November 14, 2013
The Northern California office of the Leavitt Group has purchased Golf Insurance Services from George Peterson Insurance Agency. Golf Insurance Services, located in Rancho Cordova, Calif., specializes in providing insurance solutions for public and private golf courses, country clubs, planned …
November 13, 2013
A Utah mortgage company and two of its top officers will pay $13.2 million in refunds and fines in a settlement that puts an end to a lawsuit filed in July. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Salt Lake City-based …
November 13, 2013
California State Sen. Ron Calderon was stripped of his committee assignments Tuesday amid a federal investigation involving allegations that he accepted money in return for promoting certain bills. The Senate Rules Committee voted unanimously to remove the Los Angeles-area Democrat …
November 13, 2013
Lockton’s Denver, Colo. operation named Shellie Weber vice president of human resources. Weber will focus on organizational and people strategies and solutions. She has led the development of scalable human resource functions in healthcare, high tech, consulting, manufacturing, e-Commerce, financial …
November 12, 2013
More than 90 tons of ready-to-eat salads and sandwiches by a California catering company are being recalled after 26 people in three states were sickened by a bacterial strain of E. coli linked to its products, federal health officials said …
November 12, 2013
A federal jury has awarded $740,000 to inmates who suffered broken bones when guards put down a Los Angeles County jail protest. City News Service reported five inmates were granted the money in an excessive-force lawsuit. The jury considers additional …
November 12, 2013
The Arizona Department of Public Safety plans to crack down on drivers who are distracted by texting or their cellphones in general. The enforcement effort will begin in January and be accompanied by an education campaign, DPS spokesman Bart Graves …
November 11, 2013
Denver, Colo.-based The Wright Group Services announced it has purchased substantially all the annuity sales assets from Affiliated Financial Services in Colorado. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. AFS services the product and sales needs of banks and credit …
November 11, 2013
An apple a day may not keep the doctor away, but it sure lines the pockets of Washington’s apple growers. Apples were worth more than $2 billion to Washington farmers in 2012, the first crop in state history to cross …
November 11, 2013
September flooding in caused nearly $17 million in damage to roads, trails, campgrounds and other facilities in the Arapaho and Roosevelt national forests in northern Colorado. The Forest Service released a preliminary assessment Friday. It said flooding damaged more than …