A large earthquake along the San Andreas fault impacting both Northern and Southern California at the same time could wreak much more havoc than most may believe. Such an event, once considered impossible up until demonstrated otherwise by the U.S. …
Continued growth and expansion of the national footprint are part of the course being plotted for San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. by new CEO Andy Barrengos. Barrengos’s appointment by the firm’s board of directors takes effect on Nov. 30; …
Just how legalized weed in California will impact workers’ compensation is still uncertain, but what is certain is that the insurance industry can soon expect to be grappling with issues around paying for marijuana for injured workers. The California Workers’ …
Update: Rosendale got 53 percent of the vote to defeat Laslovich with all precincts reporting in. Lindeen got 41 percent of the vote in a lost bid for the office of Secretary of State to Corey Stapelton, who won with …
Incumbent Mike Kreidler (D) will serve a fifth term as Washington’s insurance commissioner. Kreidler defeated Richard Schrock (R) with 60.13 percent of the vote in his bid for reelection. Schrock got 39.87 percent of the vote. Kreidler more than matched …
Data provider CoreLogic’s new annual Wildfire Risk report designates 1.8 million single-family homes across 13 Western states as being at “Extreme” or “High” risk of wildfire damage, representing a combined total reconstruction cost value of nearly $500 billion. The analysis …
Best Agency to Work For – BRONZE MOC Insurance Services, San Francisco, California Want to know how important offering a work-life balance is to employees? Just ask the people at MOC Insurance Services in San Francisco, Calif. The agency of …
If Alexandra Zepp is typical of those in a millennial generation that’s beginning to account for a larger and more influential portion of the nation’s workforce, then what she has to say about her choice of companies to work for …
Things haven’t gone as bad as they could have so far in 2016 coming off last year’s record-setting wildfire season in the Western U.S., according to a report out today detailing wildfire risks to properties in the Western U.S. The …
Best Agency to Work For – SILVER Pasadena, California Bolton & Co. “The people.” That succinct answer came from an employee at Bolton & Co. who was prompted to explain “Why your agency is one of the best to work …
