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FEMA Pursues California Utility Giant for $4B Owed in Past Wildfires
A regional director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday said FEMA is going after California utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric for $3.9 billion owed the government due to ...
Arch Insurance Asserts Policy Exclusion Frees It From Covering USC’s $215M Sex Abuse Settlement
Arch Specialty Insurance Co. is arguing in a recently filed a lawsuit that it shouldn't have to cover the University of Southern California's $215 million settlement in a case where the school's ...
California’s New Data Privacy Law Could Be a Game-Changer
As the nation's most far-reaching data privacy law, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), is set to begin Jan. 1, 2020, businesses and their insurers are preparing for a new era in cyber liability. ...
S&P Will Issue ‘Environmental, Social and Governance’ Evaluations for Insurance, Other Sectors
If you're among those who regard "environmental, social and governance" as just another in a long line of trendy buzz-phrases, then you may want to rethink. ESG standards, which companies use to ...
Cannabis Industry Has ‘Really Strong Need’ for Specialty Insurance: Expert Perspective
There's "still a really strong need" for specialty insurance to cover cannabis businesses as well as medical professionals prescribing cannabis, according to an attorney who specializes in the ...
InsurTech Oyster Insurance Heads West With Pay-As-You-Go Workers Comp Launch
A new InsurTech wants to provide pay-as-you-go workers compensation to as many small businesses in California as possible, and it hopes to use the momentum it's built following a quiet launch in the ...
Sea-Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk From Chronic Flooding
Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk ...
WCIRB: Calif. Workers Comp Written Premium to Be Down Again This Year
Lower workers compensation rates in California will bring down written premium once again this year, according to a forecast from the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. That revelation is ...