California Wildfire Survivors Urged to Call FEMA Helpline by Dec. 16 December 11, 2020 People with losses due to the California wildfires in Fresno, Los Angeles, Madera, Mendocino, Napa, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta,...
Analysts Say Cat Models Would Encourage Wildfire Mitigation Measures December 11, 2020 By Jim Sams Predictive modelers told California regulators on Thursday that the state’s antiquated rules for calculating wildfire risk when setting property insurance...
California Workers’ Comp Public Self-Insured Med-Only Claims Drop December 11, 2020 Initial data on fiscal year 2019/2020 public self-insured claims experience in the California workers’ compensation system show claim volume fell...
Cruise Rolling out Fully Autonomous Cars in San Francisco December 11, 2020 By Michael Liedtke General Motors’ self-driving car company is sending vehicles without anybody behind the wheel in San Francisco as it navigates its...
Family of Pilot Killed Fighting California Wildfire Sues Aircraft Companies December 11, 2020 By John Rogers The family of a veteran helicopter pilot who died when his aircraft crashed as he was dropping water over a...
Woman Abused by Washington Band Teacher Settles for $2M December 11, 2020 By Gene Johnson A school district in Washington state has agreed to a $2 million settlement after a woman sued over sexual abuse...
Burnham Benefits in California Acquired by BRP Group December 10, 2020 Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc., Burnham Gibson Wealth Advisors, Inc., and Burnham Risk and Insurance Solutions LLC has...
Hearing on California Export List Covered Record Number of Items December 10, 2020 By Don Jergler A dozen doesn’t sound like a lot, but it may be a record in the world of the California Export...
Washington Wrongful-Death Lawsuit for $1.5M December 10, 2020 The City of Seattle will pay the family of Che Taylor $1.5 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit...
L.A. Restaurants Win Court Battle Over Virus Closures December 10, 2020 By Christopher Weber and Brian Melley Los Angeles County’s health director acted “arbitrarily” and didn’t prove the danger to the public when she banned outdoor dining...