California coffee lovers can indulge their caffeine habit without worry now that the state has decided the beverage doesn’t need a cancer warning after all. That conclusion by a state regulator comes eight years after dozens of coffee roasters and …
Insurtech company Avinew has acquired Sunnyvalye, Calif.-based Betterdrive. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ravindhran Sankar, CEO and founder, will be named director of research and development. Avinew will integrate Betterdrive’s technology into its own proprietary system for predictive …
The high water content of Colorado’s mountain snowpack has forecasters concerned about the potential for flooding from the annual snowmelt runoff. The National Weather Service says water content ranges from 324 percent of normal in the South Platte drainage basin …
The California Assembly has voted to tighten the rules for labeling workers as independent contractors rather than employees. The legislation passed last week could have big implications for how workers are treated in everything from trucking to the janitorial business …
Burbank, Calif.-based Monarch E&S Insurance Services has added Stefanie Mcleod to its management team as vice president and personal lines department manager. Mcleod will be working out of the Burbank office. She worked her way up through various positions at …
Former insurance agent Richard Brian Willand, 54, of Sylmar, Calif., voluntarily surrendered at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in San Fernando on a warrant for his arrest for alleged grand theft of insurance premium payments, forgery and fraudulent misrepresentation. …
Santa Rosa, Calif.-based George Petersen Insurance Agency has completed the rebranding of its Marin County agencies. Minto & Wilkie was acquired by George Petersen in February 2017 and Allen, Bettini & Carter was purchased in November 2017. Since April of …
An Oregon hospital has agreed to pay a settlement to the husband of a woman whose wedding rings disappeared within hours of her death. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Wednesday that an insurance adjuster for Providence Portland Medical Center has agreed to …
Los Angeles County sued Monsanto Co. on Thursday, seeking to force the unit of Germany’s Bayer AG to help pay for reducing PCB contamination in dozens of bodies of water. The most populous U.S. county, which has about 10.1 million …
The maker of Kona beer agreed to offer partial refunds to settle a lawsuit claiming it misled consumers in the continental United States into believing the craft brew was actually made in Hawaii, causing them to overpay. Settlement papers were …
