San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Jen Scales vice president and account executive in its employee benefits practice. Scales has more than 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, having spent time in business development and risk consulting …
GCL New Energy Holdings Ltd. is managing the risk related to the unpredictable nature of the sun, with an insurance-like policy that will guarantee the production from solar projects it’s building in Oregon. KWh Analytics, a San Francisco-based risk-management software …
Burgers & Beer, a chain of Southern California restaurants, violated federal law when it denied males with the same employment opportunities as their female counterparts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced in lawsuit filed today. The EEOC contends that …
Lockton has named Connie Hill to its signature client group in the Mountain West region. Hill is located in Lockton’s Las Vegas, Nev., office and will lead on providing advice and counsel to successful individuals and families. Hill has more …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for California’s cannabis industry. The program was created by Atlas General Insurance Services to serve businesses and workers in the cannabis industry. This program is designed to …
A Southern California school district agreed to pay more than $15 million to settle lawsuits by eight former students who say they were sexually abused by teachers and staff members, attorneys announced this week. The three cases involved former female …
The top U.S. regulator of food and health products endorsed a plan by California officials to exempt coffee from a state law that would have made Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts and other coffee shops add a cancer warning to cups of …
The California Legislature has passed Senate Bill 824, a bill aimed at provided information to the California Department of Insurance related to fire risk information on the residential property policies issued by insurers. The bill prohibits insurers from canceling or …
A.M. Best is expecting Hurricane Lane to be considered more of a flood event than a wind event. As a result, the storm that buffeted Hawaii should bring a potential triggering of the National Flood Insurance Program’s reinsurance program into …
CyberCube has added Matthias Weber to its board of directors. Weber was previously group chief underwriting officer and member of the group executive committee at Swiss Re. San Francisco, Calif.-based CyberCube is a provider of cyber risk analytics for the …
