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Mt. Washington Expands Home Insurance Choices in N.H.
May 9 2008 // Mt. Washington Assurance Corp. introduced its newest home insurance program in New Hampshire this week in a series of meetings with independent insurance agents who represent the company for home and auto insurance. The...
PIA Western Alliance Names Washington Junior VP
May 8 2008 // PIA Western Alliance has named Amanda Washington the association’s junior vice president. She will take a greater role in the day-to-day operation of the Western Alliance’s nonprofit operation, including...
Earthquakes Raise Questions of Future Shocks, Public Readiness
May 5 2008 // Just weeks after earthquakes rattled Nevada, the Midwest and the coast of Oregon, and on the heels of the 102nd anniversary of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake, the public, government officials and insurance industry...
USGS: Earthquakes Serious Threat in 46 States, Ups Risks in Washington, Oregon
Apr 22 2008 // Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have updated the USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps, and noted that earthquakes remain a serious threat in 46 of the United States. For some areas such as western Oregon and...
People
Apr 21 2008 // Agency Specialty Product Network, a unit of Aon Corp., has named five new regional vice presidents. Rob Romano will head the Northeast Region, which comprises Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,...
Insurance Sector Ranks Second in Federal Political Giving
Apr 21 2008 // The nation’s lobbyists spent $17 million for every day that Congress was in session, watchdog group says Corporations, industries, labor unions, governments and other interests spent a record $2.79 billion in 2007 to...
3M Could Pay $56M to Clean Up Twin Cities Sites
Apr 21 2008 // 3M Co. will probably pay between $50 million and $56 million to clean up sites in the eastern Twin Cities that have been contaminated by chemicals that were once used in some of the company’s best-known products. The...
New Markets
Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts &...
Builders & Tradesmen’s Offers Artisan Contractor Program in Washington
Apr 11 2008 // Builders & Trademen’s Insurance Services Inc. of Washougal, Wash., has a new online artisan contractor program available in Washington. The admitted program has 44 eligable classes. New residential work is...
3M Could Pay $56 million to Clean Up Eastern Twin Cities Sites
Apr 9 2008 // 3M Co. will probably pay between $50 million and $56 million to clean up sites in the eastern Twin Cities that have been contaminated by chemicals that were once used in some of the company’s best-known products. The...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Names Stoner Chief Deputy
Apr 7 2008 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has appointed Vernon E. Stoner as his chief deputy to replace Mike Watson, who retires at the end of the month. Before joining the Office of the Insurance Commissioner,...
People
Apr 7 2008 // The Governing Board of the California Earthquake Authority has hired Glenn A. Pomeroy as CEO. Pomeroy has extensive experience in public service positions, including former commissioner of insurance of North Dakota. In...
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Washington Proposes Hot Weather Worker Rule
Apr 7 2008 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has proposed a new workplace rule to protect workers from heat-related illness when working outdoors in hot weather. This proposal is significantly different...
Washington Aims To Curb Teen Drinking
Mar 25 2008 // Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna is encouraging residents to take a more proactive approach to curbing underage drinking. According to state statistics, • One in 20 sixth-graders will drink alcohol this month •...
Washington Proposes Hot Weather Worker Rule
Mar 25 2008 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has proposed a new workplace rule to protect workers from heat-related illness when working outdoors in hot weather. This proposal is significantly different...
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Maryland Senate Revives Ban on Cell Phones, Texting While Driving
Mar 20 2008 // A cell phone driving ban that has been rejected many times by Maryland lawmakers — as recently as last week — is alive again and headed for approval in the Maryland Senate. But it’s still unclear whether this is...
Cayman Islands Investment Group Aims to Acquire Washington Insurer
Mar 11 2008 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has scheduled a March 19, 2008, hearing to consider an investment group’s request to acquire a controlling interest in a Bellevue, Wash.-based property-casualty...