California Worries About Drought and Wildfires Amid Dry Winter February 28, 2020 By Olga R. Rodriguez California officials are bracing for the potential of another drought and an early and more intense wildfire season amid a...
Oregon Wrestles With Building Facilities in Tsunami Zones February 24, 2020 By Andrew Selsky Experts say the big one is coming to the Pacific Northwest: a massive earthquake that will cause buildings and bridges...
Fire Destroys 4 Businesses in Busy South Dakota Town February 19, 2020 Four downtown businesses in a small southwestern South Dakota community have been lost in a fire, according to the city’s...
Storm, Floods Cause Damage at Washington’s Mount Rainier National Park February 11, 2020 Mount Rainier National Park was hit by flooding and landslides that closed all roads to the park and damaged roads,...
California Vineyard Spills Nearly 100K Gallons of Red Wine into River January 27, 2020 More than 97,000 gallons of red wine spilled from a tank at a vineyard in Sonoma County and eventually leaked...
Despite Wildfires, California Wine is Doing Just Fine – For Now November 12, 2019 By Rachel Lerman If you’re worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California’s 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just imparted it...
Oregon Lawmakers Repealed Tsunami Zone Building Law June 25, 2019 The Oregon Legislature has repealed a nearly 25-year-old law prohibiting new schools, hospitals, jails, and police and fire stations from...
UK-Based MGA EPUL Launches Coverage Solution for Unorthodox Property Risks in UK April 4, 2019 European Property Underwriting Ltd. (EPUL), a commercial property managing general agent (MGA), has launched “Solutions,” a package of covers specifically...
Zurich Canada Names Steiner from RSA as Head of Property March 12, 2019 Yvonne Steiner has been named head of Property for Zurich Canada. Steiner will be a member of the Zurich Canada...
BHSI Names Heads of Marine (AXA’s Mairos) & Property (Zurich’s Mannion) in UK, Ireland March 11, 2019 Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has appointed Pedro Mairos as head of Marine, and Sean Mannion as head...