Fidelis Group Holdings LLC has named Peter Knowles senior vice president of West Coast operations. Knowles will also be a senior underwriter within the group’s brown water hull and liabilities product lines and will be based in their Seattle, Wash. …
A federal judge has ordered board members of Pacific Gas & Electric to tour the Northern California town of Paradise, which was leveled by a wildfire that may have been caused by the utility’s equipment. The judge ordered the tour …
Insured losses from the most destructive wildfire month in California’s history climbed $614 million in the first three months of the year, pushing total claims over $12 billion as of April, the California Department of Insurance announced on Wednesday. Together …
Marijuana advocates dropped legal claims that Utah lawmakers conspired with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to make sweeping changes to a voter-approved ballot initiative legalizing medical pot. Their lawsuit will instead focus on an allegation that it …
A California Court of Appeal upheld a $27.5 million fine the California Department of Insurance issued against Mercury Insurance Co. for charging illegal fees that should have been disclosed as premiums, a violation of Proposition 103. The fine is reportedly …
A California psychologist and doctor have been charged for allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance claims for workers’ compensation medical legal evaluations in an attempt to steal tens of thousands of dollars from multiple insurers. Psychologist Danita Stewart, 51, of Chatsworth, a …
Alera Group has acquired Shomer Insurance Agency Inc. in Los Angeles, Calif. Terms of the deal were not announced. Shomer offers insurance and risk management programs to clients throughout California. The firm specializes in serving nursing homes, home health, and …
Two small earthquakes have hit southwest Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. At 1:43 p.m. Sunday, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake hit a spot in the Gulf of Alaska. The agency says the earthquake had an epicenter 147.4 miles southeast of …
Amazon has resolved the workplace violations cited against the online retail giant’s temporary distribution center in Idaho. The Idaho Statesman reported the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company’s modular distribution center in Nampa for four unsafe workplace conditions …
The federal government hasn’t funded $20 million in work to fix roads damaged by flooding in a northern Colorado county nearly six years ago. The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports that a 2018 law that changed how the Federal Emergency Management …
