A joint enforcement strike force issued more than $200,000 in administrative fines to nine Contra Costa County, Calif. restaurants for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance. Investigators from the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office, Department of Industrial Relations’ Labor Commissioner’s …
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has become what is believed to be the first U.S. municipal body to try to force insurance companies to stop insuring and investing in fossil fuels. The board on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor …
San Francisco, Calif.-based startup Metromile Inc. on Tuesday announced $90 million in Series E funding co-led by leading insurance companies Tokio Marine Holdings and Intact Financial. The financing included participation from existing and new investors NEA, Index, Future Fund and …
Warren G. Bender Co. in Northern California has named Jeffrey Wood manager of its personal lines department. He has 21 years of experience in personal insurance. He was previously an agent with Albano, Dale, Dunn & Lewis Insurance Services Inc. …
International Risk Management Institute Inc. has opened registration for the 38th IRMI Construction Risk Conference. The IRMI conference is set for Nov. 4 through Nov. 7 at the Marriott Marquis in Houston, Texas. Roughly 2,000 project owners, general contractors, subcontractors, …
There’s a surefire way to get more people to believe in global warming. Just crank up the heat. A larger percentage of Americans say there is “solid evidence” of global warming than at any time since 2008, when the University …
California is on track to have what will be the nation’s most far-reaching law to give consumers more control over their personal data. The new law may be both a big concern, as well as a new and important opportunity, …
The insurance industry is wondering whether a new requirement from California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones that workers’ compensation insurers report federal income tax savings is legal. Jones wants insurers licensed to write workers’ comp in California to report the tax …
Cities in the U.S. and Canada stand to lose $92.96 billion per year to risks like market crash, cyber attack and flood, an index from Lloyd’s shows. Lloyd’s newly issued City Risk Index, which produces estimates of how much savings …
Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio State University, a …
