California Farm Labor Contractor Arraigned in Alleged $1.8M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme December 10, 2021 Alfredo Casas, 62, of Stockton, California, has been arraigned on 15 felony counts of insurance fraud, grand theft and tax...
Safeguards for Leaking California Oil Pipe’s Not Fully Working December 10, 2021 By Brian Melley and Matthew Brown The ruptured offshore pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off the Southern California coast this...
Second California Jury Sides With Bayer in Roundup Cancer Case December 10, 2021 By Tom Hals A California jury found that Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller was not the cause of a woman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer said on...
Leavitt Group Acquires Whims Insurance in Washington December 9, 2021 Leavitt Group acquired Whims Insurance & Financial Services in Monroe, Washington. The Whims Insurance staff of 11, all locations, and...
Nevada Jury Says Health Insurers Owe ER Doctors $60M in Damages December 9, 2021 By Ken Ritter One of the largest U.S. health insurance companies and its branches in Nevada were found liable for $60 million in...
Washington Insurance Agent Sentenced to 2 Years in Wire Fraud Case December 9, 2021 A Snohomish, Washington, insurance agent was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in the...
Risk Strategies Acquires Fournier Group in Oregon December 9, 2021 Risk Strategies acquired Fournier Group in Portland, Oregon. Fournier Group is a commercial and personal lines retail insurance agency led...
People Moves: Pathpoint Names Chi Head of Product; Lockton Adds Cahoon in Washington December 9, 2021 Pathpoint Inc. named Melissa Chi head of product. Chi comes to Pathpoint from Stord where she was the director of...
Leavitt Group Northwest Acquires Employee Benefits Division of SCS in Washington December 8, 2021 Leavitt Group Northwest acquired the employee benefits division of the SCS Insurance in Bellevue, Washington. The acquisition brings a staff...
Hawaii Recouping from Large Storm Amid Lingering Flood Threats December 8, 2021 By Caleb Jones A slow-moving storm that knocked out power, swamped dozens of homes and sent creeks and streams surging had mostly passed...