PG&E Rate Hike in California Aimed at Easing Wildfire Risk December 7, 2020 By Michael Liedtke Pacific Gas & Electric’s household customers will be hit with an average rate increase of 8% to help the once-bankrupt...
Alera Group Acquires Legacy Risk & Insurance Services in California December 4, 2020 Alera Group has acquired Legacy Risk and Insurance Services LLC in California. Legacy Risk is a provider of property/casualty solutions...
California Workers’ Comp Attorney Arrested for $310K Fraud Scheme December 4, 2020 Moses Luna, 73, of Newport Beach, Calif., was arrested this week on 20 felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly...
Homes Destroyed in Multiple Alaska Mudslides December 4, 2020 By Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen Homes are believed to have been destroyed and at least two people are unaccounted for after multiple mudslides in the...
Wind Whips up Wildfire in California Canyons, Residents Flee December 4, 2020 Powerful gusts pushed flames from a wildfire through Southern California canyons on Thursday, one of several blazes that burned near...
Many Californians Being Left Without Homeowners Insurance Due to Wildfire Risk December 4, 2020 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Elaine Chen Acquiring home insurance has long been a mundane but necessary chore. In California, for hundreds of thousands of residents, it’s...
Euclid Life Science Names Bailey Vice President of Underwriting in West December 4, 2020 Euclid Life Science Specialty LLC has named David N. Bailey vice president of underwriting and executive underwriter. Bailey’s focus will...
United Valley in California Promotes Aguirre and Newland December 4, 2020 Fresno, Calif.-based United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has promoted Monika Aguirre and Elizabeth Newland. Aguirre has been promoted to assistant...
Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Cuaron with OG Cannabis Got in on City Planning Early December 3, 2020 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how...
California Dive Boat Captain Indicted in Fire That Killed 34 December 3, 2020 By Brian Melley and Stefanie Dazio The captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California last year, killing...