Articles by Don Jergler

Insuring Cannabis Summit: There Were Crop Risks Aplenty in 2020

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. Is there a lot of risk in cannabis crops that insurance professionals should know about? …

NIIC Fundraising for City of Hope Persisted Through Pandemic

Among the things that have become difficult in a year that has been marred by COVID-19, one key problem would seem to be fundraising, since in-person events have been quashed and the economy has been in the dumps. Overall, philanthropy …

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 …

Report: Despite Pandemic-Driven Emission Redux, We’re Headed to 3-Degrees Warming

A new report finds that despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century, a mark that is well beyond the Paris …

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 …

Hearing on California Export List Covered Record Number of Items

A dozen doesn’t sound like a lot, but it may be a record in the world of the California Export List. More items were proposed for the list than in recent memory during a California Department of Insurance hearing conducted …

2020 Western U.S. Wildfire Season Gave Us Gigafire, Several Massive Blazes

Want more proof that 2020 will go down as a year we should all try hard to forget about? With some 9 million acres burned in wildfires across Western U.S. this year, and the introduction of a new and terrifying …

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 …

Environmentalists Say U.S. Insurers Lag Behind Peers on Fossil Fuels

U.S. insurance companies lag behind their global peers by enabling the fossil fuel industry, according to a report from an environmentalist group out this week. The Insure Our Future campaign released its fourth annual scorecard on insurers’ climate policies: Insuring …

Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Cuaron with OG Cannabis Got in on City Planning Early

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 …