September 17, 2018
Sandy, Utah-based WCF Insurance has appointed Kathryn Clark as senior vice president of safety and health. Clark will also take on the title and duties of WCF’s chief risk officer as of Jan. 1, 2019. Patrick Harris will be joining …
September 17, 2018
Oregon’s attorney general has sued the pharmaceutical company that makes OxyContin, saying it misrepresented the risks and benefits of the drug and lied to a state regulatory agency to maximize profits. A spokesman at Purdue Pharma, targeted by last week’s …
September 17, 2018
A Montana photographer is suing Netflix, alleging the company violated copyright law by using one of his photos without permission to create storm images for the series “Stranger Things” and the movie “How It Ends.” The Great Falls Tribune reported …
September 17, 2018
JLT Specialty USA has named Samantha Levine senior vice president of JLT’s cyber and errors and omissions practice. Levine will be based in Denver, Colo. and be responsible for advising JLT’s clients on complex areas of E&O and cyber risk. …
September 17, 2018
California lawmakers didn’t go as far as Governor Jerry Brown wanted to address potential liabilities for utilities from wildfires, and the governor said that “it’s hard to say” if they ever would. Brown, citing longstanding practice, declined to say if …
September 14, 2018
CSAA Insurance Group has named Junna Ro vice president of corporate compliance and employment law. For the past six years, she has led the corporate compliance and ethics function for the company. In addition to maintaining oversight of regulatory compliance …
September 14, 2018
A Washington Tacoma towing company is being accused of illegally selling an impounded car belonging to a serviceman deployed on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier. The News Tribune reported the state Attorney General’s Office claims in a lawsuit …
September 14, 2018
A small earthquake hit the southwestern Utah desert overnight. The University of Utah’s seismograph stations recorded the 3.8 magnitude earthquake just before midnight Tuesday. The epicenter was 15 miles northwest of Cove Fort, a historical site in Millard County. The …
September 14, 2018
The board of directors of the SAIF, the not-for-profit company providing workers’ comp insurance in Oregon, declared two dividends for customers: a $120 million primary dividend to be paid to SAIF’s policyholders, and a $40 million safety performance dividend to …
September 13, 2018
Woodruff Sawyer has named Matthew Parsons vice president and account executive in the firm’s San Francisco, Calif. construction practice. Parsons specializes in risk management and insurance coverage for mid-size and large U.S. construction companies, with a focus on advising general …