Are most people in the insuring cannabis business merely cannabis insurance brokers in name only – their only client being a cousin who owns a mom-n-pop dispensary in downtown? Or do most focus primarily on cannabis? Or, perhaps they work …
Woodruff Sawyer named John Neuhalfen director of operations in commercial lines. Neuhalfen will be based in the San Francisco, California office. He spent 15 years at Chubb, where he was most recently a regional vice president. Woodruff Sawyer also named …
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday issued a notice to all insurance companies doing business in the state to review their financial holdings and take immediate steps to identify and divest from any direct investments in Russian assets or …
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain announced on March 10 that Arkansas businesses could see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2022. The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) approved an average overall average workers compensation voluntary market loss cost level …
Global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) announced on Sunday that it will withdraw from all of its businesses in Russia in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine. The announcement comes after competitor Marsh McLennan said last Thursday it would …
The Biden Administration has issued a final rule intended to ensure safety of occupants in automated vehicles. This rule updates the current Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to account for vehicles that may be equipped with automated driving systems (ADS) …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) settled with Allied BioScience, Inc. (Allied BioScience) over alleged violations of federal pesticide regulations with the company’s SurfaceWise2 product, a residual antimicrobial surface coating. EPA investigations found the company was marketing, selling, and distributing …
Slide, a startup insurtech and one of the newest companies to enter the Florida property insurance market, has begun with a favorable financial rating. The Demotech rating firm announced that it has granted Slide a financial stability rating of “A, …
The state of Michigan has reached a settlement with a suburban Detroit landfill operator over compliance issues. Arbor Hills Landfill in Salem Township is required to pay fines and the cost of emissions monitoring and measuring equipment as part of …
The Louisiana State Police have hired an outside consultant to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the scandal-plagued agency, a potentially years-long process intended to help restore public trust following a string of high-profile beatings of Black motorists. Col. Lamar Davis, …
