Latest District Of Columbia Headlines
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Federal Flood Insurance Program Redraws D.C. Map
Jan 8 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is redrawing flood zone maps for the District. The proposed changes would add a flood zone that would include Federal Triangle, much of the Mall, and a large portion of Southwest...
ACE Insurance Pays $4.5 Million to Settle Multi-state Bid-rigging Claims
Oct 26 2007 // ACE Group Holdings has agreed to pay $4.5 million to end a bid-rigging and price-fixing case, according to state officials. The monies will be divided among eight states and the District of Columbia. Florida’s Chief...
D.C. Allows Workers’ Comp Rate Cut
Oct 9 2007 // Workers’ compensation rates decreases avergaing 7.6 percent for the industrial classes in the voluntary market and 10.6 percent for the industrial classes in the residual market assigned risk category have been...
Nightmare in D.C.
Aug 6 2007 // Wearing a bright green protest button on a recent summer evening, American Tort Reform Association president Sherman “Tiger” Joyce joined small business advocates in denouncing the now notorious...
Editor’s Note: Nightmare in D.C.
Aug 6 2007 // Wearing a bright green protest button on a recent summer evening, American Tort Reform Association president Sherman “Tiger” Joyce joined small business advocates in denouncing the now notorious...
Tort Reformers Aid D.C. Dry Cleaner Sued Over Misplaced Pants
Jul 31 2007 // Wearing a bright green protest button, American Tort Reform Association president Sherman “Tiger” Joyce last Tuesday evening joined small business advocates in denouncing the now notorious multimillion-dollar...
Police Say Aggressive Driving on the Rise in D.C.- Maryland
Jun 5 2007 // Aggressive driving is on the rise in the Washington area as motorists grapple with longer commutes, worsening road congestion and busier lives, law enforcement officials say. Three recent altercations on Maryland highways...
Marshall Joins Iroquois Group as Md.-Va.-D.C. Regional Manager
May 30 2007 // The Iroquois Group reported that Erin M. Marshall has joined Iroquois as a regional manager to serve member agents in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Marshall has almost 20 years experience in property and...
25% of D.C.’s Fire Hydrants Need Repair, Says Fire Chief
May 29 2007 // About 25 percent of the District of Columbia’s fire hydrants require replacement or urgent repairs, the city’s fire chief said this week, giving the bleakest picture yet of the problem. D.C. Fire Chief Dennis...
D.C. Places Risk Retention Group, Cabina-America, Under Restrictions
May 21 2007 // Risk retention group Cabina-America, whch was licensed in April 2006, has been placed under restrictive order by Commissioner Thomas E. Hampton of the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking...
D.C. Puts Producer Licensing Online; Modifies Education Credits
Apr 19 2007 // The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) has implemented several changes in its producer licensing processes and requirements, including the elimination of paper transactions,...
D.C.’s revised captive laws in effect
Apr 9 2007 // Two changes to captive insurance laws passed by the Council of the District of Columbia went into effect on March 14, 2007. Supporters see the changes as giving captives more flexibility and making the District a more...
Revised Captive Laws in Effect in D.C.
Mar 30 2007 // Two changes to captive insurance laws passed by the Council of the District of Columbia went into effect on March 14, 2007. Supporters see the changes as giving captives more flexibility and making the District a more...
D.C. Struggles to Ensure Public Spending is Helping U.S. Prepare for Bioterrorism
Mar 12 2007 // More than five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. government cannot show how the $5 billion given to public health departments has better prepared the country for a bioterrorism attack or flu pandemic. Congress...
D.C. Chief Hampton Backs Terrorism Insurance, But Not National Cat Plan
Mar 6 2007 // Renewal of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act is “very, very important” for the District of Columbia, yet a federal government plan to help cover natural disasters would be unfair, in the eyes...
The Commissioners: Thomas Hampton
Feb 26 2007 // D.C. growing its captive market, escaping worst of property pullbacks Thomas Hampton, commissioner of the District of Columbia Department of Securities, Insurance and Banking. Hampton, who was reappointed to his post by...
Thomas Hampton, District of Columbia, Commissioner, Department of Securities, Insurance and Banking
Feb 25 2007 // Thomas Hampton, commissioner of the District of Columbia Department of Securities, Insurance and Banking. Hampton, who was reappointed to his post by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in January, discusses the District’s...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
District of Columbia – Thomas Hampton
Feb 11 2007 // Federal regulation of banking and securities works fairly well, but translating that model to insurance would be a real challenge given the “parochial” nature of state insurance coverage mandates and laws,...
D.C. Man Sentenced for FEMA Hurricane Relief Fraud Scheme
Feb 6 2007 // Jeffrey Alan Rothschild, 59, also known as Jeffrey Zahler, has been sentenced to 102 months in prison in connection with a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of more than $100,000 in relief...
