Cannabis enthusiasts have the 4/20 holiday, but in two days some 7.9 billion people have cause to celebrate. Earth Day is Saturday, and while today’s eyes are on the cannabis holiday, the media is already starting to turn coverage to …
Cannabis tax revenue in Colorado fell nearly $100 million in 2022, while California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington all saw sales decline as the industry began its first downturn. Conversely, sales were up big time in Michigan, Illinois and Massachusetts. It …
Magic mushrooms are a class of drugs in a promising industry referred to broadly as psychedelics, a market that some believe will reach more than $8 billion in the next few years. Like cannabis, they are considered controlled substances. So, …
Scott Kipper’s list of LinkedIn experiences runs 14 items long, but that’s not so much him bragging. He’s moved around a lot in a career that stretches back more than 30 years. He could have just left off some of …
A letter to the world’s insurance companies from a climate activist group calls on the industry to immediately stop insuring companies and projects that promote the expansion of coal, oil and gas, and phase out all insurance services for fossil …
In cannabis, there are the apparent risks – product liability, property, and certainly cyber for medical marijuana operations. However, one of the most apparent risks to a cannabis operation are those that may not get as much media coverage. Environmental …
It appears one of the nation’s better known cannabis insurance specialists is having to do some scrambling after AM Best announced it was downgrading the credit ratings of Topa Insurance Co. in Calabasas, California, and its subsidiary, Dorchester Insurance Company …
Scott Kipper’s list of LinkedIn experiences runs 14 items long, but that’s not so much him bragging. He’s moved around a lot in a career that stretches back more than 30 years. He could have just left off some of …
Several groups of associations, cities and counties are attempting to challenge a case in Montana they say has the potential to take away an important tool from firefighting efforts at a time when Western U.S. wildfires are worsening. The groups, …
Model regulations states can follow for their cannabis industries may be just around the corner. Such guidelines are in place for state insurance regulators from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The insurance industry has NAIC. Cannabis has CANNRA. The …
