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Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Enters New Mexico Commercial Auto Market

Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. has entered the New Mexico commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance for distressed and substandard risks. PPCI offers the capacity to insure any commercial auto risk class with adverse account …

NRA to Halt ‘Unlawful Solicitation’ of Carry Guard in California

The National Rifle Association has agreed to stop soliciting insurance in California without a license, and made changes to its website and member communication materials to address allegations in a 2018 cease and desist order issued by the California Department …

BNSF Ordered to Pay $1M More in Montana Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

A federal judge has ordered BNSF Railway to pay an additional $1 million after reaffirming a $2.1 million jury award in a Montana man’s wrongful termination lawsuit. The Flathead Beacon reported that Judge Dana Christensen last week denied BNSF’s motion …

Human Error May Have Caused Seattle Crane Collapse, Experts Say

Human error may have caused a crane collapse that killed four people and injured four others over the weekend, experts said Monday. Based on videos of the collapse, they said it appears workers who were disassembling the construction crane had …

Exxon Will Pay $1M Penalty for Montana Oil Spill

Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to settle alleged federal water pollution violations from an oil pipeline break into Montana’s Yellowstone River, according to court documents filed Friday. Approval of the agreement by U.S. District Judge …

California Man Vows to Proceed with California Clergy Abuse Suit

A man who says he was molested by his parish priest decades ago vows to proceed with a lawsuit targeting all Catholic bishops in California after a judge dismissed part of the suit. The so-called “nuisance” lawsuit filed in October …

PG&E Still Has No Estimate on Compensating California Wildfire Victims

Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s top financial executives said during a bankruptcy meeting Monday they still haven’t determined when the utility can start compensating victims of recent wildfires started by the utility’s equipment. Victims’ lawyers questioned PG&E executives during the …

University Of Alaska Reaching out to People Hit by Data Breach

The University of Alaska is attempting to contact people who may have been affected by a computer data breach. The Daily News-Miner reported Sunday that hacking between January and February 2018 may have compromised email accounts containing a wide variety …

Relation Insurance Services in California Adds McKechnie and Hall

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Relation Insurance Services has named Chris McKechnie has been named to the role of Chief Financial Officer, Tim Hall Executive Vice President and Head of M&A. The company also announced the completion of the acquisition by Aquiline …

California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Chief’s Message to Comp Community

The California workers’ compensation marketplace today remains generally healthy for insurers, employers and injured workers, the chief of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said in an open letter on Monday. The WCIRB continues to experience the “overwhelmingly …

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