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Insuring Cannabis Summit: Industry at Diversity Crossroads

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. Diversity needs to be more than a mere buzzword in the cannabis industry. That was …

Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Balian with Wood Gutmann Focuses on the Long-Term

Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips for …

Colorado Reports Highest-Selling Year in State for Cannabis

Colorado dispensaries have sold more marijuana in the first 10 months this year compared to a record-setting sales year in 2019, officials said. The Department of Revenue said dispensaries made about $200 million in October, pushing the state’s annual revenue …

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Capacity, Vaping Among Issues in Industry Going Forward

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. If there is one big problem in the insuring cannabis space – where issues include …

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Insurance Expert Unpacks Green Wave Election

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. One election takeaway beyond the fact that cannabis initiatives went five-for-five in November, is the …

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Newly Legal States Could Yield $6B in Next 5 Years

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. There’s big money, and big opportunity for cannabis service and product providers, such as insurance …

Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Meade of Brown & Brown Had His “Ah-Ha” Moment After Getting into the Business

Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips for …

Wrongful Death Suit Filed in California Over Woman Who Died After Ingesting Marijuana

The law firm CaseyGerry has filed a lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court on behalf of the parents of Le’Sharia Bre’Aun Steele, a 28-year old flight attendant from Alabama who died in San Diego, Calif. after reportedly consuming a KushyPunch …

California Governor Signs Four Bills Affecting Cannabis Industry

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law four bills affecting the cannabis industry, and vetoed one. The cannabis-related bills Newsom signed are: Assembly Bill 1458: Raises the label variance threshold for edible products from plus or minus 10% to plus …

Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Sawyer of Cross Insurance Says Work Building Cannabis Business Worth it

Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips for …