February 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 questions may include: What insurance coverage is most …
February 26, 2020
NFP has named Michael Ongkiko managing director of its Utah Office. Ongkiko will lead the Utah office and be responsible for developing new business opportunities, expanding relationships and growing the NFP service capabilities in the greater Utah market. Ongkiko will …
February 24, 2020
Fort Collins, Colo. has reached a $125,000 settlement with a woman who sued the city after an off-duty police officer pinned her to the ground outside her apartment complex. The Coloradoan reports a city spokeswoman confirmed the settlement with Kimberly …
February 24, 2020
Last year was a particularly hazardous one, with natural catastrophes causing excessive damages in what appears to be an ongoing trend of higher losses in the past decade, while also posing a danger in many U.S. communities to home ownership, …
February 20, 2020
“We have front row seats,” said Elise Jones, a Boulder County commissioner. Jones along with two other commissioners oversees government affairs in the Colorado county of 330,000 or so at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Her …
February 18, 2020
A newly proposed bill would clarify under California law the concept of “hardened homes” that are safer or more resistant to wildfires and then require admitted carriers to cover those homes. California’s insurance commissioner and several lawmakers on Tuesday introduced …
February 18, 2020
A risk professional is no longer merely someone who just focuses on protecting assets, according to Ward Ching, a managing director of the Western region at Aon. Ching not only sees a growing need for risk professionals to realize this …
February 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 public. Giving employees an …
February 12, 2020
Last year was a particularly hazardous one, with natural catastrophes causing excessive damages in what appears to be an ongoing trend of higher losses in the past decade, while also posing a danger in many U.S. communities to home ownership, …
February 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 nation’s largest cannabis market …