West News Early Estimate of Tropical Storm Hilary’s Damage and Economic Loss: $9 Billion AccuWeather’s preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Tropical Storm Hilary in the U.S. is $7 billion... Read More
West News How Pandemic Effects on Supplies, Shipping Compound Wildfire States’ Insurance Woes A perfect storm appears to brewing for homeowners and property insurers in the drought-plagued, wildfire-riddled U.S. West – and as... Read More
West News California Workers’ Comp Changes Helping System, Division Chief Says California’s workers’ compensation system has undergone numerous changes since the implementation of the sweeping reforms that started in 2013 with... Read More
West News Hawaii Insurance Commissioner: Homes Destroyed by Kilauea Lava Are Covered Hawaii’s insurance commissioner has made it clear that homes destroyed or damaged in the recent lava flow into a Hawaii... Read More
News Nationwide Switching to Independent Agency Distribution Model by 2020 Independent agents take note – Nationwide may be on your side. Nationwide on Monday announced its intention to shift to... Read More
West News Losses From Southern California Fire Could Reach $2.5B, Expert Says Losses from the Thomas Fire in Southern California are expected to fall between $1 billion and $2.5 billion, a catastrophe... Read More
West News California Workers’ Compensation Insurers Propose Rate Cut The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Tuesday submitted a July 1 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the California Department... Read More
West News 60% of Workers’ Spinal Fusion Claims Initially Reported as Strains: Study A study on the use of spinal fusion surgeries in California workers’ compensation shows that in 60 percent of spinal... Read More
West News 1.8M Western U.S. Homes at Extreme or High Wildfire Risk Things haven’t gone as bad as they could have so far in 2016 coming off last year’s record-setting wildfire season... Read More
News Wearable Tech, Automated Vehicles Dominate Insurance Horizon Imagine sitting at your desk writing a quote for an insurance policy and suddenly the lapel of your coat begins... Read More