Articles by Don Jergler

Takeaways from Our Conversation on More M&As, Cannabis ‘Frappucinos’ on Tap for 2022

New Frontier Data, a producer of cannabis research and intelligence, released its “22 for 22 Report,” in January, which imparts a definitive air of optimism mixed with few cautions for the industry posed by potential economic headwinds – as well …

NASA: Earth’s Temperature in 2021 Was 1.5 Degrees F Above Baseline

Earth’s global average surface temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period, a new report shows. The average tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to an analysis …

Takeaways from Our Conversation on EPL Challenges in Cannabis

Employment practices liability is tough across pretty much all industries, and it may only get tougher. A new record was set last year for the amount of top class action settlements, according Seyfarth Shaw’s annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report. …

More Than 1-in-4 Residents Affected by Climate-Related Extreme Weather in 2021

More than four-in-10 U.S. residents live in a county that was struck by climate-related extreme weather last year, while more than 80% experienced a heat wave, according to a new report. The Washington Post conducted an analysis of federal disaster …

Nearly 8-in-10 Executives Believe World Is at ‘Climate Change Tipping Point’

Two-thirds of executives say their companies are “very concerned” about climate change, and 79% believe the world is at “a climate change tipping point,” according to the recently released Deloitte 2022 CxO Sustainability Report. Deloitte polled more than 2,000 C-suite …

Report: More Than 1-in-4 Residents Affected by Climate-Related Extreme Weather in 2021

More than four-in-10 U.S. residents live in a county that was struck by climate-related extreme weather last year, while more than 80% experienced a heat wave, according to a new report. The Washington Post conducted an analysis of federal disaster …

These Are the Top 5 Insuring Cannabis Stories for 2021

The year for the cannabis industry went by like a puff of smoke – and we need make no excuse the bad pun for a year that was a) forgettable, b) not the sort of year that legalization advocates hoped …

Top 10 West Insurance Journal Stories of 2021

Wildfires dominated headlines once again in Insurance Journal’s West region. Stories on wildfires in California, as well as efforts to aid homeowners affected by the fallout of several years of severe drought and massive wildfires, were among the most read …

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Insuring Cannabis in 2022

Insurance rates in key lines for cannabis businesses may be heading up 10% or more next year. That was one of the predictions made by an expert in the final Insuring Cannabis podcast of the year in which we interviewed …

National Insurance Industry Council Pressed on Through Pandemic to Help City of Hope

Insurance and fundraising are both people-facing endeavors, so one would think that COVID-19, with all of its lockdowns and distancing, would have killed the giving spirit for a charitable group like the National Insurance Industry Council and its goal of …