Three days of intense rainfall in many areas of Colorado has resulted in severe, widespread flooding and collapsed homes, according to Boston-based catastrophe modeler Air Worldwide. The greatest threat is to cities along the Front Range, including the city of …
Although California Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, married into the insurance business, it seems to run in her blood, because it’s her blood that boils when she feels small businesses are being attacked by fellow state Legislators. Gaines’ husband is state …
Limousines that operate in California would be required to have emergency exits under legislation approved by the state Assembly in the wake of several limousine fire deaths. Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of San Leandro drafted the bill after two limousine …
Oregon health officials are considering whether to use the state’s authority to approve or reject health insurance premiums as a tool to drive down health care costs. The idea is one of several suggestions for improving the health care system …
A consumer group says Oregon needs to change its new medical malpractice law to prevent it from protecting bad doctors. Public Citizen says cases that are settled in mediation should be reported to a national database, just like medical malpractice …
USI Insurance Services has hired Sean Reardon as a property/casualty broker. Reardon will be working out of USI’s office in Woodland Hills, Calif. He has 10 years of experience of commercial underwriting experience focused on commercial property, casualty, auto and …
Lockton announced the expansion of its global benefits practice with the addition of Ron Brewer as regional practice leader of the Western region. Brewers will have an office in La Jolla, Calif. and be responsible for consulting with Lockton clients …
Risk Strategies Co., a national insurance and benefits brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, launched a new professional practices group concentrated in California. The group specializes in providing professional liability and errors and omissions insurance, property/casualty insurance solutions …
A man suing a Sheridan, Wyo. Walmart, claiming his wife died after she ate a contaminated cantaloupe purchased at the store, has refiled his lawsuit in federal court. Attorney Nicholas Murdoch, representing Frederick M. Lollar, tells the Sheridan Press the …
The family of a lung cancer patient who suffered injuries after he was exposed to overdoses of radiation has settled a lawsuit for $15 million in compensation. Zacarias Chichioco Jr. received about 2.5 times the appropriate amount of radiation he …
