A Superior Court judge has upheld the California Insurance Commissioner’s authority to order the California FAIR Plan to offer broader coverage options to consumers. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel has upheld California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s authority to …
It may have been around 2017 when a true sense of urgency donned on insurers, public officials, residents and regulators in wildfire-prone California, as fires destroyed or damaged more than 10,000 structures in the state, a higher tally than the …
A former medical resident at Oregon Health & Science University who sued the school in 2018 alleging retaliation for her complaints about discrimination now accuses the school of breaching their settlement agreement. After mediation, OHSU was to pay $100,000 to …
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck off the Northern California coast late Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake just before midnight was about 12 kilometers west of Petrolia in Humboldt County and 56 kilometers southwest of Eureka, according to …
Island Insurance Co. has promoted Denise Kadomoto to assistant vice president of accounting and finance. Kadomoto will continue to serve as the company’s controller, a position she has held since 2015. Kadomoto joined Island in 2007 as senior accountant. She …
A married couple working at their son’s Vancouver, Wash., auto repair shop who claimed to be hurt at the shop and received workers’ compensation benefits for their injuries are now both charged with stealing those benefits from the Washington State …
Erratic winds and dry lightning added to the dangers for crews battling the nation’s largest wildfire over the weekend in parched Oregon forests, just one of dozens burning across several Western states. The destructive Bootleg Fire, one of the largest …
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 of early July, the number of fires in California …
Pinnacol Assurance named Timothy A. Johnson chief human resources officer and vice president of employee services. He replaces Barbara Brannen, who is retiring. Johnson has 30 years of global human resources experience. Most recently, he was in the food industry, …
Another 17 defendants were arraigned for their alleged involvement in an organized auto insurance fraud ring in California in which dealers reportedly purchased damaged vehicles and then filed inflated claims and even staged thefts, costing insurers a roughly $822,000 loss. …
