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Wyoming Marijuana Signature Effort to Begin in Early September
Sep 6 2021 // Wyoming marijuana advocates plan to begin circulating petitions in September for two proposed ballot measures – one asking if the state should legalize medical marijuana, and the other if it should decriminalize...
Takeaways from Our ‘What Makes a Good Cannabis Broker?’ Conversation
Sep 2 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv A broker hands an underwriter an application for a cannabis operation. No red flags so far, but then the underwriter takes a look for himself and finds a converted residence smack in the...
Wyoming Marijuana Signature Effort to Begin in Early September
Aug 20 2021 // Wyoming marijuana advocates plan to begin circulating petitions in September for two proposed ballot measures – one asking if the state should legalize medical marijuana, and the other if it should decriminalize pot. The...
With Federal Legalization Expected, Cannabis Insurers Quietly Get Ready to Roll
Aug 20 2021 // Insurers are quietly gearing up for a potential ten-fold increase in sales to the booming $17.6 billion-a-year cannabis industry as Congress inches closer to legalizing pot at the federal level. While 36 U.S. states and...
People Moves: Carpenter Names Willis Re’s Harden President of APAC; HUB Appoints Stait to Lead Canada Cannabis Specialty; Riega Is Fidelis’ Head of Sustainability
Aug 16 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Guy Carpenter, HUB International and Fidelis Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Guy Carpenter Names Willis Re’s Harden as...
Takeaways from Our Conversation about Cannabis Product Liability Suits Worth Watching
Aug 16 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv If you ask just about any insurance pro or risk manager to list the top exposures for a company, being sued is likely to be right up there. And if you boiled that down into another list,...
Takeaways from Our Conversation on Insuring Cannabis MSOs
Aug 6 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv It seems every week there are more and more cannabis mergers and acquisitions. And as these companies get and bigger bigger, so does their reach. When it’s all said and done, 2021 may...
How Homeowners Insurers Can Prepare for the Cannabis Era
Aug 2 2021 // Talk about a growth market. Since Colorado and Washington became the first to pass state laws designed to legalize certain sale and consumption of recreational cannabis in their respective states in 2012, 15 other states...
North Carolina Senate Finance Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Bill
Jul 23 2021 // Legislation to legalize marijuana for medical use in North Carolina advanced through another Senate panel on Wednesday. Members of the Senate Finance Committee, which voted for the legislation, narrowed their review to...
HUB Launches Employee Benefits Captive for Cannabis Organizations
Jul 22 2021 // Chicago-based HUB International Limited (HUB), a global insurance broker and financial services firm, unveiled its newly created Cannabis Benefits Captive, an exclusive employee benefits group captive for cannabis...
Takeaways from Our Conversation on The Impact of California Wildfires on Cannabis Insurance
Jul 19 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv The California wildfire season is shaping up to be an ugly one, with a worsening drought and soaring temperatures in the Western U.S. Wildfires are already blazing across numerous states. As...
Senate Democrats Seek Feedback on Draft Bill to Federally Legalize Cannabis
Jul 14 2021 // Three top Democratic senators on Wednesday unveiled a discussion draft of a bill that aims to make cannabis federally legal, a move that would allow adult Americans to buy and possess up to 10 ounces of marijuana without...
Actor Cohen Sues Cannabis Firm for $9M Over Use of ‘Borat’ Image on Billboard
Jul 13 2021 // Film and television actor Sacha Baron Cohen, best known for his movie character Borat, is suing a Massachusetts cannabis firm for $9 million because Cohen says the firm used his likeness on a billboard without his...
Takeaways from a Cannabis Half-Year Outlook Conversation
Jul 6 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv After hitting the halfway mark on the year and as we emerge from the pandemic, one has to wonder what the rest of the year will be like for cannabis businesses and those who work to insure...
Mississippi Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Medical Marijuana
Jun 30 2021 // Two prominent Mississippi physicians urged lawmakers Monday to put “guardrails” in place if medical marijuana is legalized in the state, warning that officials should be careful about making a product available...
Rhode Island Senate Approves Legalizing Marijuana for Adults
Jun 29 2021 // The Rhode Island Senate approved legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults, marking the first time either chamber of the state Legislature has voted on a bill to legalize cannabis. The proposal was introduced by...
South Dakota Lawmakers, Cities Making Their Own Marijuana Plans
Jun 29 2021 // As South Dakota anticipates a state Supreme Court decision on whether recreational marijuana will become legal in July, state lawmakers and city governments are moving forward with their own pot plans. Officials across the...
North Carolina Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Medical Marijuana
Jun 25 2021 // A bipartisan effort to legalize marijuana for medical use in North Carolina got a legislative committee hearing on Wednesday. But it’s unclear whether enough legislators are ready now to alter their views on pot to...
Alaska One of Few States to Allow Cannabis Lounges, but Pandemic Paused Plans
Jun 23 2021 // Regulators amid much fanfare in early 2020 approved two cannabis lounges in Alaska, making it one of the few states where customers would be allowed to use marijuana at retail pot shops. Then the pandemic hit. One of the...
Florida Supreme Court Ruling Pulls Marijuana Proposal From 2022 Ballot
Jun 21 2021 // A proposed constitutional amendment to allow recreational marijuana use in Florida won’t be on the 2022 ballot after the state Supreme Court ruled last week that the ballot language was misleading. The court, in a...
