New Mexico Suffocation: Nearly $80M Award December 11, 2013 A judge has awarded nearly $80 million to the estate and family of an Albuquerque woman who suffocated in 2002...
Alaska Fishermen Sue Over Sunken Vessel December 11, 2013 By Becky Bohrer Some Bristol Bay, Alaska fishermen have sued over the sinking last June and subsequent salvage of the Lone Star, which...
Nearly 100K Utahns Could Be Hit by Data Breach December 10, 2013 State officials say a data breach could affect as many as 97,000 Utahns who receive benefits through the state Department...
USI Completes Acquisition of Van Gilder in Colorado December 10, 2013 USI Insurance Services officially closed its previously announced acquisition of Van Gilder Insurance Corp. Terms of the deal were not...
Los Angeles City Attorney Sues Bank Of America Over Lending December 9, 2013 The Los Angeles city attorney is suing Bank of America for mortgage discrimination it claims led to a wave of...
Washington Victim Of Botched Laser Surgery To Get $30M December 9, 2013 A jury has recently awarded an additional $18 million to a woman whose botched surgery at a Wenatchee, Wash. hospital...
California Business Owner To Pay Millions For Workers’ Comp Fraud December 9, 2013 Richard Lopez Escamilla Jr., 47, was sentenced in Kings County Superior Court in California on Dec.4 to one felony count...
Equity Risk Partners Names Four Executives in California December 9, 2013 Equity Risk Partners named four insurance industry executives to its team in California, while also establishing the firm’s physical presence...
Ascension Names Merrill Senior Vice President in California December 6, 2013 Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Ascension Insurance Inc. named Greg Merrill senior vice president of operations for the Fresno office of the...
Southwest Taps Zerarka in Arizona, Nevada December 6, 2013 Southwest Insurance Agents Alliance named Patrick Zerarka regional vice president of western Arizona and southern Nevada. Zerarka is responsible for...