West News for April 2025
- LA County Approves $4B Payout to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims at Juvenile Facilities
- Bill to Address California Wildfire And Insurance Crises Moving Through Legislature
- With Wildfire Suits Looming, Edison Beats Estimates on Lower Expenses, Rate Hikes
- LA Utility Returns to Muni Market for First Time Since Wildfires
- People Moves: Smith Joins Alliant Employee Benefits as VP, Sales Director
- California Proposes Allowing Testing of Self-Driving Heavy-Duty Trucks
- Major Automakers Want Congress to Bar California 2035 Electric Vehicle Plan
- Call Center Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme Targeting Spanish-Speakers Leads to Charges
- People Moves: Health and Wellness Specialist Hood Joins Alliant Insurance Services
- DoorDash Asks Judge to Dismiss Uber Suit Over Web Ordering Services
- Lawmakers Agree to Pay $807M Into Lahaina Wildfires Settlement Fund
- Father of Tesla Cybertruck Crash Victim Files Lawsuit Over Death
- Medical Evaluator Demand Grows in California Workers’ Comp System
- PG&E Misses 1Q Profit Estimates on Higher Expenses, LA Wildfire Worries Linger
- People Moves: SCM Names Valenzuela VP and Bond Manager; Breiter Joins Alliant in California
- Viewpoint: What Tariffs, Steel Prices Mean for E&S Construction Insurance in California
- A California New Car Group Sues Volkswagen and Affiliate for Violating Franchise Laws
- Lawsuits Accuse Insurers of Colluding to Drop Coverage in Fire-Prone Parts of California
- Report: California’s New Vehicle Market Outlook Clouded by Tariffs
- A ‘Low-Attention Disaster,’ Mountain Fire Survivors Recover in LA’s Shadow
- Viewpoint: California’s Latest Insurance Privacy Bill Would Add Layer of Regulation
- Alaska Native Who Alleged Wrongful Murder Conviction Reaches $11.5M Settlement
- Relation Insurance Acquires True-Course Insurance Services in California
- California Workers’ Comp Board OKs Higher Pure Premium Rate Filing
- High Cost of Living Fears Made Worse by LA Wildfire in UCLA Survey
- Tesla Settles Employee’s California Suit Alleging Pervasive Harassment
- Navion Acquires P/C Business of Instasure in California
- California Sets Aside $170M to Thin Vegetation, Forests to Help Prevent Wildfires
- Tesla Slumps Below 50% Share of California’s Electric Car Market
- FEMA Denies Washington State Disaster Relief From Bomb Cyclone, Governor Says
- Group Sues California Department of Insurance Over FAIR Plan Surcharges
- California’s Newsom Sues Trump Over ‘Chaos’ of Tariff Regime
- Blaze Triggers Alarm Over Rapid Growth of Big Batteries
- OneDigital Acquires Tacoma-Based Fortune Insurance
- Washington Storage Tank Company Fined After Explosions Burn Two Workers
- People Moves: Venbrook Names Myers President of New Practice; Yuen Appointed Vice President, West Region Distribution Leader at Vantage
- MarshBerry’s FirstChoice Expands to Minnesota and Arizona
- Southern California Edison Lays Out $925M Plan to Rebuild After LA Wildfires
- Five Charged in Multi-Million-Dollar Insurance Fraud Case
- Could Utility Gear Set Your Neighborhood on Fire? California Risk Maps Are 8 Years Old
- Idaho Bail Agent Convicted of Insurance Fraud for Mishandling Funds
- Hawaii Lawmakers Wrangle Bills to Rescue Utility Hit by Wildfire Suits
- Bill That Tries to Address Wildfires in West Has Bipartisan Support
- People Moves: California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects 2025 Board
- Arizona Reported 15% Decrease in Vehicle Thefts in 2024
- Utah Insurance Department Warns of Phony Policies Sold on Social Media
- California’s Effort to Hold Oil Companies Liable for Natural Disasters Stalls
- California Bill Seeks to Beef up Consumer Privacy Protections for Insurance
- Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Spews Fountains of Lava in Latest Eruption
- People Moves: Inszone Promotes Western Leadership; Moreau Joins Alliant as VP in Los Angeles
- State Farm’s California Emergency Rate Request Dropped to 17%
- Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Medical Review Denials Still Rarely Overturned
- People Moves: Reeder Joins Alliant Employee Benefits as Vice President
- New Mexico Insurance Department Moving to Increase FAIR Plan Limits
- Inside LA County’s $4B Agreement to Settle Sex Abuse Claims at Juvenile Facilities
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Royalty Insurance Services in California
- Death Toll From Los Angeles Wildfires Reaches 30
- People Moves: BTIS Promotes Keefe to SVP, Head of Operations
- Newsom Says California to Seek Tariff Exemptions From Allies
- People Moves: Bayern Joins Alliant Insurance Services as SVP in Denver
- Washington Insurance Restitution Bill Dies in House Committee
- California Delivery Company Must Repay $2M for Workers’ Comp Scheme
- California Plumbing Contractor Ordered to Pay $1M for Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Vivere Partners in California Raises $7.5M for Specialty Insurance Platform
- California FAIR Plan Stabilization Act Moving Through Legislature
- Las Vegas Telsa Arson Suspect to Remain Jailed Until Trial
- Getty Museum to Sell $500 Million of Debt for Fire Protection
- Viewpoint: Smoke Damage from LA Wildfires Leaves Questions to Be Answered
- California’s Snowpack Data Likely Signals Another Fire-Prone Summer
- California Bill Would Require Insurers to Notify Property Owners of Aerial Inspections
- Vegas Casino Fined $10.5M in Case With Ties to Bookmaker of Ohtani Interpreter
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