The X Prize Foundation is developing a contest for technology that can detect and extinguish wildfires before they grow too large. X Prize Foundation chairman Peter Diamandis made the announcement at the Near Future Summit in La Jolla, Calif. Diamandis …
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara plans to hold an investigatory hearing into how insurers’ use of occupational, educational, and other groups for setting automobile insurance rates affects insurance premiums for lower-income Californians. The hearing is set for Sept. 17 at …
Western Growers has named Eric Trost to its insurance services team as vice president of employee benefits. Trost has nearly 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Western Growers, he was principal of Benefits Compass, a boutique employee benefits …
Woodruff Sawyer announced that Seth Pfalzer and Erin Stephenson have taken new leadership roles in the Northern California management liability practice. Pfalzer has been named Northern California management liability practice leader. He is responsible for providing strategic oversight for the …
The rock band Guns N’ Roses is accusing a Colorado brewery of piggybacking off their fame to sell beer and merchandise. The band filed a trademark infringement lawsuit Thursday against Colorado-based Oskar Blues Brewery, which sells Guns `N’ Rose beer …
A plan by California’s biggest utility to cut power on high-wind days during the onrushing wildfire season could plunge millions of residents into darkness. And the vast majority isn’t ready for it. The plan by PG&E Corp. comes after the …
Legislation signed into law by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee requires short-term rentals to remit all taxes, maintain liability insurance and includes critical consumer safety provisions, according to the Washington Hospitality Association. The association said Substitute House Bill 1798 was a …
An unlicensed insurance agent in California has been sentenced in Fresno County Superior Court to 95 days in jail and five years of probation after pleading no contest to grand theft, the state insurance department announced. The conviction and sentencing …
Portland, Ore.-based Fournier Group has named Jana Solis vice president and risk management and hospitality team leader. Solis has more than 25 years of experience in risk management program design and development as well as global hospitality team operations. Prior …
California has for months been weighing the idea of a fund that utilities could dip into when facing crippling costs tied to wildfires. On Wednesday, state lawmakers got a feel for how big that fund would have to be. During …
