The family of a Black man who was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies last year after they tried to detain him for allegedly riding a bicycle illegally is seeking $35 million in damages from Los Angeles County. Dijon Kizzee, …
The University of Colorado has reported a cyberattack on its software that likely exposed employee, student, health and research records, officials said. University President Mark Kennedy informed the campus communities Tuesday in an email of the “malicious cyberattack’” on software …
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Mark Ruggles. Ruggles will be based in Northern California. He has more than 30 years in the industry with past stops at Brown & Brown, McGriff, and most recently DSS. The Liberty Company …
More than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after the catastrophic 2020 wildfires and about 57% of them were denied. Jefferson Public Radio reports that nearly 14,000 Oregonians have been denied aid, according to data provided by the Federal …
USI Insurance Services has acquired Spokane, Wash.-based Inland Insurance Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Inland Insurance is an independent risk management and employee benefits agency serving businesses and individuals throughout eastern Washington. Valhalla, N.Y.-based USI is an …
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has named Mark Morales to lead the California Department of Insurance’s Diversity Task Force, the first LGBTQ+ person named to the post. Morales replaces Sal Peinado, Jr. He will lead the first quarterly meeting of …
Ahmad Haris Tajyar, 45, and his mother, Malalay Tajyar, 70, both of Porter Ranch, Calif., were arrested on one felony count of insurance fraud each after allegedly filing a false auto insurance claim and making fraudulent statements in order to …
San Francisco, Calif.-based Newfront Insurance has added Nick Pedisich as a principal and commercial insurance broker. He joins Newfront from Gallagher, where he was the area vice president. Prior to that, he had leadership and sales roles at EPIC Insurance …
General Motors Co. agreed to a $5.75 million settlement to resolve allegations it made false statements to California’s largest pension system and other investors over its deadly ignition switch recalls. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the largest U.S. automaker …
An oil company has agreed to pay almost $2 million for spilling crude oil and wastewater at two central Wyoming oilfields. The spills happened between the fall of 2016 and spring of 2018. One was in the Linch Complex Field …
