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Natural Disasters, Fires, Floods, Fair Conduct Fueled Insurance Industry Discussions in 2007
Dec 23 2007 // While 2007 was surprisingly calm year for hurricanes, that doesn’t mean Mother Nature didn’t have a tantrum or two. In the past year, the West faced its share of disasters, with freezes, floods and fires making...
Encompass Offers Accident Forgiveness Program in Washington
Dec 18 2007 // Encompass Insurance’s has introduced Encompass Edge, designed to provide Washington customers with a product that combines accident forgiveness and discounts. According to the company, the program offers: •An...
UN Climate Chief Says US-EU Deadlock over Emissions Cuts Threatens Summit
Dec 14 2007 // The U.N. climate chief warned on Thursday that a deadlock between the United States and the European Union over pollution cuts threatened to derail talks aimed at launching negotiations for a new global warming...
Quirk & Co. Names Two Washington Underwriters
Dec 14 2007 // Quirk & Co. has added two Bainbridge Island, Wash., underwriters. Pam Hollinshead has more than 30 year of commercial underwriting experience. She will focus on servicing new and renewal accounts for...
Financial Burden of the Uninsured Growing in Washington
Dec 13 2007 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has released a new statewide report today that shows the costs of uncompensated health care continued to rise in 2006, posing a threat to the overall health security of all...
Federal Assistance Approved for Oregon, Washington Counties
Dec 12 2007 // In storm-ravaged parts of the Northwest, home and business owners are beginning to file insurance claims — a process that could be complicated by whether severe winds or floods did the damage. Insurers say...
‘Most Secure Places to Live’ Are In Ore., Calif. and Wash.
Dec 11 2007 // Health, prosperity, safety and security are all desirable aspects when it comes to seeking a place to live, work or raise a family. According to the fourth annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers...
White House Declares Washington Major Disaster Area
Dec 10 2007 // President George W. Bush has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Washington and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and...
Washington Governor Gregoire Declares State of Emergency
Dec 6 2007 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has declared a state of emergency, to bring immediate support to areas in the Pacific Northwest affected by storms and flooding. Some media outlets are reporting that Gregoire estimates...
Rain, Winds Leave 2 Dead in Western Washington
Dec 5 2007 // Drenching rain and howling winds that downed trees, cut electricity and caused widespread flooding have left two people dead and closed Interstate 5, the main north-south highway in Western Washington. Gov. Chris Gregoire...
From Insurance Consumer to Commissioner
Dec 2 2007 // While the position of California Insurance Commissioner is elected and there are already rumblings that he’d make a good gubernatorial candidate in 2010, current California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says...
Framing the Issues
Dec 2 2007 // PCI’s new CEO plans to ‘scan the horizon’ for insurer members facing terrorism insurance, regulation concerns, politics and more The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) represents...
Wash. Fines Chubb & Son $250,000
Nov 28 2007 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined a New Jersey insurer and its affiliated companies $250,000 for multiple violations of Washington insurance laws discovered during a market conduct examination of...
Defeat for Insurance Industry; Wash. Voters Approve Referendum 67
Nov 18 2007 // Much to many insurance companies’ dismay, Washington voters approved Referendum 67, with 520,667 or 57 percent of voters in favor of the initiative to allow insureds to collect triple damages if their insurer...
Cashews Sold by Girl Scouts of Western Washington Recalled
Nov 12 2007 // Girl Scouts of Western Washington is recalling 10 ounce cans of Ashdon Farms cashews after small pieces of metal were found in some cans. Girls Scouts in Washington’s Pierce, Lewis, Thurston, Grays Harbor, Cowlitz,...
Alabama Outdoorsman Must Pay $1 Million for Bogus Katrina Claim
Nov 12 2007 // A federal judge has ordered jailed Ala. outdoorsman Edmond H. “Eddie” Smith IV to pay more than $1 million to an insurance firm that accused him of filing a bogus post-Hurricane Katrina damage claim for a...
Defeat for Insurance Industry; Wash. Voters Approve Referendum 67
Nov 7 2007 // Much to many insurance companies’ dismay, Washington voters approved Referendum 67 yesterday, with 520,667 or 57 percent of voters in favor of the initiative to allow insureds to collect triple damages if their...
Wash. Referendum To Be Decided by Voters Today
Nov 6 2007 // Voters are heading to the polls today in Washington, where they will decide on one of this year’s loudest election campaigns, and also one of the most expensive ballot measure races in state history. New campaign...
Security of Vermont’s Enhanced Drivers’ License Questioned
Nov 6 2007 // The technology planned for an enhanced drivers’ license system that will allow Vermonters to return to the United States from Canada without a passport is insecure and a threat to privacy, according to some computer...
Washington County Forms Special Unit for Complex Crimes
Nov 5 2007 // Washington’s King County prosecutor’s office has a new division to handle complex financial crimes. It will prosecute cases of identity theft, mortgage and insurance fraud and computer offenses. Prosecutor Norm...
