The California Assembly Judiciary Committee gave thumbs up to a bill that would enable insureds to renew their policies electronically. The bill, which has the backing of the Association of California Insurance Companies, is Senate Bill 251. Authored by Senator …
Surplus Line Association of California Executive Director Benjamin J. McKay was named to the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s Western division board of directors. The IICF board is comprised of industry professionals with commitment to philanthropy. McKay joined SLA in 2012 …
A judge has struck down an Los Angeles Police Department policy that makes it easier for unlicensed drivers to keep their cars instead of having them impounded after police stops. Deputy District Attorney Gerald Sato said Monday that Los Angeles …
A Portland, Ore.-area transit agency and its bus manufacturer have agreed to pay $4 million to five plaintiffs to resolve lawsuits filed after a TriMet bus hit a group of pedestrians in 2010, killing two and injuring three others. TriMet …
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has issued a disaster declaration for areas on southern Idaho ravaged in recent weeks by wildfires. The declaration announced Monday specifically targets Elmore County, where two large, complexes of fires have scorched thousands of acres and …
A federal jury has found Ogden Regional Medical Center guilty of retaliating against an employee who was fired following a racism complaint. Records show that a U.S. District Court jury in Salt Lake City decided Aug. 2 that Raymond Zisumbo …
Washington food banks are benefiting from a business accident involving 46,000 pounds of dehydrated mashed potatoes. After the container filled with the dehydrated potatoes fell off a truck last week on their way to Seattle for shipment to Japan, the …
Stephen Merrill was finishing his freshman year of college two years ago when he and a group of friends went to an indoor trampoline park in Utah for a day of flipping, jumping and bouncing. At one point, Merrill leaped …
Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has added Dawn Jeffery as a property/casualty insurance producer in its Inland Empire division in Southern California. Her responsibilities will include the acquisition of new clients as well as the design, placement and oversight of risk …
Washington’s Supreme Court says cities, counties and utility companies can be liable when faulty road design leads to injuries in car crashes – even when the driver is drunk. In an 8-1 ruling on Thursday, the justices overturned a lower …
