M4.1 Earthquake Shook Parts of Los Angeles Area: USGS May 2, 2024 A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook parts of the Los Angeles Area, including the cities of Corona, Anaheim, and Santa Ana...
California Contractor Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud After Underreporting Nearly $1M in Payroll May 2, 2024 Kent Bo Fridolfsson, 67, of Benicia, California, pleaded guilty to six charges of insurance fraud and grand theft after a...
New Mexico Restaurant Settles Wage-Theft Complaint After Prolonged Legal Battle May 2, 2024 New Mexico labor announced a legal settlement that resolves longstanding accusations of unpaid wages against a restaurant business in northwestern...
$24.5M Settlement in New Mexico over Natural Gas Flaring in Permian Basin May 2, 2024 By Susan Montoya Bryan New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in...
Study: California’s 2023 Snowy Rescue from Megadrought a Freak Event May 1, 2024 By Brittany Peterson and Seth Borenstein Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from...
People Moves: BenefitMall Appoints Patton Benefits Sales Executive for Colorado May 1, 2024 BenefitMall named Sam Patton to its team as the new benefits sales executive for Colorado. Patton specializes in ancillary benefits...
Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp Now Faces $30B Claim Demand in Oregon Wildfires May 1, 2024 By Rachel Graf Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp now faces a demand for $30 billion from victims of Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day wildfires, an...
Inszone Acquires Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming April 30, 2024 Inszone Insurance Services acquired Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming. Founded in 2008 by Rick van Oppen, the firm...
Flow Specialty in California Emerges from Rebrand, Adds New Leadership April 30, 2024 Capitola Insurance in California has completed its rebranding to Flow Specialty and the specialty wholesaler has added new leadership. David...
Ring in California Paying $5.6M to Customers as Part of Privacy Settlement April 30, 2024 By Wyatte Grantham-Philips The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with...