Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri’s Medical Marijuana Licensing Process Generates 100s of Appeals
Mar 3 2020 // More than 800 appeals have been filed by companies that were denied state permits to grow, sell or distribute medical marijuana in Missouri. As part of the process to launch Missouri’s new medical marijuana program,...
New Insurer Relm Offers Cover for Cryptocurrency, Cannabis Businesses
Mar 3 2020 // Relm, a Bermuda-based insurer that specializes in emerging business categories, has opened its doors for business. The new business, which is led by CEO Joe Ziolkowski and Operations Vice President Keyla Roman, is owned by...
California Residents Sue Nearby Cannabis Growers Over Smell
Mar 2 2020 // The smell of marijuana has driven some residents of the Southern California city of Carpinteria to sue local growers. The lawsuit filed last week contends the growers should seal their greenhouses and use...
Cannabis Power Brokers Tackle Five Pressing Insurance Questions
Feb 27 2020 // The cannabis business is a frontier industry that continues to offer no shortage of unique challenges to regulators, as well as boundless questions for industry watchers and ancillary businesses like insurance. Key...
Newfront in California Names Cannabis Specialist Word Head of Agribusiness
Feb 25 2020 // Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Seth Word principal and head of agribusiness. At Newfront, he’ll oversee all aspects of cannabis as well as agriculture and horticulture coverage. Prior to...
Kentucky House Clears the Way for Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Feb 24 2020 // After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates cleared a historic hurdle Thursday when the Kentucky House voted to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes. The measure won House passage on a 65-30 vote...
Medical Marijuana Bill Clears Alabama Senate Committee
Feb 21 2020 // A medical marijuana bill cleared its first hurdle Wednesday in the Alabama Legislature, giving hope to advocates after years of setbacks. Audience members applauded as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-1 for the bill,...
Cannabis Insurance Group Expands Coverages, Adds Managing General Agent
Feb 20 2020 // Garnet Underwriting Managers (GUM), the managing general underwriter assigned to manage Garnet Casualty Insurance Corporation, has signed its first managing general agent, Conway E&S of Warrendale, Penn. This is a step...
Employment Liability Insurers See Plenty to Worry About, From Biometrics to Harassment
Feb 19 2020 // After Back to the Future 2 was released in 1989, moviegoers could observe Marty McFly as he traveled to his version of 2015 where fingerprints were used to identify a person, to unlock the front door of a house and to pay...
Suit Alleges Ex-Pharmacist in Pennsylvania Fired for Not Trying Medical Marijuana
Feb 18 2020 // A former Pennsylvania pharmacist is suing the medical marijuana dispensary where she worked on allegations she was fired after refusing to illegally sample the shop’s products. Carol Kopiak, of Wilkes-Barre, filed a...
Kentucky Inches Closer to Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Feb 14 2020 // After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates in Kentucky gained momentum Wednesday when a House committee overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalize medical cannabis. The House Judiciary Committee advanced the...
New Colorado Law Tackles Employee Equity, Investment in Startup Cannabis Industry
Feb 13 2020 // The startup-laden cannabis industry is probably just right for those who are willing to forego a few extra dollars on their paychecks for the possibility of a bigger payout later when the company grows or goes...
California Commissioner Spearheading National Cannabis Insurance Framework
Feb 10 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is at the forefront of shaping how state insurance regulators all over the U.S. will deal with the legal cannabis market. Lara is not only the chief insurance regulator of the...
Insurance Most Needed by Cannabis Businesses
Feb 10 2020 // The NAIC’S Cannabis Insurance Working Group in a recently approved white paper identified some of the most pressing insurance needs of cannabis businesses. Insurance most frequently needed by the cannabis industry...
North Dakota Official: Work Injury Claims Could Rise with Recreational Pot
Feb 6 2020 // North Dakota could see a rise in workers’ compensation claims if marijuana is legalized, the state’s workplace safety agency told lawmakers on Feb. 4. Jodi Bjornson, a lawyer for North Dakota Workforce Safety...
Privacy Firm Finds Cannabis Patient Info Left Unsecured by Washington Firm
Jan 30 2020 // An internet privacy firm says it was able to access private personal information of more than 30,000 medical marijuana patients, recreational pot customers or dispensary employees in several states. The privacy firm was...
California Commissioner Spearheading National Cannabis Insurance Framework
Jan 28 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is at the forefront of shaping how state insurance regulators all over the U.S. will deal with the legal cannabis market. Lara is not only the chief insurance regulator of the...
Kentucky to Pilot Hemp Research Program for 1 More Year Before Expanding
Jan 28 2020 // Kentucky’s Department of Agriculture will continue operating its hemp program as a research pilot program for another year before transitioning to a commercial program, the agency said. Congress gave state...
Recreational Cannabis Impairs Driving Even When Driver Not High: Harvard Research
Jan 27 2020 // Recreational cannabis use affects driving ability even when drivers are not intoxicated by marijuana, according to a study from a Harvard Medical School hospital. Published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal, the...
California Clears Way for Those with Cannabis Convictions to Get Insurance Licenses
Jan 24 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today announced a measure that enables people with cannabis-related convictions to obtain an insurance license. Lara announced the California Department of Insurance will use...
