California’s first big fire of the season is nearly fully contained, as rising temperatures across the West this week are increasing the risk of wildfires. The Corral fire, burning east of San Francisco in San Joaquin County, started on June …
Oregon utility regulators have rejected a request from PacifiCorp that sought to limit its liability in wildfire lawsuits. Under the proposal, PacifiCorp would only have been responsible for paying out actual economic damages in lawsuit awards. The company submitted the …
IMA Financial Group, Inc. named Matt Hennessey executive vice president, Pacific Northwest region sales leader of Parker, Smith & Feek. Hennessey will be based in Seattle and work out of the Bellevue office. Hennessey has nearly 30 years of insurance …
Severe heat will raise the risk of brush and grassfires from central and northern California, also bringing a moderate to and high risk of wildfires in parts of Arizona and New Mexico, a forecast out on Monday shows. The first …
Firefighters battling a California wildfire burning east of San Francisco have increased containment on the fire, but hot weather is in the forecast for the next few days. Nearly 500 firefighters, along with several air tankers from throughout the state …
More than 48,000 Hawaiian Electric Co. customers living in some of the state’s driest areas will soon face the prospect of advance power shutoffs — and outages that could last several days — in order to reduce the risk of …
PEMCO Mutual Insurance named Calvin Strong chief claims officer. It also named Shashi Reddy chief data and analytics officer. Strong will lead the claims function at PEMCO. Strong has more than 30 years of experience in the property/casualty insurance industry, …
The California Supreme Court has resolved a question about insurance coverage for COVID-19 business shutdowns in the issue of a virus exclusion in a ruling that is consistent with the vast majority of courts nationwide: the presence of the virus …
A Washington wage complaint investigation resulted in The Boeing Co. paying $11.5 million in unpaid wages to nearly 500 workers. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries reports receiving four complaints in November 2022 from workers who were performing …
Mark Pastorius joined Alliant Insurance Services as executive vice president, managing director within Alliant Specialty. Pastorius’ insurance career spans more than 37 years. Before joining Alliant, Pastorius was an executive vice president and managing director at Lockton Companies where he …
