launches Guardian Elite Home in California, Colorado
- People Moves: CREST Appoints Gibbs Relationship Development Manager
- Arizona, Nevada and Mexico Will Again Get Less Colorado River Water in 2026
- Southern California Faces Record Heat and Braces for Wildfires
- People Moves: Trucordia Promotes Greve to SVP of Marketing
- California Crafting New Auto Pollution Rules After Trump Attacks
- Insurance Matters Topped Disputes Handled by Oregon Consumer Advocates
- After Wildfire, Can Grand Canyon Mascot Be Restored?
- Renaissance Acquires Business of Evolution Partners
- $3.75M to Estate of Unarmed Man Fatally Shot by Oregon Police
- Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii And LA Wildfires
- Temporary Barriers Spared Alaska’s Capital From Severe Flooding, Long-Term Fix Elusive
- Mercury Seeks 6.9% Rate Increase in Filing Based on New Cat Modeling Regulation
- DOJ Sues California to End Enforcement of Emissions Standards for Trucks
- New Mexico Governor Declares State of Emergency in County Afflicted by Crime
- NFL Appealing Nevada High Court Ruling Allowing Gruden’s Lawsuit to Proceed
- 3 Firefighters Hurt as Fire Burned Historic Buildings in Salt Lake City Nightlife Hub
- Containment Grows on California Megafire, But Hundreds of Structures Threatened
- Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Tire Shield in Nevada
- California Employer Pleads Guilty to Charges Over Deadly Nitrogen Leak
- Nevada Court Clears Way for Former Raiders Coach Gruden to Sue NFL Over Emails
- The Sullivan Group Names Smith President And CEO
- California and Washington Companies Paying $145M to Settle FTC Charges
- Chevrolets, Hyundai Among Affordable Trucks and SUVs to Insure, Mercury Says
- Containment Grows Slowly on Megafire in California
- While LA Burned, Rules to Protect Homes From Wildfires Were on Hold
- Colorado Prison Evacuated as Growing Wildfire Becomes One of Largest in State History
- California Stalls on EV Subsidies as Trump Cuts Federal Rebate
- Fires, Storms and Blazing Heat Forecast for Western US
- Viewpoint: A Workers’ Comp Hard Market Is Coming to California
- California Invests $26M to Recruit More Women into Construction
- Second California Wildfire Prompts Evacuations, Threatens Thousands of Structures
- Porsches Destroyed by LA Wildfires Get New Life as Stained Glass Art
- People Moves: Crest Names Gibbs Commercial Lines Broker and Muehlebach General Counsel
- California Wildfire Has Burned 96K Acres and Now Threatens 1,500 Structures
- 4 People Die in Medical Transport Plane Crash in Northern Arizona
- Idaho Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Workers’ Comp Fraud
- California Cannabis Grower Said 9 Employees Were Among Hundreds Detained in Raid
- Mercury Insurance and Safeco Insurance to Transition California Customers and Agents
- California’s Largest Wildfire of 2025 Threatens 870 Structures
- California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Says Recent Rate Declines Flattened
- California Wildfire Burns 72,460 Acres, Threatens Hundreds of Structures
- California Defense Contractor and Private Equity Firm to Pay $1.75M Over Cybersecurity
- People Moves: Aon Promotes West CCO Yim to Northern California Market Leader
- California Wildfire Burns 65,000 Acres in Los Padres Forest, Prompts Evacuations
- Marsh McLennan Acquires Olympic Insurance Agency in California
- Data Shows $150M in Stolen Goods Recovered in Two Years in California
- KCC Completes Review of California Wildfire Model
- Former Insurance Agent Arraigned in Scam for Fake Cannabis Business
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