December 11, 2023
Dan Berry joined Alliant Insurance Services as venture capital leader, executive vice president, with Alliant M&A. Based in San Francisco, Berry previously served as private equity and venture capital group leader at Woodruff Sawyer. Alliant is headquartered in Irvine, Calif.,
December 8, 2023
Authorities have suspended the search for the 12-year-old boy still missing following a deadly landslide in the southeast Alaska community of Wrangell. Five people have been confirmed killed in the landslide and their bodies recovered: Otto Florschutz, Timothy and Beth …
December 8, 2023
Brown & Brown Dealer Services has completed the acquisition of Automotive Business Solutions. The ABS team will continue to be led by CEO Michael Cox from their current offices in Denver, Colorado. ABS is an administrator of warranty products in …
December 8, 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp said it will pay $299 million to settle claims over wildfires that burned homes in southwest Oregon, averting another jury trial in litigation that has already exposed the utility to billions in damages. The accord, …
December 7, 2023
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez on Wednesday said the state sued Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms META.O and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying the social media company had failed to protect children from sexual abuse, online solicitation, and human …
December 7, 2023
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $5.5 million settlement against Adat Shalom Board and Care Inc. to compensate 148 workers who worked at the employer’s six adult care facilities in Los Angeles. The employees cared for elderly residents 24 …
December 7, 2023
Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding employees. In the agreement Frontier will let pilots pump breast milk in the cockpit during “noncritical phases” of flights. The …
December 6, 2023
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake on the Big Island of Hawaii was felt widely, but there were no reports of damage or injury, officials said. The earthquake hit at 5:54 p.m.on Monday near the Kilauea volcano at a depth of 1 …
December 6, 2023
kWh Analytics, headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., named Isaac McLean as the company’s chief underwriting officer. McLean has more than 18 years of insurance experience, previously serving as head of property insurance at kWh Analytics. Before joining kWh Analytics, McLean …
December 5, 2023
Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed with her while he …