October 10, 2023
A $7 million settlement has been reached with the California Highway Patrol in the fatal shooting of a driver and wounding of his girlfriend during a 2020 traffic stop in Oakland, lawyers for the man’s family and the survivor said. …
October 10, 2023
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Scottsdale, Arizona-based The Coverage Pro. As part of the transaction Gallagher will also acquire The Coverage Pro’s affiliated company General Southwest Insurance Agency, based in Phoenix. Jeff LaScala, Caily LaScala and their team will …
October 6, 2023
A Tesla engineer in court on Wednesday rejected a lawyer’s suggestion that the company named its driver-assistant feature “Full Self-Driving” because it wanted people to believe that its systems had more abilities than was really the case. The electric-vehicle maker …
October 6, 2023
Eric Ramos has joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., as senior vice president with Tribal First, a division of Alliant underwriting solutions. Tribal First is a specialized program focused on meeting the insurance and risk management needs of …
October 6, 2023
The city of Seattle will pay $1.86 million to the family of a man who died of a heart attack after a caution note attached to his address delayed medics’ response. William Yurek, 48, died in his town house in …
October 6, 2023
Hemp is often a sidenote in conversations about the cannabis industry, but hemp has far greater growth potential than most people probably think. That’s according to a new report out that shows hemp along is a $350 billion market based …
October 4, 2023
Written premium in 2022 was 14% higher than 2021 and almost at the pre-pandemic level – an increase was driven by higher employee wage levels and the economic Recovery, according to a new report out on Wednesday from the Workers’ …
October 4, 2023
A Black former factory worker for Tesla lost his bid on Wednesday for a third trial in his race discrimination lawsuit against the electric carmaker, after a California federal judge rejected his claims that the company’s lawyers had engaged in …
October 4, 2023
Nearly two months after the deadly Maui wildfires, Hawaiian Electric Co. revealed the limited scope of insurance coverage it holds in the face of potentially billions of dollars in damage claims. Hawaiian Electric has $165 million in annual general liability …
October 4, 2023
Former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer and a woman who accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her in 2021 have settled their legal dispute, Bauer`s attorneys said Monday. “Both of their respective claims have been withdrawn with prejudice, effective …