Latest District Of Columbia Headlines
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RMS Examines Massive Blizzard That Swept Through East Coast
Jan 26 2016 // The massive blizzard that swept through the East Coast over the weekend may result in hundreds of millions of dollars in insured losses. The blizzard, unofficially named “Winter Storm Jonas” by the Weather...
Risk Cooperative Launches Benefits Practice in D.C.
Sep 18 2015 // Risk Cooperative, a Washington, D.C.-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm, recently announced the launch of its Comprehensive Benefits practice. Risk Cooperative said the new practice aims to help small to...
D.C. Seeks Public Input on Access to Bank Services, Small Business Capital
Sep 14 2015 // The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities & Banking (DISB) announced on Sept. 11 that it has launched city-wide surveys to study the barriers to banking services for District of Columbia residents...
District of Columbia, Maine, Pennsylvania Nix Price Optimization
Sep 7 2015 // The District of Columbia, Maine and Pennsylvania have recently joined a growing number of states and jurisdictions that issued directives prohibiting the use of price optimization. In Washington, D.C., the Department of...
District of Columbia Issues Price Optimization Ban Bulletin
Aug 28 2015 // The District of Columbia’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) this week issued a bulletin notifying property/casualty insurers doing business in the District that price optimization is...
Research Says Washington D.C. Is Slowly Sinking
Aug 17 2015 // New research says the land under the Chesapeake Bay region is sinking and projects that Washington, D.C., could drop by six or more inches in the next century — adding to the problems of sea-level rise. The research...
D.C. Dept. of Insurance, Securities & Banking Names New Acting Commissioner
Aug 3 2015 // Stephen Taylor The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities & Banking (DISB) confirmed that former DISB senior official Stephen Taylor recently rejoined DISB as its new acting commissioner. Taylor...
Research Says Washington, D.C. Is Slowly Sinking Into the Ocean
Jul 30 2015 // New research says the land under the Chesapeake Bay region is sinking and projects that Washington, D.C., could drop by six or more inches in the next century — adding to the problems of sea-level rise. The research...
D.C. Circuit Strikes Down ‘Cascading’ Retrocession Excise Taxes
Jun 2 2015 // The federal excise tax does not apply to reinsurance or retrocession transactions between foreign insurers, even if the transaction covers U.S. risks, according to a May 26 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Callis Joins Lockton’s DC Office for Political Risk, Structured Credit
Apr 28 2015 // Lockton Companies announced that David Callis has joined its Washington, DC office as Vice President and Producer. He will “work closely with Lockton’s clients and prospects on international risk issues,...
Top Vehicle Claims Trends from 2014
Feb 9 2015 // The top five states in which a person was most likely to file an auto claim last year were all on the East Coast. December had the lowest volume of all vehicle claims of any month. Those are just two of the facts mined by...
Top Vehicle Claims Trends from 2014
Jan 30 2015 // The top five states in which a person was most likely to file an auto claim last year were all on the East Coast. December had the lowest volume of all vehicle claims of any month. Those facts are just two of those mined...
D.C. Approves Fines for People Who Don’t Shovel Snow
Nov 21 2014 // District of Columbia residents who don’t shovel their sidewalks after a snowstorm would face fines under a bill approved by the D.C. Council. The bill was approved Tuesday by a 10-3 vote. It calls for $25 fines for...
When P/C Insurance Carriers Can Cancel: The ‘Underwriting Period’ by State
Nov 21 2014 // Every state extends insurance carriers the right to cancel a newly-written policy during the first days of the policy period. This is commonly known as the new policy “underwriting period.” An underwriting...
Lockton Hires Amato as Health Risk Solutions Director in D.C.
Nov 13 2014 // Karen Amato Privately-held insurance broker Lockton hired Karen Amato as director of Health Risk Solutions for the firm’s Washington, D.C., employee benefits operation. Amato is a registered nurse with expertise in...
D.C. Council Passes Bill Regulating Rideshare Firms
Oct 30 2014 // The D.C. Council has approved a bill that regulates popular ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. The bill gained initial approval on Tuesday by a 12-1 vote. Among other things, it would require that drivers for...
D.C. Council Weighs Giving Bicyclists More Rights
Oct 1 2014 // The D.C. Council is considering changing a law to give bicyclists a better chance to recoup medical costs after collisions with cars. A District liability law currently requires accidents to be 100 percent the...
Wells Fargo Insurance Hires Aon Exec Samuel for Metro D.C., Va. Region
Sep 22 2014 // Kyle Samuel Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Company, has named Kyle Samuel managing director for its Metro Washington, D.C., and Virginia offices. Samuel will lead business development, client service and...
Lockton’s D.C. Office Hires Bartnik From Wells Fargo
Sep 17 2014 // Privately-held insurance broker Lockton Companies has hired Chris Bartnik as senior vice president. Based in Lockton’s Washington, D.C., office, Bartnik will join Lockton’s Employee Benefits business team that...
6.5 Million Homes from Maine to Texas at Risk for Storm Surge: CoreLogic
Jul 10 2014 // More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs. More than $986 billion of that risk is...
