September 21, 2023
CSAA Insurance Group Promotes Pugh to EVP and CIO CSAA Insurance Group, headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., promoted Todd Pugh to executive vice president and chief information officer, overseeing all aspects of the company’s information technology division. He has served …
September 20, 2023
Home insurance costs that have soared in much of the US may get even higher. Tens of millions of properties around the country are insured at prices that haven’t caught up with the danger of hurricanes, wildfires and floods, according …
September 20, 2023
Kendall Bundy has joined Burns & Wilcox and will lead its San Diego, Calif. office. Bundy most recently served as a vice president at RT Specialty and also worked as project manager at Fieldwork Network. Burns & Wilcox is headquartered …
September 20, 2023
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a 4.9% increase in the average hourly rate employers and workers will pay for workers’ compensation insurance next year. If adopted, the increase would have employers and workers jointly paying …
September 19, 2023
Environmental groups called on federal regulators to immediately shut down one of two reactors at California’s last nuclear power plant until tests can be conducted on critical machinery they believe could fail and cause a catastrophe. Friends of the Earth …
September 19, 2023
Independence Pet Group completed of its acquisition of Felix Cat Insurance, a pet insurance brand for cats. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions, including various regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in the second half of 2023. …
September 19, 2023
It took just minutes for more than 20 thieves, clad in hoods and masks, to swarm the Nordstrom store in the Westfield Topanga shopping center and make off with $300,000 of handbags and other luxury items. A security guard was …
September 18, 2023
The state of California filed a lawsuit against some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels now faulted for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of …
September 18, 2023
Mercury Insurance, headquartered in Brea, Calif., named Cameron Nordholm as its head of technical product. Before joining Mercury Insurance, Nordholm was head of product and head of strategy at AgentSync and served as a product consultant at Diegetic Media, LLC.
September 15, 2023
A Southern California neighborhood was evacuated for more than six hours early Thursday due to a large leak of natural gas from an underground pipe, authorities said. The leak was detected around 1:30 a.m. in unincorporated West Whittier, about 10 …