Edgewood Partners Insurance Center added Ryan Yoo and Ricky Choi in EPIC’s Los Angeles office. Yoo and Choi are focused on growing EPIC’s presence in the Korean business community and they have a combined 40 years of industry experience. Yoo …
A series of small earthquakes and aftershocks hit Southern California on Tuesday and Wednesday. A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck Yorba Linda, Calif. at 11:23 p.m. on Tuesday, with several small aftershocks following. Then a 4.1 earthquake hit near Yorba Linda …
Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich North America confirmed plans to transfer its book of aftermarket business and related brokered business to Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc., a program administrator based in San Diego, Calif. Tina Mallie, President of Zurich’s Programs & Direct …
Incumbent Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler won 55 percent of the vote counted Tuesday night to take the primary in his re-election bid for state insurance commissioner. The Democrat Kreidler, a former state legislator and former member of Congress, is …
For San Francisco Bay Area residents and West Coast oil traders, the Monday evening fire that struck California’s second-largest oil refinery was a flashback to a blaze five years earlier with remarkable similarities. Both began with a leak at the …
Retired National Football League offensive lineman Bruce Matthews’ attempt to collect workers’ compensation benefits in California was slapped down by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal, which ruled he failed to show sufficient contacts with California. A current offensive line …
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers named Lisa Halverson to join its Petaluma office as a producing account executive focusing on employee benefits. Halverson has nearly 20 years of employee benefits experience, and she specializes in complex benefits issues and …
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for critical wildfire danger in Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon and Northern Idaho. Dry lighting from scattered thunderstorms could ignite dry grass and shrubs. Forecasters say strong winds, relatively low humidity …
The Arizona Department of Health Services is set to hold a much-anticipated lottery today to select medical marijuana dispensaries across the state. The Arizona Republic reported state officials have decided to move forward with licensing the dispensaries even as 13 …
Seattle, Wash.-based Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company has acquired Emergency Medicine Professional Assurance Co. (EMPAC) and SCRUBS risk retention group management companies. Through this acquisition Physicians Insurance now can offer alternative risk financing options to physicians, clinics, hospitals, their respective …
