Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
4 Ways COVID-19 Will Change Cannabis and Insurance
Apr 9 2020 // One may not need to be able to read the cannabis leaves to divine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis and insurance. Some good guesses from any insurance professional with their foot in the door of a...
Cannabis Deemed an ‘Essential’ Business. Will Insurance Landscape Change?
Mar 26 2020 // It’s not just toilet paper and hand sanitizer people have been stocking up on during the COVID-19 crisis. Inventory levels at adult use cannabis stores in the U.S. showed a quick decline after the COVID-19 crisis...
Cannabis Home Delivery Surges in California Amid Outbreak
Mar 23 2020 // One company rushed to expand its delivery fleet. Another has seen sales triple. The global coronavirus pandemic has left millions of people locked out of bars, restaurants and theaters, but it’s been an unexpected...
N.J. Worker Fired for Medical Marijuana Use Can Pursue Disability Discrimination Claim
Mar 18 2020 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that an employee can pursue a disability discrimination claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) after being fired due to his legal use of medical marijuana...
Southern States Challenged by Increasing Acceptance of Medical Marijuana
Mar 17 2020 // Facing a potentially historic vote on whether to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky, Republican lawmaker John Schickel is conflicted. A retired law enforcement officer, Schickel once steadfastly opposed medical...
Alabama Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill
Mar 16 2020 // A medical marijuana bill cleared its first floor vote Thursday in the Alabama Legislature as advocates hope to make headway after years of setbacks. The Alabama Senate vote 22-10 for the bill by Republican Sen. Tim Melson...
Booming Cannabis Conference Business Isn’t Immune to Coronavirus Fears
Mar 12 2020 // Cannabis has been touted as a therapy for just about everything from anxiety to cancer, but even the well-affirmed feel-good effects of the now broadly legalized drug aren’t immune to the caustic impact of an...
Bill Passed by Missouri Senate Bans Marijuana-Infused Candy
Mar 11 2020 // Missouri state senators have passed a wide-ranging bill that would ban marijuana-infused candy for medical use, an attempt to ensure children don’t accidentally eat the drug. The measure would ban candy, lollipops,...
Insurance Office of America Names Cohen in California to Cannabis Team
Mar 11 2020 // Insurance Office of America has added Aaron Cohen to its Western region. Aaron will expand the firm’s team of cannabis industry specialists as a risk management consultant. He will be based in Encino, Calif. Aaron...
Insurance Industry Is Being Dragged Into Subsidizing Illegal Marijuana Grow Houses
Mar 11 2020 // GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — While California has a $1.4 billion legal marijuana market, a black market of perhaps equal size is thriving. Some enterprising growers are working on ways to get home insurers to cover their...
Updated Upcoming Insurance Event Cancellations: NAIC, WSIA, Cannabis, CFA…
Mar 10 2020 // The number of industry-related conferences being cancelled, postponed or moved to virtual platforms in response to the coronavirus threat is growing. The Wholesale and Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA) has joined the...
Missouri’s Medical Marijuana Licensing Process Generates 100s of Appeals
Mar 3 2020 // More than 800 appeals have been filed by companies that were denied state permits to grow, sell or distribute medical marijuana in Missouri. As part of the process to launch Missouri’s new medical marijuana program,...
New Insurer Relm Offers Cover for Cryptocurrency, Cannabis Businesses
Mar 3 2020 // Relm, a Bermuda-based insurer that specializes in emerging business categories, has opened its doors for business. The new business, which is led by CEO Joe Ziolkowski and Operations Vice President Keyla Roman, is owned by...
California Residents Sue Nearby Cannabis Growers Over Smell
Mar 2 2020 // The smell of marijuana has driven some residents of the Southern California city of Carpinteria to sue local growers. The lawsuit filed last week contends the growers should seal their greenhouses and use...
Cannabis Power Brokers Tackle Five Pressing Insurance Questions
Feb 27 2020 // The cannabis business is a frontier industry that continues to offer no shortage of unique challenges to regulators, as well as boundless questions for industry watchers and ancillary businesses like insurance. Key...
Newfront in California Names Cannabis Specialist Word Head of Agribusiness
Feb 25 2020 // Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Seth Word principal and head of agribusiness. At Newfront, he’ll oversee all aspects of cannabis as well as agriculture and horticulture coverage. Prior to...
Kentucky House Clears the Way for Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Feb 24 2020 // After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates cleared a historic hurdle Thursday when the Kentucky House voted to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes. The measure won House passage on a 65-30 vote...
Medical Marijuana Bill Clears Alabama Senate Committee
Feb 21 2020 // A medical marijuana bill cleared its first hurdle Wednesday in the Alabama Legislature, giving hope to advocates after years of setbacks. Audience members applauded as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-1 for the bill,...
Cannabis Insurance Group Expands Coverages, Adds Managing General Agent
Feb 20 2020 // Garnet Underwriting Managers (GUM), the managing general underwriter assigned to manage Garnet Casualty Insurance Corporation, has signed its first managing general agent, Conway E&S of Warrendale, Penn. This is a step...
Employment Liability Insurers See Plenty to Worry About, From Biometrics to Harassment
Feb 19 2020 // After Back to the Future 2 was released in 1989, moviegoers could observe Marty McFly as he traveled to his version of 2015 where fingerprints were used to identify a person, to unlock the front door of a house and to pay...
