Latest District Of Columbia Headlines
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Business Groups Sue SEC Over Dodd-Frank Anti-Bribery Rule
Oct 12 2012 // Four business groups on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rule requiring oil, mining and gas companies to disclose payments they make to foreign governments. The...
D.C. Merges Insurance Markets Under Health Care Law
Oct 9 2012 // Small businesses in Washington will be required to buy employee health insurance through a city-run exchange beginning in 2014. The District of Columbia is combining its health care exchange markets for individuals and...
D.C. Man Stages Burglary for False Claims, Gets Turned In by Roommate
Sep 27 2012 // Washington, D.C., authorities said a local man was sentenced to a year of supervised probation, a suspended sentence of three years and a $100 fine after pleading guilty to one count of second-degree insurance fraud. The...
Zurich Appoints Credit & Political Risk Director in Washington, D.C.
Jul 24 2012 // Zurich, Switzerland-headquartered Zurich Insurance Group appointed Dave Anderson as credit and political risk director for global business development. He will be based in Zurich’s Washington, D.C., office. Anderson...
D.C. Attorney General’s Office Suing Workers Over Benefits Scheme
Jun 18 2012 // The District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office has filed lawsuits against 13 current or former city employees accused of collecting unemployment benefits while holding government jobs. The lawsuits seek to...
Aon Hewitt Appoints Federal Client Manager in Washington, D.C.
May 14 2012 // Aon Hewitt, the global human resource consulting business of Aon plc, appointed Robert Buggs as federal client manager, supporting federal practice work in human capital and employee engagement. Robert Buggs Buggs brings...
Aon Risk Solutions Appoints Senior VP in Washington, D.C., Office
Apr 30 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, recently hired industry veteran Kathy Jacobson as senior vice president for the Washington, D.C., office. Jacobson will provide errors and omissions...
D.C. Metro Settles Most Death Suits From 2009 Train Crash
Feb 16 2012 // The Washington-area Metro transit agency has settled seven of nine lawsuits by families of people killed in a 2009 train crash. Metro also told a judge it is admitting legal responsibility for the deadliest accident in the...
90 D.C. Workers Face Firing for Unemployment Fraud
Feb 9 2012 // About 90 District of Columbia workers have been suspended and may be fired after officials determined they received unemployment checks while holding city jobs. The Washington Post reported this week that another 60 former...
Mass. AG Coakley Heading to D.C. to Make Case for Health Care Law
Feb 7 2012 // Attorney General Martha Coakley is heading to Washington to make a legal case for the national health care law that was modeled after Massachusetts’ own landmark 2006 health care law. On Thursday Coakley will defend...
Lockton Affinity Appoints Senior Vice President in Washington, D.C.
Jan 5 2012 // Lockton Affinity, an insurance program management division of brokerage firm Lockton Companies, appointed Sara Payne as senior vice president. Payne brings expertise in areas of creation and operation of Defense Base Act...
D.C. Commissioner Recommends Reviewing Policies for Winter Activities
Dec 20 2011 // Washington, D.C.’s top insurance regulator is advising consumers to review their insurance policies and see whether they are covered for common winter activities. William White, commissioner for the District of...
Lockton Hires Benefits Services Consultant in Washington, D.C.
Nov 17 2011 // Lockton Benefit Group of Lockton Companies appointed Nicholas Dobelbower as senior consultant for its international benefits services practice. Based in Washington, D.C., he will provide international employee benefits...
Dobelbower Joins Lockton’s International Benefits Practice in Washington, D.C.
Nov 17 2011 // Lockton Benefit Group of Lockton Companies announced the expansion of its International Benefits Services practice with the addition of Nicholas Dobelbower, Ph.D., as Senior Consultant. His primary role “is to...
BDO Consulting Appoints Head of Insurance Claim Services in D.C.
Nov 9 2011 // BDO Consulting, a professional services provider, appointed Clark Schweers as managing director and head of its insurance claim services practice. Based in Washington, D.C., Schweers will advise clients on complex property...
D.C. Regulators Say Social Networking Fraud Is A Growing Threat
Oct 21 2011 // The Washington, D.C., Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking is advising consumers to be mindful of con artists who lurk in the virtual shadows in online social networking sites. People should make sure they know...
D.C. Metro Sues Insurer Lexington Over Lost Revenue
Oct 17 2011 // Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority recently filed a lawsuit against its insurer Lexington Insurance Co. of Boston charging that that the insurer failed to indemnify for the revenue losses in the train...
Lockton Hires New Producer for D.C. Brokerage Team
Oct 4 2011 // Lockton Companies, a Kansas City, Mo.-headquartered insurance broker, hired Jenna Kirkpatrick Howard for its Washington, D.C., brokerage team as a producer. Prior to joining Lockton, she was construction practice leader in...
Insurance Agency Founder Sentenced for Fraud in D.C.
Oct 4 2011 // An insurance agency founder was recently placed on four years of supervised release and fined $10,000 in Washington, D.C., after earlier pleading guilty to insurance fraud, according to officials. Washington, D.C.,...
D.C. Metro Sues Insurer Lexington for $13M Over Lost Revenue
Sep 30 2011 // Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has recently filed a lawsuit against its insurer Lexington Insurance Co. of Boston charging that that the insurer failed to indemnify for the revenue losses in the train...
