All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 27 2021 // Insurance rates in key lines for cannabis businesses may be heading up 10% or more next year.That was one of the predictions made by an expert in the final Insuring Cannabis podcast of the year in which we interviewed Jay...
Dec 17 2021 // This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal’s annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from the summit at the bottom of this one.Having a niche makes one unique, an...
Dec 15 2021 // A Utah firefighter who uses medical marijuana for chronic back pain has sued the city of Ogden, saying he was unlawfully suspended from duty for refusing to surrender his prescription card.Levi Coleman said in a November...
Dec 10 2021 // This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal’s annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from the summit at the bottom of this one.Sabrina Alkire is a broker who it can...
Dec 6 2021 // The South Dakota Department of Health is beginning to issue medical marijuana cards, but officials say it could be months before dispensaries will have anything to sell.Municipalities across the state are also receiving...
Dec 3 2021 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture is changing some rules around crop insurance for hemp, including making the insurability requirements more flexible.USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has also added a new...
Dec 3 2021 // This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal’s annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from the summit at the bottom of this one.The green rush, a term for talent...
Nov 30 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvEver heard of a gram shop law? It’s a thing, and if you’re an insurance broker in Michigan focused on the cannabis space, then you and your clients are well aware of the term. The...
Nov 29 2021 // A marijuana testing lab filed a lawsuit against Michigan regulators after a major product recall and allegations of unreliable results.Viridis Laboratories, with operations in Lansing and Bay City, said the...
Nov 24 2021 // Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain came under fire Thursday from state lawmakers who complained his regulatory agency was moving too slowly in expanding the medical marijuana products available to patients.The...
Nov 23 2021 // A renewed push for Indiana to join more than two-thirds of states with some form of legalized marijuana use appears to face the same roadblock from Statehouse Republicans who have opposed such a step for many...
Nov 19 2021 // This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal’s annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from the summit at the bottom of this one.Employee practice liability insurance,...
Nov 18 2021 // The amount of marijuana grown for Ohio’s medical marijuana program would expand and the number of dispensaries able to sell it would be increased, under GOP legislation pending in the state Senate.Regulation of...
Nov 15 2021 // There is little surprise when a conversation about cannabis and insurance turns to the subject of capacity.“Really when it comes to cultivation, processing, there is a bit of a hiccup, it seems in the overall market...
Nov 12 2021 // This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal’s annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from the summit at the bottom of this one.One big reason carriers aren’t...
Nov 10 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvWhen California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 45 into law in early October, there was a lot of excitement in the state’s cannabis industry, particularly for businesses and...
Nov 4 2021 // This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal’s annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from the summit at the bottom of this one.Cannabis literally beat COVID-19. After...
Nov 4 2021 // Although the 2018 Farm Bill carved out hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act, few court rulings have addressed the legal distinction between federally legal hemp and federally illegal cannabis.A new opinion from...
Oct 27 2021 // There is little surprise when a conversation about cannabis and insurance turns to the subject of capacity.“Really when it comes to cultivation, processing, there is a bit of a hiccup, it seems in the overall market...
Oct 15 2021 // Workers’ compensation insurers have slashed spending on opioids, reducing the risk of addiction and delayed recovery, but now they are under increasing pressure to reimburse injured workers for a new kind of...