A jury verdict that found an Oregon power company liable for devastating wildfires – and potentially billions of dollars in damages – is highlighting the legal and financial risks utilities take if they fail to take proper precautions in a …
California workers’ compensation private self-insured claim frequency rose 6% last year as both medical-only and indemnity claim volume increased, but a new report suggests that many of the claims may have been low-cost COVID-19 cases. A California Workers’ Compensation Institute …
Insurance professionals specializing in cannabis across the nation in the last few years have gone from few and far in between to too many to count as cannabis evolves into a mature industry – and it builds a clearer claims …
The railroad industry sued to block new environmental rules in California, arguing they would force the premature retirement of about 25,000 diesel-powered locomotives across the country long before their zero-emission counterparts are ready to take their place. Those rules are …
A 71-year-old man was arrested Friday on suspicion of starting a forest fire that destroyed more than 100 homes last year near Yosemite National Park, California fire authorities said. Edward Fredrick Wackerman, of Mariposa, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated …
An Arizona woman has accused former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault, alleging in a lawsuit updated this week that he held a knife at her throat and choked her until she passed out during a rape that …
The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust,” prosecutors are alleging, saying she was likely hungover when she loaded a …
Jamin Valdez has joined Woodruff Sawyer as vice president, construction. He will be based in Southern California. His focus is on construction and environmental risks. Before joining Woodruff Sawyer, Valdez was a senior vice president for NFP. Before that, he …
A webinar briefing hosted by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara this week to ease concerns about deteriorating market conditions left insurance agents with more questions than answers, according to a group that represents agents. Agents are experiencing difficulty placing automobile …
A jury on Wednesday ordered the electric utility PacifiCorp to pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020 – on top of an earlier verdict already expected to amount to billions of dollars. The decision came two …
