The California Legislature closed out the legislative year on September 15, 2017, and will not be returning to Sacramento until January 3, 2018. All attention is now on Governor Brown who has until October 15 to sign or veto the bills that have made it to his desk. It is important to note that the ...
Western Growers Insurance Services has developed a strategic partnership with the Almond Alliance of California to advance the breadth of health benefits and insurance services available to members of the Alliance. On September 27, 2017, WGIS and the Alliance entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to provide proprietary insurance programs and full-service risk management solutions ...
Pinnacle Claims Management, Inc. (PCMI) will host a webinar on Thursday, October 19, 2017, to cover upcoming changes to Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting requirements, as well as provide an overview of the Pinnacle ACA Dashboard. Resident ACA expert and PCMI Compliance Counsel, Jon Alexander, will guide you through the 2017 updates to the ACA ...
On Tuesday, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) posted their Evaluation and Options for Interim Mitigation Measures to Reduce Acute Chlorpyrifos Exposure to Bystanders. Western Growers believes that the proposed mitigation measures are overly conservative and unnecessary. The mitigation measures are based on a model that has not been validated for predicting exposure and…
Join us for the October 24 Tech Talk® as Cyrille Habis, CEO and co-founder of AgriData, reveals new technology that allows growers to forecast yields several weeks prior to harvest. AgriData, one of 48 agtech startups housed in the WG Center for Innovation & Technology, provides yield estimation and management technology with unmatched accuracy for ...
Pinnacle Claims Management, Inc. (PCMI) will host a webinar on Thursday, October 19, 2017, to cover upcoming changes to Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting requirements, as well as provide an overview of the Pinnacle ACA Dashboard. Resident ACA expert and PCMI Compliance Counsel, Jon Alexander, will guide you through the 2017 updates to the ACA ...
Almond Alliance Signs MOU with Western Growers on Health Benefits, Insurance Services Modesto, Calif. (October 2, 2017) – The Almond Alliance of California, an association dedicated to ensuring the sustainability and success of the California almond community, has developed a strategic alliance with Western Growers Insurance Services Inc. (WGIS) to advance the breadth of health ...
Responding to industry need, WG develops coverage tailored to H-2A Temporary Ag Labor Program IRVINE, Calif. (October 17, 2017) – Responding to the significant increase in H-2A usage throughout the agricultural industry, Western Growers has created new insurance options for employers who use the temporary ag labor program. The H-2A temporary ag program allows agricultural ...
IRVINE, Calif. (October 20, 2017) – Western Growers and S2G Ventures have selected the six finalists who will be competing in AgSharks™ for equity investments totaling up to $250,000 to support the development and growth of their businesses, as well as for acreage to pilot their technologies. These start-up companies will pitch their ideas to ...
IRVINE, Calif. (October 25, 2017) – Western Growers is pleased to announce the recent hire of Drew Triplett, who will join the Insurance Services team as Vice President of Operations. Triplett will be responsible for developing innovative processes and models that integrate cutting-edge technologies to help Western Growers further provide tailored insurance solutions for clients. ...
Forget you conference schedule in the hotel room? Don’t know what time a breakout session starts? Want to read the bio of an upcoming speaker with a click of a button? No problem. The official mobile app for the 2017 Western Growers 92nd Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, is now available for download. This ...