Inszone Insurance Acquires Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals in Washington May 6, 2024 Inszone Insurance Services acquired Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals LLC, a multi-member managed broker agency in Pasco, Washington. Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals was...
Appeals Court Rejects Climate Change Suit by Young Oregon Activists May 6, 2024 By Gene Johnson A federal appeals court panel last week rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that...
California Business Owner Ordered to Pay $687K in Restitution for Workers’ Comp Fraud May 3, 2024 A California business owner convicted of felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud was ordered to pay $687,560 in restitution to the...
Organic Bulk Walnuts Sold in Natural Food Stores Tied to Dangerous E. Coli Outbreak May 3, 2024 By Jonel Aleccia At least a dozen people in California and Washington have been sickened with E. coli food poisoning linked to organic...
People Moves: Brown Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Team May 3, 2024 Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Angie Brown as a First vice president and consultant for its employee...
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...