R.E. Chaix & Associates Insurance Brokers Acquires Rancho Pacific in California November 12, 2020 R.E. Chaix & Associates Insurance Brokers has acquired Rancho Pacific Insurance Services in California. Founded by Tracy Prettyman, Rancho Pacific...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires AWIS Group in California November 12, 2020 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based AWIS Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The...
Meat Company Suing New Mexico to Remain Open After Virus Cases November 12, 2020 By Tom Polansek A U.S. meat company that supplies Walmart and Costco is suing New Mexico to fight a state order that seeks...
Oakland Settling Final Lawsuit From Deadly Ghost Ship Fire November 12, 2020 The Oakland City Council has agreed to pay $399,000 to settle the last lawsuit over a 2016 fire at an...
Small Tornado Confirmed in Oregon, Buildings Damaged November 12, 2020 The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down north of Portland in St. Helens, Ore. The weather service confirmed...
LA Times Paying $3M to Settle Journalist Discrimination Suit November 12, 2020 The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing have agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit that said minority...
California Workers’ Comp Hospital Stays From 2010 to 2019 Examined November 10, 2020 A new study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows the steep drop in the number of inpatient hospitalizations involving...
Palomar Buys Renewal Rights to Hawaii Residential Hurricane Business from GeoVera November 10, 2020 Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. has agreed to acquire the renewal rights to GeoVera’s Holding’s Hawaii residential hurricane policies. The transaction...
Task Force Nabs California Man for Insurance Fraud, Reporting False Vehicle Theft November 10, 2020 Juan Camilo Vargas, 62, of Escondido, Calif., was arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and reporting a false...
CWCI: California Workers’ Comp Virus Claim Count Tops 50,000 November 10, 2020 There have been 50,592 COVID-19 claims reported to the state Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) so far this year –...